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The Narayana Upanishad posits, "Om Namo Narayanaya", an eight-syllabled mantra, as a means of attaining salvation, which is communion with Vishnu. [6] The text is classified as one of the Mantra Upanishads. [2] The Narayana Upanishad asserts that "all gods, all rishis, and all beings are born from Narayana, and merge into Narayana". [7]
A painting of Narayana. Om Namo Narayanaya is heavily featured in Hindu literature, especially in the Upanishads and the Puranas. The mantra is often specified as being invoked by the characters of these scriptures to gain salvation from the deity, and as an instruction to the devotees of Narayana in the performance of rituals. [5]
Narayana is hailed in certain parts of the Vedas like the Narayana Suktam and the Vishnu Suktam. He is also hailed in selective Vaishnava Upanishads like the Narayana Upanishad, Mahanarayana Upanishad, and the Nrisimha Tapaniya Upanishad. [30] The Padma Purana relates an episode where Narayana grants Rudra (Shiva) a boon. The destroyer deity ...
The Upanishads (/ ʊ ˈ p ʌ n ɪ ʃ ə d z /; [1] Sanskrit: उपनिषद्, IAST: Upaniṣad, pronounced [ˈʊpɐnɪʂɐd]) are late Vedic and post-Vedic Sanskrit texts that "document the transition from the archaic ritualism of the Veda into new religious ideas and institutions" [2] and the emergence of the central religious concepts of Hinduism.
Narayana is particularly solemnized in the 11th chapter of the text, calling Atman (soul) as Narayana. [38] This description mirrors those found in Yogashikha Upanishad and Yogatattva Upanishad. [38] Narayana is described as the highest goal, the light beyond, the highest self, the highest Brahman, the highest object of thought. [38] [16]
There are 14 Vaishnava Upanishads in the Muktika anthology of 108 Upanishads. [86] It is unclear when these texts were composed, and estimates vary from the 1st-century BCE to 17th-century CE for the texts. [87] [88] These Upanishads highlight Vishnu, Narayana, Rama or one of his avatars as the supreme metaphysical reality called Brahman in ...
Vaikuntha (Sanskrit: वैकुण्ठ, romanized: Vaikuṇṭha, lit. 'without anxiety'), [1] also called Vishnuloka (Viṣṇuloka), and Tirunatu (Tirunāṭu) in Tamil, [2] is the abode of Vishnu, [3] the supreme deity in the Vaishnava tradition of Hinduism, [4] [5]: 17 and his consort, Lakshmi, the supreme goddess of the sect.
The first translation of Upanishads, published in two parts in 1801 and 1802, significantly influenced Arthur Schopenhauer, who called them the consolation of his life. [186] He drew explicit parallels between his philosophy, as set out in The World as Will and Representation , [ 187 ] and that of the Vedanta philosophy as described in the work ...