Definitions
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- proper noun An avatar of the Hindu god
Vishnu literally means man-lion. - proper noun A male
given name
Etymologies
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Examples
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Boney Kapoor suggested that there is this new girl called Urmila who has done a film called "Narasimha".
NAACHGAANA 2008
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Paintings and sculptures of the avatar Narasimha might look fantastical to many Western eyes, with his multiple arms and head of a lion, but two of the works show him engaged in an increasingly familiar activity: practicing yoga.
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But he did so in the face of a severe foreign-exchange crisis and under a prime minister, P. V. Narasimha Rao, who saw how the socialist pieties of his Congress Party had kept India poor.
India's Reformer Who Never Was Sadanand Dhume 2012
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But he did so in the face of a severe foreign-exchange crisis and under a prime minister, P. V. Narasimha Rao, who saw how the socialist pieties of his Congress Party had kept India poor.
The Reformer Who Never Was Sadanand Dhume 2012
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It is an explosion of stories told through painting, stone, bronze, terra cotta, textiles and even an 18th-century enamel pendant chockablock with Vishnu avatars, including the human-boar Varaha, the lion-headed Narasimha and the fish-bodied Matsya.
From Stillness, Cosmic Action Lee Lawrence 2011
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Paintings and sculptures of the avatar Narasimha might look fantastical to many Western eyes, with his multiple arms and head of a lion, but two of the works show him engaged in an increasingly familiar activity: practicing yoga.
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But G.V.L. Narasimha Rao, who studies elections and wrote the book "Democracy at Risk," said India's machines "are not transparent, verifiable and auditable."
Security of India's electronic voting questioned Rama Lakshmi 2010
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"Institutions like the Comptroller and Auditor General are statutory bodies and when they come up with any report it carries a lot of conviction," said G.V.L. Narasimha Rao , head of think tank Development & Research Services.
India Oil Ministry Seeks Time to Respond to Auditor Rakesh Sharma 2011
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But G.V.L. Narasimha Rao, who studies elections and wrote the book "Democracy at Risk," said India's machines "are not transparent, verifiable and auditable."
Security of India's electronic voting questioned Rama Lakshmi 2010
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Basically, Vishnu descends from the heavens in a particular form for a particular task: Varaha rescues the earth goddess, Narasimha delivers humans and gods from a demon's rule, and the child Krishna comes to kill his evil uncle.
From Stillness, Cosmic Action Lee Lawrence 2011
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