Mahavishnu : occurs in Ramotaratapani Upanishad where it has been used in the sense of Param Brahman. In its primal sense, it is the great Agni in whom is centred the Bhu. He is the Virāṭa Purusha (Cosmic Spirit), who as Agni pours Himself out into the forms of sun & star. He is also Prajāpati & Mātarishwan.

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Record of Yoga > Notes on Images Seen in March 1914

... subordinate star of the great Agni, Mahavishnu, in whom is centred the Bhu. Mahavishnu is the Virat Purusha who as Agni pours Himself out into the forms of sun and star. He is Agni Twashtá, Visvakarman, he is also Prajápati and Matariswan. These are the three primal Purushas of the earth life,—Agni Twashta, Prajápáti & Matariswan, all of them soul bodies of Mahavishnu. Agni Twashta having made the Sun... Pashu, then Pishacha, then Pramatha, then Rakshasa, then Asura, then Deva, then Siddha. So he ascends the ladder of his own being towards the Sat Purusha. Manu, the first Prajapati, is a part of Mahavishnu Himself descended into the mental plane in order to conduct the destinies of the human race. He is different from the four Manus who are more than Prajapatis, they being the four Type-Souls from ...