Nṛsiṃha
Nṛsiṃha
Nṛsiṃha is a name used for more than one being in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.
Devatās
- Narasiṃha: the fourth avatāra of Bhagavān Vishṇu, who took a half-man, half-lion form to destroy the asura Hiraṇyakaśipu and protect Prahlāda. Varāha Purāṇa, Book 1 (Chapters 1–50); Agni Purāṇa, Chapters 4, 22, 25, 27, 30–31, 35, 42–43, 46–49, 57, 60–61, 63, 67, 115, 137, 172, 174, 201, 219, 236, 270, 276, 284, 296, 300, 306, 317, 348; Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 1, Chapters 3, 15; Skandha 2, Chapter 7; Skandha 5, Chapter 18; Skandha 6, Chapters 8–9; Skandha 7, Chapters 1–2, 8–10; Skandha 10, Chapters 2, 6, 40; Skandha 11, Chapter 4; Narasiṃha Purāṇa, Chapters 40–44; Vāmana Purāṇa, Chapters 8, 18, 32, 51, 55, 58–59, 61, 63, 66; Vāmana Purāṇa, Saro Māhātmya, Chapters 9, 15; Bhavishya Purāṇa, Madhyama Parva, Bhāga 1, Chapters 2–3, 12; Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 4, Chapter 17; Uttara Parva, Chapters 83, 130, 146, 190
People
- Nṛsiṃha of Kamalapura: a brāhmaṇa of Kamalapura who freed three piśācas by giving them the puṇya of his Caitra snāna, and the father of Rāmadāsa. Ānanda Rāmāyaṇa, Manohara Khaṇḍa, Chapter 11