Narasimha

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Narasimha
ナラシンハ
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Origin	Hinduism
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Narasimha is a Demon in the Megami Tensei franchise.

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Origin

Narasimha, lit. "man-lion", is the fourth avatar of Vishnu in Hinduism, taking the form of a man with the head and claws of a lion. According to the Bhāgavata Purāṇa, the asura king Hiraṇyakaśipu, who had a grudge against Vishnu for killing his brother, was blessed by Brahma with invulnerability with several qualifiers: he was unable to be killed indoors or outdoors; at day or at night; by hands or by weapons; on the earth or in the sky; by men, beasts, devas, asuras, or mahoragas; and by the living or the dead. Narasimha, being neither man nor beast, was able to slay Hiraṇyakaśipu at the threshold of a building (neither indoors nor outdoors), at sunset (neither day nor night), using his claws (neither hand nor weapon, and also neither alive nor dead), and on his thighs (neither on the earth nor in the sky).

Gameplay

For complete gameplay information, see Gameplay:Narasimha.

Compendium

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Compendium Entries
Shin Megami Tensei (A-Mode DDS)	Origin: India One of Vishnu's ten avatars. He is a human with a lion's head. Hiranyakashipu, the immortal king of the Rakshasas, tried to kill his son. Narasimha defeated Hiranyakashipu in retaliation.
Shin Megami Tensei II (A-Mode DDS)	出身地：インド ヴィシュヌ第五の化身（アヴァターラ）。獅子の頭を持つ半獣人の姿で現される。不死身のラクシャーサ族の王、ヒラニャカシプがヴィシュヌを崇拝する息子を殺そうとした際に現れ、ヒラニャカシプを退治した Translation:
Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine	インド神話に登場する半人半獅子の神。維持神ヴィシュヌのアヴァターラの一つ。 アスラ族のヒラニヤカシプがブラフマーから、神とアスラにも、人と獣にも、昼と夜にも、家の中と外にも、どんな武器にも殺されない身体が欲しいという願いを叶えてもらった。そのヒラニヤカシプを倒すためにヴィシュヌはライオンの頭をした人間の姿になり、ヒラニヤカシプを倒したといわれている。 Translation: A half-human, half-lion god in Indian mythology. One of the avatars of the preserver god Vishnu. Hiranyakashipu from the Asura was granted the wish for a body that could not be killed by god nor Asura, man or beast, during day or night, inside or outside of a residence, nor by any weapon. For the sake of defeating that Hiranyakashipu, Vishnu took on the form of a lion-headed man.
Persona 3	The 4th avatar of Vishnu. He took this form to defeat Hiranyakashipu, who can't be killed by human, animal or deva, and killed his foe at dusk, since he couldn't die at other times.
Persona 3 FES
Persona 3 Portable
Persona 4	The 4th avatar of Vishnu. He took this form to defeat Hiranyakashipu, who can't be killed by human, animal or deva, and killed his foe at dusk, since he couldn't die at other times.
Persona 4 Golden
Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth	The 4th avatar of Vishnu. He took this form to defeat Hiranyakashipu, who cannot be killed by human, animal, or deva. He killed his foe at dusk, the only time he was vulnerable.
Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth	The 4th avatar of Vishnu. He took this form to defeat Hiranyakashipu, who cannot be killed by human, animal, or deva. He killed his foe at dusk, the only time he was vulnerable.
Devil Children Fire Book and Ice Book	炎の使徒につかえる　ししのデビル　変身する　能力を　もっていて　ベリトに変身していた Translation:

Game Appearances

Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner 2

Narasimha appears as a random encounter in the Sun, starting on the 5th Layer. When defeated, he has a chance of dropping the Nandaka, which is needed to unlock the door to Vishnu's chamber on the 6th Layer.

Nomenclature

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
English	Narasimha
Japanese	ナラシンハ Narashinha	Narasimha
Simplified Chinese	那罗辛哈 Nàluóxīnhā	Narasimha
Korean	나라싱하 Narasingha	Narasimha

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