Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1437

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3) Other information.
(i) Nara and Nārāyaṇa were two incarnations of Mahāviṣṇu. (Śānti Parva, Chapter 384)
(ii) A dark hair of Nārāyaṇaṛṣi was born as Kṛṣṇa and a white one as Balabhadrarāma. (Ādi Parva, Chapter 196, Verse 32).
(iii) He was a star member in Brahmā's assembly. (Sabhā Parva, Chapter 11, verse 52)
(iv) Once he appeared before Māndhātā in the guise of Indra. (Śānti Parva, Chapter 64, Verse 14).
(v) He once fought with Śiva and won. (Śānti Parva, Chapter 382, Verse 110)