[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c9.4604 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.4604 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.4604 - **Language:** English ### [c9.4604](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4604) 2) Nārāyaṇa. (i) He who lies on water. (nāram= water). (ii) He who had adopted Nāra (human body) in incarnations. (iii) He who enters the human society (Nāra) as Jīvātma (individual soul). - [Previous: c9.4603](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4603) - [Next: c9.4605](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4605) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4604](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4604) · Pramāṇa