# महाविष्णु (mahāviṣṇu)

Canonical page: https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/mahavishnu

महाविष्णु (mahāviṣṇu) is a Sanskrit word meaning the great Vishnu, kapila.

- **SLP1:** `mahAvizRu`  **IAST:** mahāviṣṇu  **Devanagari:** महाविष्णु
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahavishnu
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/mahavishnu/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Other (2 definitions)
- the great Vishnu  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 800,2] महा (mahā) — विष्णु (—viṣṇu) m. the great Viṣṇu, Rāmatāpanīya-upaniṣad (Title); Catalogue(s) [Cologne Addition] (Title) ( esp. N. of Viṣṇu when worshipped by Buddhists, Monier-Williams’ Buddhism in its connexion with Brāhmaṇism and Hindūism: and in its contrast with Christianity (Title) 215 ) [ ID=160781 ]
- Kapila  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of Kapila, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=160782 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899).
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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