(Hinduism, Sanksrit)

One of the twin sons of the King Dharma, and the fourth purusha incarnation of Vishnu; a great sage, who with Narayana (q.v.), his brother, performed great penance in Badari Ashrama. Arjuna of the Mahabharata was Nara born again into this world.

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