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Tradition: Vaishnava · clear

Origin · 3 tellings · contested

Purusha and Narayana on the waters

The cosmic person of the Purusha Sukta and the Narayana who rests on the waters are fused into Vishnu's cosmic identity, pictured as Anantashayana.

Purusha (the cosmic person), Narayana (Anantashayana), Vishnu, Shesha

East India Pan-India