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Chinese
Etymology
Ultimately from Sanskrit नारायण (nārāyaṇa).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
那羅延
- (religion) Narayana (name of a deity in various Indian religious traditions, also used as a theophoric name)
示入羸劣醜陋，而得那羅延身，一切眾生之所樂見。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
示入羸劣丑陋，而得那罗延身，一切众生之所乐见。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: c. 406, Kumārajīva (鳩摩羅什 (Jiūmóluóshí)), trans. Vimalakīrtinirdeśa (《維摩詰所說經》).
- Shì rù léiliè chǒulòu, ér dé Nàluóyán shēn, yīqiè zhòngshēng zhī suǒ lè jiàn.
- He enters such state of being as the weak, the ugly, and the misshapen, and attains a body like that of Narayana, agreeable for all to behold.
隋高祖文皇帝姓楊氏，諱堅，小名那羅延。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
隋高祖文皇帝姓杨氏，讳坚，小名那罗延。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: c. 659 CE, Li Yanshou, History of the Northern Dynasties
- Suí gāozǔ Wén huángdì xìng Yáng shì, huì Jiān, xiǎomíng Nàluóyán.
- The Gaozu of Sui, Emperor Wen, scion of the Yang lineage, was named Jian, whose private name was Narayana.
《大那羅延奧義》肯定人格神那羅延（毗濕奴的別稱）就是大梵。 [MSC, trad.]
《大那罗延奥义》肯定人格神那罗延（毗湿奴的别称）就是大梵。 [MSC, simp.]- From: 孫晶 (2015) 《印度六派哲學》 [Six Indian Philosophical Schools] (in Chinese), 中國社會科學出版社, →ISBN, page 210
- “Dà Nàluóyán Àoyì” kěndìng réngéshén Nàluóyán (Píshīnú de biéchēng) jiùshì dà Fàn.
- The Mahānārāyaṇopaniṣad affirms that the personal divinity Nārāyaṇa (alternative name of Viṣṇu) is none other than the Parabrahman.