Narasimha Avatar The Half-Man/Half-Lion Incarnation by Steven J. Rosen

A compilation from Srimad Bhagavatam and other sources by Steven Rosen (Satyaraja Dasa). Includes a section of prayers and mantras and theological implications.

Written documents and verbal traditions only hint at the Man-Lion’s lila, for it is a complex subject that provokes the imagination: a ferocious and sanguinary incarnation of God that embodies both human and leonine features – He tears apart Hiranyakasipu with His bare hands, as the young Prahlad looks on, offering loving prayers to his father’s slayer.