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Entry वासुदेव

वासुदेवvāsudevaAny descendant of Vasudeva.
[वसुदेवस्यापत्यम् अण्]
1. Any descendant of Vasudeva.
2. Particularly, Kṛiṣṇa.
3. The sage Kapila; वासुदेवेति यं प्राहुः कपिलं मुनिपुङ्गवम् Mb.3.17.32.
Derived forms and compounds
- -वी Asparagus Racemosus (Marâthî शतावरी).
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वासुदेवः सर्वमिति स महात्मा सुदुर्लभः ॥

vāsudevaḥ sarvamiti sa mahātmā sudurlabhaḥ. — At the end of many births the man of knowledge attains to Me. Very rare is the great soul who knows that Vasudeva, the omnipresent Being, is all that… 7·19
- वासुदेवःvāsudevaḥnominative singular of the masculine noun vāsudeva (Krishna, the omnipresent Being, son of Vasudeva).
- वासुदेवस्यvāsudevasyagenitive singular of the masculine noun vāsudeva (Krishna, the omnipresent Being, son of Vasudeva).
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