As a deity name
Name 42 of the Surya Sahasranāma — Bhavishya Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the lunar mansion Dhaniṣṭhā
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested membersMultiple readings (6)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "vasudevāya" is the dative of "vasudeva" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
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.
Alternative readings
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Caveats
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