vasu—deva m. N. of the father of Kṛṣṇa (he was the son of Śūra, a descendant of Yadu of the lunar line, and was also called Ānaka-dundubhi q.v., because at his birth the gods, foreseeing that Viṣṇu would take a human form in his family, sounded the drums of heaven for joy; he was a brother of Kuntī or Pṛthā, the mother of the Paṇḍu princes, who were thus cousins of Kṛṣṇa; see 1. kṛṣṇa), [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [BhP.] &c.
of a king of the Kaṇva dynasty, [Pur.]; [Vās., Introd.]
of Kṛṣṇa, [Pañcar.]
of the grandfather of the poet Māgha, [Cat.]
(also with brahma-prasāda) of two authors, [Cat.]
vasu—deva n. the lunar mansion Dhaniṣṭhā, [VarBṛS.]