An Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, with Short Explanations and a Concordance to the Bombay and Calcutta Editions and P. C. Roy's Translation c5.s1.39
An Index to the Names in the Mahābhārata, with Short Explanations and a Concordance to the Bombay and Calcutta Editions and P. C. Roy's Translation c5.s1.39
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Acyuta (“unfallen”): (a) a proper name of (a) Kṛṣhṇa: I, 8476 (*Çirjunau*); II, 949; V, 4649; VII, 2982 (*Yuyudhānā Arjunau*), 6502, 7754; VIII, 1245 (*Arjunau*); XII, 1810 (*°Yudhishṭhirau*), 13240 (etymology); XIII, 6867, etc.—(β) Viṣhṇu identified with Kṛṣhṇa (cf. Keçava, e.g. III, 11257; III, 11247; XIII, 6960 (VDSNK), 6984 (ib.), 7008 (ib.).—(γ) cf. °anuja.—(δ) an adjective (where the person designed is otherwise clearly indicated in the context; especially often in the vocative case), applied to a great many persons (Kṛṣhṇa, Viṣhṇu, Balarāma, Arjuna, Bhīmasena, Yudhishṭhira, Duryodhana, Droṇa, Açvatthāman, Bhīshma, Janamejaya, king Parikshit of Ayodhyā (III, 13169), Āpava (XII, 1757), Çira (X, 305: Rudram), Skanda (IX, 2480: *kumārabaram acyutam*), the Highest (XII, 11201: *brahmanyam paramam devam anantam param a°*; 13612: *devam paramakam brahma çvetam candrābham a°*)).