Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Narayani is the consort (or sakti) of Narayana, considered as Vishnu, and hence a name of Lakshmi (q.v.). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Narayana is a Sanscrit word of somewhat uncertain etymology, commonly supposed to signify moving upon the waters, and applied in the Hiindu mythology to the universal divine Spirit, which existed before all worlds (comp. Gen 1:2). In this sense Narayana may be regarded as another name for Brahm (q.v.). but t is also frequently used … Continue reading “Narayana”

Narasingha (a Sanscrit word from nara, “a man,” and singha, “a lion,” i.e., the manz- lion) is the name, in Hilndu mythology, of the fourth avatar of Vishniu. It is related that Hiranyakasipu, by his penances and sacrifices in honor of Brahma, had obtained as a boon from that deity that he should possess universal … Continue reading “Narasingha”

Narantsouac, Maine Formerly known as Narantsouac. Center of the missionary work of Father Rale among the Abnaki Indians (1694-1724). Now the site of a monument erected to him, 1833, by Bishop Fenwick. A mission was established here, 1668. The chapel and village were destroyed by the English during Queen Anne’s War, 1705, and a dictionary … Continue reading “Narantsouac, Maine”

Naraka the hell of the Hindus, according to Manu (q.v.), is divided into twenty-one cells or apartments, each of them 10,000 yojanas in length, breadth, and height. The walls are said to be nine yojanas in thickness, and of so dazzling a brightness that they burst the eyes of those who look at them, even … Continue reading “Naraka”

Napper, Venerable George (Or Napier). English martyr, born at Holywell manor, Oxford, 1550; executed at Oxford 9 November, 1610. He was a son of Edward Napper (d. in 1558), sometime Fellow of All Souls College, by Anne, his second wife, daughter of John Peto, of Chesterton, Warwickshire, and niece of William, Cardinal Peto. He entered … Continue reading “Napper, Venerable George”

Napoli, Cesare Di a Sicilian painter, flourished at Messina about 1583. According to Hackert, he studied in the academy of Polidoro da Caravaggio at Messina, and was one of his most distinguished disciples. He was a perfect imitator of his master’s style, and executed some excellent works for the churches. N Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, … Continue reading “Napoli, Cesare Di”

Napoli (or Nauplia or Nabulus), a city of Palestine, supposed to be the ancient SHECHEX (now Nablus), and situated about thirty miles north of Jerusalem, is noted in ecclesiastical history as the seat of a Church council held there in 1120, which was convoked by the patriarch Guermondus and king Baldwin, and was attended by … Continue reading “Napoli”

Napoleon III (Charles-Louis-Napoléon). Originally known as Louis-Napoléon-Bonaparte, Emperor of the French; b. at Paris, 20 April, 1808; d. at Chiselhurst, England, 6 January, 1873; third son of Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland and Hortense de Beauharnais, daughter of the Empress Josephine. After the fall of the First Empire, Hortense, who had been separated from her … Continue reading “Napoleon III”

Napoleon I (Bonaparte) Emperor of the French, second son of Charles Marie Bonaparte and Maria Lætitia Ramolino, b. at Ajaccio, in Corsica, 15 August, 1769; d. on the Island of St. Helena, 5 May, 1821. His childhood was spent in Corsica; at the end of the year 1778 he entered the college of Autun, in … Continue reading “Napoleon I (Bonaparte)”