m. (fr. vasuka) N. of a divine being, [Gobh.]; [Kauś.]
of a serpent-king (one of the three chief kings of the Nāgas, the other two being Śeṣa and Takṣaka; the gods and demons used the serpent Vāsuki as a rope for twisting round the mountain Mandara when they churned the ocean, [RTL. 108, 233]), [MBh.]; [R.] &c.
of an author, [Pratāp.], Sch.
of another man, [Pravar.]