[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.9 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.9 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.9 - **Language:** English ### [c5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.9) ACHYUTA. ‘Unfallen;’ a name of Vishnu or Krishna. It has been variously interpreted as signifying “he who does not perish with created things,” in the Mahā-bhārata as “he who is not distinct from final emancipation,” and in the Skanda Purāna as “he who never declines (or varies) from his proper nature.” - [Previous: c5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.8) - [Next: c5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.10) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Linked texts (2) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Skandapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.9) · Pramāṇa