He is known as Nrisimha, Nrisingha, Narasingha, Narasingh, Narsingh, Narasimba and Narasinghar in derivative languages. Additionally, the word " singh" is often used in place of "simha" which also means lion in Sanskrit and other Indian languages. Together the term means "man-lion", referring to a mixed creature avatar of Vishnu. In Sanskrit the word Narasimha consists of two words "nara" which means man, and "simha" which means lion. Vishnu and his avatars ( Vaikuntha Chaturmurti): Vishnu himself or Vāsudeva-Krishna in human form, Narasimha as a lion, Varaha as a boar.
These have been variously dated between 2nd and 4th-century CE. Other older known artworks of Narasimha have been found at several sites across Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh, such as at the Mathura archaeological site. The earliest representation, dating back to the 4th-century CE, of Narasimha is from Kondamotu in Coastal Andhra. He is celebrated in many regional Hindu temples, texts, performance arts and festivals such as Holika prior to the Hindu spring festival of colors called Holi. Narasimha is one of the major deities in Vaishnavism and his legends are revered in Vaikhanasas, Sri Vaishnavism, Sadh Vaishnavism and various other Vaishnavism traditions of Hinduism. The most popular Narasimha mythology is the legend that protects his devotee Prahlada, and creatively destroys Prahlada's demonic father and tyrant Hiranyakashipu. Narasimha is known primarily as the 'Great Protector' who specifically defends and protects his devotees from evil. Vishnu understood the demon's power and creatively adapted into a mixed avatar that is neither man nor animal and kills the demon at the junction of day and night, inside and outside. Endowed with this, he began to create chaos and havoc, persecuting all devotees of Vishnu, including his own son. neither in sky nor on land nor in heaven nor in pataala, by any weapon, and by man, god, asura or animal.
Hiranyakashipu gained special powers by which he could not be killed during the day or night, inside or outside the house, any place in the world i.e. The demon is the powerful brother of evil Hiranyaksha who had been previously defeated by Vishnu, and thus hated the latter. Narasimha iconography shows him with a human torso and lower body, with a lion face and claws, typically with a demon Hiranyakashipu in his lap whom he is in the process of defeating. Alongside, Narasimha is also described as the God of Yoga, in the form of Yoga-Narasimha. There is even a matha (monastery) by the name of Parakala Matha in Sri Vaishnava tradition. Hence he is known as Kala (time) or Mahakala (great-time) or Parakala (beyond time) as well. Narasimha is depicted with three eyes, and is described as the God of Destruction, who destroys the entire universe at the time of great-dissolution ( Mahapralaya). Narasimha, sometimes spelled Narasingha ( / ˈ n ʌr ə ˌ s ɪ ŋ h ə/ Sanskrit: नरसिंह, lit.'man-lion', IAST: Narasiṃha), is a fierce avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu, one who incarnates in the form of part lion and part man to destroy evil and end religious persecution and calamity on Earth, thereby restoring Dharma.
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