[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [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](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904) › c5.s9.173 # 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.s9.173 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.s9.173 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s9.173](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s9.173) Mahāpurusha (“the great Spirit”) = Vishnu (Nārāyaṇa, Kṛṣṇa). § 717c (Uparicara): XII, 337, 12795.—§ 717b (Nārāyaṇīya): XII, 339, ††12864 (praised by Nārada with the Mahāpurushastava, q.v.); 341, 13035, 13050; 348, 13455.—§ 717d (Brahma-Rudrasampv.): XII, 352, 13748. - [Previous: c5.s9.172](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s9.172) - [Next: c5.s9.174](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s9.174) - [Up: c5.s9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s9.173](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s9.173) · Pramāṇa