As a deity name
Name 13 of the Gopal Sahasranāma — Sammohana Tantra, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 900 of the Gopal Sahasranāma — Sammohana Tantra, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 164 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 808 of the Krishna Sahasranāma — Mahabharata / Padma Purana, as taught by Sages and Devotees
As a Hindi name
वासुदेव · noun · masculine
वसुदेव के पुत्र, श्री कृष्णचंद्र · मुनि- श्रेष्ट कपिल का एक नाम (को॰) · घोड़ा । अश्व (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
वासुदेव · vāsu-dev · s.m.
'Son of Vasu-dev,' an epithet of Krishṇ, or of Vishṇu — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1174
वासुदेव · masculine
an epithet of Krishna, son of Vasudeva; a male given name, Vasudev, from Sanskrit
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi वासुदेव — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit वासुदेव (vāsudeva)” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
vāsu—deva See below.
vāsudeva m. (fr. vasu-d˚) patr. of Kṛṣṇa, TĀr. &c. (RTL. 111)
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
patr. of Kṛṣṇa, &c.
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Dictionary citations
vāsu—deva See below.
vāsudeva m. (fr. vasu-d˚) patr. of Kṛṣṇa, TĀr. &c. (RTL. 111)
of a king of the Puṇḍras, Hariv.
N. of a class of beings peculiar to the Jainas, L.
a horse, L.
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