# वसु (vasu)

Canonical page: https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/vasu

वसु (vasu) is a Sanskrit word meaning excellent, good, beneficent, sweet, dry, an epithet of the gods, a symbol of the number eight, a ray of light. Its 114 recorded definitions are grouped into 11 contexts, among them Proper Names (Beings and Places), Natural Objects and Substances, Comprehensive Dictionary Entries and References.

- **Root:** 1. वस् (1. vas)
- **Etymology:** E. वस to abide or dwell, Uṇādi aff. उ. Page744 — E. vasa to abide or dwell, Uṇādi aff. u. Page744
- **SLP1:** `vasu`  **IAST:** vasu  **Devanagari:** वसु
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasu
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/vasu/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** वासू (vāsū), वासु (vāsu)

## Meanings by context

### Proper Names (Beings and Places) (39 definitions)
- Name of a Rishi  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of a Ṛṣi (with the patr. Bharad-vāja, author of Ṛg-veda (Title) ix, 80 - 82, reckoned among the seven sages), Hariv. [ ID=188714 ]
- a son of Manu  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a son of Manu, ib. [ ID=188715 ]
- of a son of Uttana-pada  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a son of Uttāna-pāda, ib. [ ID=188716 ]
- a prince of the Cedis also called Upari-cara  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a prince of the Cedis also called Upari-cara, MBh. [ ID=188717 ]
- a son of Ilina  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a son of Īlina, ib. [ ID=188718 ]
- a son of Kusha and the country named after him  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a son of Kuśa and the country called after him, RV. [ ID=188719 ]
- of a son of Vasudeva  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a son of Vasu-deva, BhP. [ ID=188720 ]
- of a son of Krishna  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a son of Kṛṣṇa, ib. [ ID=188721 ]
- of a son of Vatsara  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a son of Vatsara, ib. [ ID=188722 ]
- the son of Hiranya-retas and the Varsha ruled by him  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a son of Hiraṇya-retas and the Varṣa ruled by him, ib. [ ID=188723 ]
- of a son of Bhutajyotis  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a son of Bhūtajyotis, ib. [ ID=188724 ]
- belonging to a son of Naraka  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a son of Naraka, ib. [ ID=188725 ]
- of a king of Kashmir  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a king of Kaśmīra, Cat. [ ID=188726 ]
- a daughter of Daksha and mother of the Vasus  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of a daughter of Dakṣa and mother of the Vasus (as a class of gods), Hariv.; VP. [ ID=188729 ]
- an epithet of Krishna  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — सुतः (sutaḥ) &c. epithets of Kṛṣṇa
- the capital of Kubera  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — धारा, - भारा (dhārā, -bhārā) the capital of Kubera
- a king of the Cedis surnamed Uparicara  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > वसु (vasu) [Printed book page 716-2 ] Vasu 1, surnamed Uparicara, king of the Cedis. § 73 (cf. Ādivaṃśāvataraṇa). Instructed by Indra king V. won the kingdom of the Cedis. Some time after he dwelled in a hermitage practising austerities, from which the gods, headed by Indra, prevailed upon him to refrain. Indra gave him a crystal vimāna (chariot) capable of carrying him through the air like a god, and a triumphal ( vaijayantī ) garland named Indramālā, and a bamboo pole to protect the peaceful. After a year the king planted this pole in the ground in order to worship Indra (from that time all kings plant a bamboo pole, and the next day they cover it with golden clothes, etc.). Indra came there in the form of a swan to accept the worship, and blessed the men and kings who would observe this festivity: I, 63, 2335 ( Paurava- nandanaḥ ), 2354, 2355, 2358.—§ 74 (do.): From the country of the Cedis V. ruled the whole world. He installed his five sons as governors of various provinces: Bṛhadratha (in the country of the Māgadhas ), Pratyagra, Kuśāmba or Maṇivāhana, Māvella, and Yadu; they founded kingdoms and towns, named after themselves, and created separate dynasties which lasted Page717-a+ 63 for long ages: I, 63, 2360 ( Śedīśvaraḥ ), 2361 ( Cedipatiḥ ).— § 75 (do.): Seated in his crystal chariot and coursing through the sky V. was adored by Gandharvas and Apsarases, and was called Uparicara. Near his capital flowed the river Śuktimatī, and from love of this river the mountain Kolāhala once barred its course. V. then kicked the mountain with his foot, and the river gave him the two children which she had with Kolāhala. V. made the male child the commander of his armies, and made the daughter Girikā his wife: I, 63, 2368, 2370.—§ 76 (Matsya): I, 63, 2371 ( °oḥ patnī… Girikā ) [2389 ( vīryaṃ…Vāsavaṃ )] (the seed of V. fell into the Yamunā, and was swallowed by Adrikā (an Apsaras transformed into a fish), who, in consequence, bore Matsya and Satyavatī).—§ 277 (Jarāsandhavadhap.): II, 24, 950 (the chariot which V. got from Indra passed over to Bṛhadratha, and from him to Jarāsandha).—§ 717 c (Uparicara): XII, 336, 12742 ( prajāpālaḥ ), 12746 ( rājā ); 337, 12754 ( rājo- paricaraḥ ), 12755, 12768, 12813; 338, 12818, 12823, 12824, 12826, 12827, 12828, 12831, 12832, 12836, 12846, 12851 ( samrāḍ rājā ), 12854 ( pārthivaḥ ) ( V. was devoted to Nārāyaṇa and a pupil of Bṛhaspati; his horse sacrifice; V. was cursed by some brahmans on account of a wrong explanation, and sank below the earth, where he got the libation named vasor-dhārā for his sustenance; at last he, by the grace of Nārāyaṇa, attained to Brahmaloka).—§ 723 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 6 α, 328 ( °r yajñaśatair iṣṭvā dvitīya iva Vāsavaḥ/ mithyābhidhānenaikena Rasātalatalaṃ gataḥ, cf. § 717 c ).—§ 761 (do.): XIII, 115, 5650 ( Cedipatiḥ, questioned by the ṛṣis about the eating of meat he gave a wrong answer and therefore fell down from heaven to earth and thence below the earth, cf. § 717 c ), (δ), 5665 (among those who did not eat meat during the month of Kārttika).—§ 786 (Anugītāp.): XIV, 91, 2828 ( nṛpatiṃ ), 2830 ( Cedīnām īśvaraṃ ) ( V. was questioned by the ṛṣis about sacrifices, he answered wrongly, and there- fore sank down to Rasātala, cf. § 717 c ). Cf. Cedipa, Cedipati, Pauravanandana, Rājoparicara, Uparicara. [ ID=11672 ]
- a prince, brother of Dushyanta  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > [Printed book page 717-1 ] Vasu 2, a prince, brother of Duṣyanta. § 150 (Pūruvaṃś.): I, 94, 3708. [ ID=11673 ]
- a brahman, father of Paila  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Vasu 3, a brahman, father of Paila. § 286 (Rājasūyikap.): II, 33, 1239 ( Pailaḥ…V°oḥ sutaḥ ). [ ID=11674 ]
- son of Jamadagni  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Vasu 4, son of Jamadagni. § 396 (Jamadagni): III, 116, 10180. [ ID=11675 ]
- a king  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Vasu 5, a king. § 562 (Bhagavadyānap.): V, 74 γ, 2729 ( Kṛmīṇām uddhato V° ). [ ID=11676 ]
- a rishi  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Vasu 6, a ṛṣi. § 770 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 151 κ, 7119 (among the seven dharaṇīdharas ). [ ID=11677 ]
- a son of Vastara and Svarvithi  
  *The Purana Index*
  > वसु (vasu) [Printed book page 3-169 ] Vasu (I) — a son of Vastara and Svarvīthi. Bhā. IV. 13. 12. [ ID=12361 ]
- 1. A son of Hiranyaretas. 2. A territorial division of Kushadvipa.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Vasu (II) — a son of Hiraṇyaretas; also the name of a territorial division of Kuśadvīpa. Bhā. V. 20. 14. [ ID=12362 ]
- the son of Bhutajyotis and father of Pratika  
  *The Purana Index*
  > [Printed book page 3-170 ] Vasu (IV) — the son of Bhūtajyotis, and father of Pratīka. Bhā. IX. 2. 17-18. [ ID=12364 ]
- A daughter of Daksha and wife of Dharma who gave birth to the eight Vasus.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Vasu (V) — a daughter of Dakṣa and one of the ten wives of Dharma; gave birth to eight Vasus. Bhā. VI. 6. 4, 10-11; Br. II. 9. 50, 61; III. 3. 2 and 20. M. 5. 15: Vi. I. 15. 105; Vā. 66. 2. [ ID=12365 ]
- one of the four sons of Kusa  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Vasu (VI) — one of the four sons of Kuśa. Bhā. IX. 15. 4; Br. III. 66. 32; Vā. 91. 62; Vi. IV. 7. 8. [ ID=12366 ]
- a son of Krishna and Samba  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Vasu (VIII) — a son of Kṛṣṇa and Sāmbā. Bhā. X. 61. 13. [ ID=12368 ]
- One of the ten sons of Kardama who attained heaven by ascetic practice.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Vasu (X) — one of the ten sons of Kardama; attained heaven by tapas. Br. II. 14. 9; 30. 39. [ ID=12370 ]
- 1. A son of Uttanapada cursed by sages to live in Rasatala for justifying animal sacrifice, later attaining heaven through asceticism. 2. A royal sage whose daughter Acchodamatsyagandhi married Parashara and gave birth to Vyasa.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Vasu (XII) — a son of Uttānapāda: Asked to arbitrate in the dispute involving animal sacrifice; said that yajña involved himsa and justified Vasu's action: cursed therefor Page3-171+ 26 by sages to live in Rasātala (Pātāla- M.P. ): attained heaven by tapas; 1 his daughter Acchodāmatsyagandhi married Parā- śara and gave birth to Vyāsa; 2 a Rājaṛṣi. 3 [ Footnote: 1) Br. II. 30. 23-32, 39 and 47; 36. 89; M. 143. 18-25. Vā. 1. 111; 57. 101-11; 62. 76.] [ Footnote: 2) M. 14. 14.] [ Footnote: 3) Vā. 57. 122.] [ ID=12372 ]
- A Yaksha, son of Punyajani and Manibhadra.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Vasu (XV) — a Yakṣa: a son of Puṇyajanī and Maṇi- bhadra. Br. III. 7. 123. Vā. 69. 154. [ ID=12375 ]
- 1. The great-grandson of Prithu and son of Krimi, equal to Indra, and ruler of the Cedi. 2. Father of Upamanyu, from whom the Upamanyava clan originated.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Vasu (XVI) — the great grand-son of Pṛthu and son of Kṛmi and equal to Indra: Cedipati; 1 father of Upamanyu from whom the Upamanyava clan sprang. 2 [ Footnote: 1) Br. III. 8. 98; 68. 27; M. 50. 25-6; Vā. 93. 26.] [ Footnote: 2) Ib. 70. 89.] [ ID=12376 ]
- a goddess attending on Soma  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Vasu (XVII) — a devī attending on Soma. Br. III. 65. 26. [ ID=12377 ]
- A son of Devarakshita and Vasudeva, killed by Kamsa.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Vasu (XVIII) — a son of Devarakṣitā and Vasudeva, killed by Kamsa. Br. III. 71. 181; Vā. 96. 178. [ ID=12378 ]
- A sage of the Rohita epoch.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Vasu (XIX) — (Kāśyapa), a sage of the Rohita epoch. Br. IV. 1. 62; Vi. III. 2. 23. [ ID=12379 ]
- a son of Pururavas and Urvashi  
  *The Purana Index*
  > [Printed book page 3-172 ] Vasu (XX) — a son of Purūravas and Ūrvaśī. M. 24. 33. [ ID=12380 ]
- one of the ten sons of Svayambhuva Manu  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Vasu (XXI) — one of the ten sons of Svāyambhuva Manu; 1 attained heaven by tapas. 2 [ Footnote: 1) M. 9. 5; Br. II. 13. 104; Vā. 31. 17.] [ Footnote: 2) M. 143. 38.] [ ID=12381 ]
- a son of Savarni Manu  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Vasu (XXII) — a son of Sāvarṇi Manu. M. 9. 33. [ ID=12382 ]
- left her consort Maricakashyapa for Soma  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Vasu (XXIII) — left her consort, Mārīcakaśyapa for Soma. M. 23. 25. [ ID=12383 ]

### Natural Objects and Substances (14 definitions)
- a particular drug  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a partic. drug, L. [ ID=188728 ]
- a particular drug  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > वसु (vasu) n. (also f. ) a partic. drug, L. [ ID=188734 ]
- a kind of salt  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > वसु (vasu) n. a kind of salt (= रोमक (romaka) ), L. [ ID=188735 ]
- water  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > water, L. [ ID=188736 ]
- a horse  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a horse (?), L. [ ID=188737 ]
- Water  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वसु (vasu) [Printed book page 0953-b ] वसु (vasu) a. 4 Water
- A kind of salt.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वसु (vasu) [Printed book page 0953-b ] वसु (vasu) a. 6 A kind of salt
- A medicinal root  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वसु (vasu) [Printed book page 0953-b ] वसु (vasu) a. 7 A medicinal root ( वृद्धि (vṛddhi) )
- A yellow kind of kidney-bean  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वसु (vasu) [Printed book page 0953-b ] वसु (vasu) a. 8 A yellow kind of kidney-bean. — m
- A tree  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वसु (vasu) [Printed book page 0953-b ] वसु (vasu) a. 6 A tree
- A lake or pond.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वसु (vasu) [Printed book page 0953-b ] वसु (vasu) a. 7 A lake, pound
- A medicinal root  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वसु (vasu) [Printed book page 0953-b ] वसु (vasu) a. 3 ( pb ) A medicinal root ( वृद्धि (vṛddhi) )
- the earth  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — दा (dā) the earth
- 1. Sambhar salt. 2. The gigantic asclepias shrub. 3. The sesbana grandiflora tree.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वसु (vasu)( सू ) क (vasu(sū)ka) n. ( - कं (-kaṃ) ) A fossil-salt, brought from a district in Ajmere, Sambhar-salt. m. ( - कः (-kaḥ) ) 1. A shrub, (Gigantic Asclepias.) 2. A tree, (Sesbana grandiflora.) E. कन् (kan) added to the preceding; or वसु (vasu) wealth, कै (kai) to sound, aff. ड । (ḍa.) [ ID=35547 ]

### Comprehensive Dictionary Entries and References (12 definitions)
- 1. The sun. 2. The moon. 3. Fire. 4. A rope or thong. 5. A tree. 6. Names of two kinds of plants, baka and pita-madgu. 7. A lake or pond. 8. A kind of fish. 9. The tie of a plough yoke. 10. The distance from the elbow to the closed fist.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > = जिन (jina), Śīl. (only L. the sun; the moon; fire; a rope, thong; a tree; N. of two kinds of plant = बक (baka) and पीत - मद्गु (pīta-madgu); a lake, pond; a kind of fish; the tie of the yoke of a plough; the distance from the elbow to the closed fist) [ ID=188713 ]
- See pages 930 and 932.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 933,1] 1. 2. वसु (vasu) a See pp. 930 and 932. [ ID=189198 ]
- 1. Good or beneficent. 2. An epithet of various gods and of the gods in general. 3. The Vasus, a class of eight gods. 4. A ray of light. 5. Goods, wealth, or property. 6. Gold. 7. A gem or pearl.  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वसु (vasu) [Printed book page 273-3 ] वसु (vasu) vás-u, a. [ v-ī; bright: √ 1. vas] good, beneficent ( V. ); m. ep. of various gods and of the gods in general; pl. the Vasus, a class of gods ( their number being usually eight; Indra is their chief, later Agni and Viṣṇu ); ray of light ( C., rare ); N.; n. goods, wealth, property ( V., C., very common ); gold ( C., very rare ); gem, pearl ( C., very rare ). [ ID=16128 ]
- 1. Sweet or sweet-flavored. 2. Dry. 3. Wealth, substance, or a thing. 4. A gem or jewel. 5. A medicinal root. 6. Water. 7. Gold. 8. A yellow kidney-bean. 9. A sort of salt. 10. The number eight. 11. A class of eight demigods. 12. Fire. 13. A ray of light. 14. The tie of a yoke. 15. A tree. 16. A king. 17. Kuvera. 18. A lake or pool. 19. A rein or halter. 20. Shiva. 21. The sun. 22. A kind of fish.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वस (vasa) ु (vasu) [Printed book page 743 ] वस (vasa) ु (vasu) mfn. ( - सु (-su) ः (-suḥ)- सु (-su) ः (-suḥ)- सु (-su) (-suḥ-suḥ-su) ) 1 Sweet, sweet-flavoured. 2 Dry, dried. n. ( - सु (-su) ) 1 Wealth, thing, substance. 2 A gem, a jewel. 3 A medicinal root, commonly Vṛddhi. 4 Water. 5 Gold. 6 A yellow kind of kidney-bean. 7 A sort of salt. 8 The number eight, i. e. the eight Vasus. m. ( - सु (-su) ः (-suḥ) ) 1 A kind of demigod, of whom eight are enumerated, viz. DHAVA, DHRUVA, SOMA or the moon, VIṢṆU, ANILA or wind, ANALA or fire, PRABHŪṢA and PRABHĀVA. 2 A name of AGNI or fire. 3 A ray of light. 4 The tie of a yoke. 5 A tree, ( Sesbana grandiflora.) 6 The name of a king. 7 A name of KUVERA. 8 A tree in general. 9 A lake, a pool. 10 A rein, a halter. 11 A plant, ( Trophis aspera.) 12 ŚIVA. 13 The sun. 14 A kind of fish. E. वस (vasa) to abide or dwell, Uṇādi aff. उ (u). Page744 [ ID=34004 ]
- 1. A kind of demigod, fire, ray, tree, lake, or rein. 2. Wealth, gem, gold, or water. 3. Sweet or dry.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वसु (vasu) [Printed book page 666-a ] वसु (vasu) ( सुः ) ((suḥ)) 2. m. A kind of demigod; fire; a ray; a tree; a lake; a rein. n. Wealth; a gem, gold; water. a. Sweet; dry. [ ID=33592 ]
- 1. An epithet of Kubera. 2. An epithet of Shiva. 3. An epithet of Agni. 4. The sun. 5. A rein. 6. The tie of a yoke. 7. A tree. 8. A lake or pool. 9. The number eight. 10. A ray of light.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वसु (vasu) (II) m. 1. An epithet of Kubera; 2. of Śiva; 3. of Agni; 4. the sun; 5. a rein; 6. the tie of a yoke; 7. a tree; 8. a lake or a pool; 9. the number ‘eight’; 10. a ray of light, शिथिलवसु (vasu) मगाधे मग्नमापत्पयोधौ (śithilavasumagādhe magnamāpatpayodhau) Kir. i.46, निरकाशयद्रविमपेतवसु (vasu) ं वियदालयादपरदिग्गणिका (nirakāśayadravimapetavasuṃ viyadālayādaparadiggaṇikā) Sis. ix.10; in these passages the word is used in this as well as in the following sense). [ ID=33993 ]
- 1. Sweet or dry. 2. Wealth, a gem, a medicinal root, water, gold, a yellow kidneybean, a sort of salt, or the number eight. 3. A class of eight demigods, Agni, a ray of light, the tie of a yoke, a tree, a king, Kuvera, a lake, a rein, a plant, Shiva, the sun, or a kind of fish.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वसु (vasu) [Printed book page 637-b ] वसु (vasu) mfn. ( - सु (-su) ः (-suḥ)- सु (-su) ः (-suḥ)- सु (-su) (-suḥ-suḥ-su) ) 1. Sweet, sweet-flavoured. 2. Dry, dried. n. ( - सु (-su) ) 1. Wealth, thing, substance. 2. A gem, a jewel. 3. A medicinal root, commonly Vriddhi. 4. Water. 5. Gold. 6. A yellow kind of kidneybean. 7. A sort of salt. 8. The number eight, i. e. the eight Vasus. m. ( - सु (-su) ः (-suḥ) ) 1. A kind of demi-god, of whom eight are enumerated, viz.:—DHARA, DHRUVA, SOMA or the moon, ĀPA, ANILA or wind, ANALA or fire, PRABHĀSA and PRATYUSA. 2. A name of ĀGNI or fire. 3. A ray of light. 4. The tie of a yoke. 5. A tree, (Sesbana grandiflora.) 6. The name of a king. 7. A name of KUVERA. 8. A tree in general. 9. A lake, a pool. 10. A rein, a halter. 11. A plant, (Trophis aspera.) 12. ŚIVA. 13. The sun. 14. A kind of fish. E. वस् (vas) to abide or dwell, Unādi aff. उ । (u.) [ ID=35546 ]
- 1. Sweet. 2. Dry. 3. A kind of demigod. 4. A name of Agni. 5. Shiva. 6. Kuvera. 7. The sun. 8. A ray of light. 9. A rein. 10. The tie of a yoke. 11. A tree. 12. A plant. 13. A kind of fish. 14. Wealth. 15. Gold. 16. A gem. 17. Water. 18. A sort of salt. 19. A yellow kind of kidney bean.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वसु (vasu) [Printed book page 0826-b ] वसु (vasu) vasu, I. adj. 1. Sweet. 2. Dry. II. m. 1. A kind of demigod, Rām. 3, 52, 42; MBh. 1, 2582. 2. A name of Agni. 3. Śiva. 4. Kuvera, Kir. 1, 18. 5. The sun. 6. A ray of light, Śiś. 9, 10 (at the end of a comp. adj.; cf. 2. vas ). 7. A rein. 8. The tie of a yoke. 9. A Page0827-a+ 42 tree. 10. The name of two plants. 11. A kind of fish. 12. A proper name, Lass. 2. ed. 67, 21. III. n. 1. Wealth, Lass. 100, 8 = Rigv. vii. 15, 4 ( vasvas, ved. abl. ); Nal. 5, 48; Daśak. in Chr. 184, 14. 2. Gold, MBh. 3, 13472. 3. A gem. 4. Water. 5. A sort of salt. 6. A yellow kind of kidney bean. — Comp. Punar-, m. 1. the seventh of the lunar asterisms, Ragh. 11, 36. 2. a name of Viṣṇu and Śiva, MBh. 12, 1511. Purā-, m. a name of Bhīṣma. Mitrāvasu, i. e. mitra-, m. a proper name, Śāk. 79, 2. Vibhā-, m. 1. the sun, Lass. 2. ed. 78, 76. 2. the moon, Śṛṅgārat. 2. 3. fire. — Cf. ἐΰς, ἐάων, cf. vasna. [ ID=12899 ]
- 1. Good and wholesome. 2. A member of a class of eight gods. 3. Property, wealth, or riches.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वसु (vasu) [Printed book page 479 ] वसु (vasu) f. वस्वी (vasvī) (& वसु (vasu) ) a. good, wholesome; m. E. of the gods or a class of (8) gods, N. of sev. men; n. good, property, wealth, riches. [ ID=28527 ]
- 1. Excellent or good. 2. A god. 3. The Vasus, a class of gods. 4. Wealth or goods.  
  *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary*
  > वसु (vasu) [Printed book page 240-a ] vásu, a. excellent, good; —1. as m. good (of gods), 76 11; —2. as m. pl. The Good Ones, the Vasus, a class of gods, RV. x. 125. 1; —3. as n. sing. and pl. good, goods, wealth. [ prop. ‘shining, i. e. splendid, ’ √1vas, ‘shine,’ but w. a transfer of mg like that in the Eng. splendid as used by the vulgar for ‘excellent’: connection w. ἠύς, ἐύς, ‘good,’ and εὖ, ‘well,’ is improbable, see āyu. ] [ ID=3754 ]
- 1. Good or sweet. 2. Wealthy or rich. 3. A class of eight semi-divine beings. 4. Agni, Shiva, or Kuvera. 5. The sun, a ray of light, a rein, or a halter. 6. A tree, lake, pool, or fish. 7. Light or radiance. 8. Wealth, a gem, gold, water, salt, or a medicinal root.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > वसु (vasu) [Printed book page 0896-c ] Vasu, us, us or vī (Ved.), u, good (Ved.); wealthy, rich (Ved.); sweet, sweet-flavoured; dry, dried; ( us ), m. (pl. vasavas ), N. of a kind of god or semi-divine being belonging to a class of eight (forming one of the nine Gaṇas or classes enume- rated under Gaṇa-devatā, q. v.; the eight Vasus were originally personifications, like other Vedic deities, of natural phenomena, and are usually mentioned with the other Gaṇas or classes common in the Veda, viz. the eleven Rudras and the twelve Ādityas, constitut- ing with them and with Dyaus, ‘Heaven,’ and Pṛ- thivī, ‘Earth’ [or, according to some, with Indra and Prajā-pati, or, according to others, with the two Aśvins], the number of thirty-three gods to which reference is frequently made: the names of the Vasus, according to the Viṣṇu-Purāṇa, are, 1. Āpa [connected with ap, ‘water’]; 2. Dhruva, ‘the Pole-star’ 3. Soma, ‘the Moon;’ 4. Dhava or Dhara; 5. Anila, ‘Wind;’ 6. Anala or Pāvaka, ‘Fire;’ 7. Pratyūṣa, ‘the Dawn;’ 8. Prabhāsa, ‘Light;’ but their appellations are variously given by different authorities, Ahan, ‘Day,’ being some- times substituted for 1; in their relationship to Fire and Light they appear to belong to the Vedic rather than Purānic period of mythology); a symbolical expression for the number eight; N. of Agni or Fire; of Śiva; of Kuvera, the god of wealth; of a king; of a Ṛṣi with the patronymic Bhāradvāja (author of the hymns Ṛg-veda IX. 80-82); the sun; a ray of light; a rein; the tie of a yoke; a halter; a tree; the tree Sesbana Grandiflora; the plant Trophis Aspera; a lake, pool; a kind of fish; ( us ), f. light, radiance; ( u ), n. wealth, riches (abl. gen., Ved. vasvas ); a thing, substance; gold; a gem, jewel; water; a sort of salt; a yellow kind of kidney-bean; a medicinal root (commonly called Vṛddhi; said to be also us, f.); [cf. Gr. ἐΰς, ἐόων.] —Vasu-karṇa, as, m., N. of a Ṛṣi with the Page0897-a+ 81 patronymic Vāsukra (author of the hymns Ṛg-veda X. 65, 66). —Vasu-kīṭa, as, or vasu-kṛmi, is, m. ‘money-worm,’ a suppliant, beggar. —Vasu-kṛt, t, m., N. of a Ṛṣi with the patronymic Vāsukra (author of the hymns Ṛg-veda X. 20 — 26). —Vasu-kra, as, m., N. of a Ṛṣi with the patronymic Aindra (author of the hymns Ṛg-veda X. 27, 29, and part of 28); of another Ṛṣi with the patronymic Vāsiṣṭha (author of Ṛg-veda IX. 97, 28 — 30). —Vasukra- patnī, f., N. of the authoress of Ṛg-veda X. 28, 1. —Vasu-gupta, as, m. a proper N. —Vasuguptā- cārya (°ta-āc°), as, m., N. of an author. —Vasu- cchidrā, f., N. of a tree (= mahā-meda). —Vasu- tāti, is, f., Ved. wealth, riches, (Sāy. = dhana. ) —Vasu-tti, is, f. (for vasu-datti; cf. deva-tta ), Ved. granting wealth. —Vasu-tvana, am, n., Ved. wealth, riches. —Vasu-dā, ās, m. f., Ved. one who grants wealth or treasures; ( ā ), f. the earth, (fem. of vasu- da. ) —Vasu-deva, as, 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 with joy; he was a brother of Kuntī or Pṛthā, the mother of the Pāṇḍu princes, who were thus cousins of Kṛṣṇa, see 1. kṛṣṇa ); a proper N. —Vasu-devatā, f. the constellation Dhaniṣṭha (presided over by the Vasus). —Vasudeva-bhū, ūs, m. ‘son of Vasu-deva,’ epi- thet of Kṛṣṇa. —Vasudevyā, f. the asterism Dha- niṣṭha [cf. vasu-devatā ]; the ninth day of the fortnight. —Vasu-dharmikā, f. crystal. —Vasu-dhā, f. ‘containing wealth,’ the earth. —Vasudhā-khar- jūrikā, f., N. of a plant. —Vasudhā-dhara, as, m. a mountain. —Vasudhādhipa (°dhā-adh°), as, m. a king. —Vasu-dhāna, as, ā, am, Ved. possess- ing wealth, a possesser of wealth. —Vasudhā-na- gara, am, n. the capital of Varuṇa in the western ocean. —Vasu-dhāra, as, ā, am, treasure-holding; ( ā ), f. a female Śakti peculiar to the Jainas; the capital of Kuvera, (also read vasu-bhārā. ) —Vasu- dhiti, is, f., Ved. the bestowal of wealth, (according to Sāy. on Ṛg-veda IV. 8, 2 = yajamā-nābhīṣṭa- phala-rūpa-dhanasya dānam ); ( is, is, i ), be- stowing wealth, (Sāy. = dhanasya dhātṛ, Ṛg-veda I. 181, 1.) —Vasu-dheya, am, n., see Nirukta IX. 42, 43. —Vasun-dhara, as, m. containing wealth; N. of a poet; ( ās ), m. pl., N. of a people; ( ā ), f. the earth. —Vasu-pati, is, m., Ved. a lord of wealth or of good things. —Vasu-prabhā, f. one of the seven tongues of fire. —Vasu-prāṇa, as, m. ‘life of the Vasus,’ fire or its deity Agni. —Vasu-bharita, as, ā, am, full of treasures. —Va- su-mat, ān, atī, at, possessing treasures, wealthy, rich; ( atī ), f. the earth; a proper N. —Vasu-ma- nas, ās, m., N. of the author of Ṛg-veda X. 179, 3 (having the patronymic Rauhidaśva). —Vasu-ruc, k, m. a proper N. —Vasu-retas, ās, m. fire. —Vasu- rocis, is, m., Ved. a proper N.; ( is ), n. a religious ceremony in which the deities called Vasus are espe- cially worshipped; Vasurociṣo 'ṅgirasaḥ, N. of the authors of Ṛg-veda VIII. 34, 16-18. —Vasu- vani, is, f., Ved. a request or prayer for wealth; ( is, is, i ), a giver of wealth. —Vasu-vāhana, as, ī, am, bringing treasures. —Vasuvit-tama (superl. of vasu- vid ), as, ā, am, Ved. one who bestows great wealth. —Vasu-vid, t, t, t, Ved. granting treasures. —Vasu- śravas, ās, ās, as, Ved. famous or renowned for wealth. —Vasu-śruta, as, m., Ved. (probably) one re- nowned for wealth; N. of the author of the hymns Ṛg-veda V. 3 — 6 (having the patronymic Ātreya). —Vasu-śreṣṭha, am, n. ‘the best of treasure,’ silver; wrought gold. —Vasu-ṣeṇa, as, m., N. of Karṇa (half brother of the Pāṇḍu princes by the same mother, Pṛthā; the name is supposed by some to have reference to his wealth, which he liberally distributed, cf. karṇa ). —Vasu-sampūrṇa, as, ā, am, filled with wealth. —Vasu-sthalī, f. the city of Kuvera. —Vasu-haṭṭa or vasuhaṭṭaka, as, m. = vaka-puṣpa or Sesbana Grandiflora. —Vasūpa- māna (°su-up°), as, ā, am, resembling or equal to Page0897-b+ 81 Kuvera (the god of wealth). —Vasor-dhārā, f. ‘a stream or source of wealth, ‘N. of a particular liba- tion to Agni; of a sacred bathing-place; of the wife of Agni. —Vasu-aukasārā, f. the city of Indra, i. e. Amarā-vatī; the residence of Kuvera, i. e. Alakā; a river or lake attached to Amarā-vatī and Alakā (re- garded as belonging to either Indra or Kuvera). [ ID=41650 ]
- See page 896  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > [Printed book page 0897-c ] वसु (vasu) vasu. See p. 896, col. 3. [ ID=41675 ]

### Specific Deities (Names/Epithets) (10 definitions)
- An epithet of the gods  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of the gods (as the ‘good or bright ones’, esp. of the Ādityas, Maruts, Aśvins, Indra, Uṣas, Rudra, Vāyu, Viṣṇu, Śiva, and Kubera), RV.; AV.; MBh.; R. [ ID=188708 ]
- Kubera  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वसु (vasu) [Printed book page 0953-b ] वसु (vasu) a. 3 N. of Kubera
- Of Shiva  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वसु (vasu) [Printed book page 0953-b ] वसु (vasu) a. 4 Of Śiva
- Of Agni  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वसु (vasu) [Printed book page 0953-b ] वसु (vasu) a. 5 Of Agni
- 1. An epithet of Shiva. 2. An epithet of Vishnu.  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Vasu 7 = Śiva (1000 names 2 ).—Do. 2 = Viṣṇu (1000 names). [ ID=11678 ]
- another name for Brahmajyoti Agni  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Vasu (IX) (also Vasudhāma ) — another name for Brah- majyoti Agni. Br. II. 12. 43; Vā. 29. 21. [ ID=12369 ]
- Soma  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Vasu (XI) — is Soma. Br. II. 24. 88. [ ID=12371 ]
- a Pratardana god  
  *The Purana Index*
  > [Printed book page 3-171 ] Vasu (XIII) — a Pratardana god. Br. II. 36. 30. [ ID=12373 ]
- a god of the Adya group  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Vasu (XIV) — a god of Ādya group. Br. II. 36. 69. [ ID=12374 ]
- 1. A son of Bhrigu. 2. One of the ten Vishvedevas.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Vasu (XXIV) — a son of Bhṛgu; one of the ten Viśvedevas. M. 195. 13; 203. 13. [ ID=12384 ]

### Wealth and Valuables (10 definitions)
- wealth, goods, riches, property  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > वसु (vasu) n. (in Veda gen. वसोस् (vasos), वस्वस् (vasvas) and वसु (vasu) नस् (vasunas); also pl., exceptionally m. ) wealth, goods, riches, property, RV. &c. &c. ( ° (°) सोष् - पति (° (°)soṣ-pati) m. prob. ‘the god of wealth or property’, Atharva-veda (Title) i, 12 [ Paipp. असोष् - प् (asoṣ-p) ° (°), ‘the god of life’]; ° (°) सोर् - धारा (° (°)sor-dhārā) f. ‘stream of wealth’, N. of a partic. libation of Ghṛta at the Agni-cayana, Atharva-veda (Title); TS.; Br. &c. of the wife of Agni, BhP.; of the heavenly Gaṅgā, MBh.; of sacred bathing-place, ib.; of a kind of vessel, ib.; ° (°) सोर् - धारा (° (°)sor-dhārā)- प्रयोग (° (°)sor-dhārā-prayoga) m. N. of wk. ) [ ID=188730 ]
- gold  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > वसु (vasu) n. gold (see - वर्म - धर (-varma-dhara) ) [ ID=188731 ]
- A jewel, gem, or pearl  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a jewel, gem, pearl (see - मेखल (-mekhala) ) [ ID=188732 ]
- any valuable or precious object  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > any valuable or precious object, L. [ ID=188733 ]
- Wealth, riches  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वसु (vasu) [Printed book page 0953-b ] वसु (vasu) a. 1 Wealth, riches; स्वयं (svayaṃ) प्रदुग्धेऽस्य गुणैरुपस्नुता वसूपमानस्य (pradugdhe'sya guṇairupasnutā vasūpamānasya) वसूनि मेदि नी (vasūni medi nī) Kirātārjunīya 1. 18; Raghuvaṃśa (Bombay) 8. 31, 9. 6
- A jewel or gem  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वसु (vasu) [Printed book page 0953-b ] वसु (vasu) a. 2 A jewel, gem
- Gold  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वसु (vasu) [Printed book page 0953-b ] वसु (vasu) a. 3 Gold
- A thing or substance  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वसु (vasu) [Printed book page 0953-b ] वसु (vasu) a. 5 A thing, substance
- 1. Wealth or riches. 2. Gold. 3. A jewel. 4. Water. 5. A sort of salt. 6. A thing or substance.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वसु (vasu) (III) m.n. 1. Wealth, riches, R. ix.6; 2. gold; 3. a jewel; 4. water; 5. a sort of salt; 6. a thing, a substance. [ ID=33994 ]
- wealth, property  
  *The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects*
  > वसु (vasu) [Printed book page 2-277 ] Vasu in the Rigveda 1 and later 2 denotes ‘wealth,’ ‘property.’ [ Footnote: 1) iv. 17, 11. 13; 20, 8; vi. 55, 3; viii. 13, 22, etc.] [ Footnote: 2) Av. vii. 115, 2; ix. 4, 3; x. 8, 20; xiv. 2, 8, etc.] [ ID=2844 ]

### Light, Luminaries, and Fire (7 definitions)
- a ray of light  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a ray of light, Naighaṇṭuka, commented on by Yāska (subtitle) i, 15 [ ID=188711 ]
- a particular ray of light  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a partic. ray of light, VP. [ ID=188712 ]
- light, radiance  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > [Printed book page 931,1] वसु (vasu) ( उ (u) ), f. light, radiance, L. [ ID=188727 ]
- 1. A ray of light. 2. Wealth.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वसु (vasu) [Printed book page 0953-b ] वसु (vasu) a. 11 A ray of light; निरकाशयद्रविमपेतवसु (vasu) ं (nirakāśayadravimapetavasuṃ) वियदालयादपरदिग्गणिका (viyadālayādaparadiggaṇikā) Śiśupālavadha 9. 10; शिथिलवसु (vasu) मगाधे मग्नमापत्पयोधौ (śithilavasumagādhe magnamāpatpayodhau) Kirātārjunīya 1. 46 (in both cases वसु (vasu) means ‘wealth’ also)
- The sun  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वसु (vasu) [Printed book page 0953-b ] वसु (vasu) a. 12 The sun. — f
- A ray of light  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वसु (vasu) [Printed book page 0953-b ] वसु (vasu) a. 1 A ray of light
- Light or radiance.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वसु (vasu) [Printed book page 0953-b ] वसु (vasu) a. 2 Light, radiance

### Qualities and Attributes (7 definitions)
- excellent, good, beneficent  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 930,3] 1. वसु (vasu) mf( उ (u) or वी (vī) )n. (for 2. See p. 932, col. 3) excellent, good, beneficent, RV.; GṛŚrS. [ ID=188705 ]
- sweet  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > sweet, L. [ ID=188706 ]
- dry  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > dry, L. [ ID=188707 ]
- Sweet.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वसु (vasu) [Printed book page 0953-b ] वसु (vasu) a. 1 Sweet
- Dry  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वसु (vasu) [Printed book page 0953-b ] वसु (vasu) a. 2 Dry
- Wealthy, rich  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वसु (vasu) [Printed book page 0953-b ] वसु (vasu) a. 3 Ved. Wealthy, rich
- Good  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वसु (vasu) [Printed book page 0953-b ] वसु (vasu) a. 4 Ved. Good. — n. [ वस् - उन् (vas-un) ]

### Man-Made Objects and Concepts (6 definitions)
- night  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2B) [Printed book page 931,1] वस्वी (vī) (vasvī) a ( वी (vī) ), f. night, Naighaṇṭuka, commented on by Yāska (subtitle) i, 7 [ ID=188729.1 ]
- Shyama  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > = श्याम (śyāma), L. [ ID=188738 ]
- a dwelling or dweller  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 932,3] 2. वसु (vasu) m. or n. (for 1. See p. 930, col. 3) dwelling or dweller (see सं - वसु (vasu) (saṃ-vasu) ). [ ID=189118 ]
- A rein.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वसु (vasu) [Printed book page 0953-b ] वसु (vasu) a. 8 A rein
- The tie of a yoke.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वसु (vasu) [Printed book page 0953-b ] वसु (vasu) a. 9 The tie of a yoke
- A halter  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वसु (vasu) [Printed book page 0953-b ] वसु (vasu) a. 10 A halter

### The Vasus (Divine Class) (6 definitions)
- one of a particular class of eight Vedic gods usually led by Indra  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a partic. class of gods (whose number is usually eight, and whose chief is Indra, later Agni and Viṣṇu; they form one of the nine Gaṇas or classes enumerated under Gaṇa-devatā q.v.; the eight Vasus were originally personifications, like other Vedic deities, of natural phenomena, and are usually mentioned with the other Gaṇas common in the Veda, viz. the eleven Rudras and the twelve Ādityas, constituting with them and with Dyaus, ‘Heaven’, and Pṛthivī, ‘Earth’ [or, according to some, with Indra and Prajā-pati, or, according to others, with the two Aśvins], the thirty-three gods to which reference is frequently made; the names of the Vasus, according to the Viṣṇu-Purāṇa, are, 1. Āpa [connected with अप् (ap), ‘water’]; 2. Dhruva, ‘the Pole-star’; 3. Soma, ‘the Moon’; 4. Dhava or Dhara; 5. Anila, ‘Wind’; 6. Anala or Pāvaka, ‘Fire’; 7. Pratyūṣa, ‘the Dawn’; 8. Prabhāsa, ‘Light’; but their names are variously given; Ahan, ‘Day’, being sometimes substituted for 1; in their relationship to Fire and Light they appear to belong to Vedic rather than Purānic mythology), RV. &c. &c. [ ID=188709 ]
- A class of eight deities.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वसु (vasu) [Printed book page 0953-b ] वसु (vasu) a. 1 N. of a class of deities (usually pl. in this sense); सेयं भूरिवसोर्वसोरिव सुता मृत्योर्मुखे वर्तते (seyaṃ bhūrivasorvasoriva sutā mṛtyormukhe vartate) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 5. 24; Kirātārjunīya 1. 18; (the Vasus are eight in number: 1 आप (āpa), 2 ध्रुव (dhruva), 3 सोम (soma), 4 धर (dhara) or धव (dhava), 5 अनिल (anila), 6 अनल (anala), 7 प्रत्यूष (pratyūṣa), and 8 प्रभास (prabhāsa); sometimes अह (aha) is substituted for आप (āpa); धर (dhara) ो ध्रुव (dhruva) श्च (āpa; dharo dhruvaśca) सोम (soma) श्च अह (aha) श्चैवानिलोऽनलः । प्रत्यूष (pratyūṣa) श्च प्रभास (prabhāsa) श्च (somaśca ahaścaivānilo'nalaḥ. pratyūṣaśca prabhāsaśca) वसवोऽष्टविति स्मृताः (vasavo'ṣṭaviti smṛtāḥ) )
- A class of eight divine beings  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वसु (vasu) [Printed book page 647-09 ] वसु (vasu) (I) m. pl. Name of a class of divine beings, [they are eight, viz., (1) आप (āpa), (2) ध्रुव (dhruva), (3) सोम (soma), (4) धव (dhava), (5) अनिल (anila), (6) अनल (anala), (7) प्रत्यूष (pratyūṣa) and (8) प्रभास (prabhāsa) ], Bg. x.23, xi.6. [ ID=33992 ]
- a class of gods  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Vasu 8, mostly pl. ( °avaḥ ), a class of gods. § 3 (Anukram.): I, 1 α, 34 (issued from the primordial egg).—§ 11 (Parva- saṅgr.): I, 2, 372 ( °ūnāṃ punarutpattiḥ, cf. § 161 foll.).— § 40 (Garuḍa): I, 28, 1333.—§ 44 (do.): I, 30, 1416.— § 46 (do.): I, 32, 1486.—§ 61 (Sarpasattra): I, 55, 2111. —§ 79 (Bhīṣma): I, 63, 2420 ( °vīryāt samabhavat, sc. Bhīṣma, cf. § 161).—§ 116 (cf. Aṃśāvat.): Paitāmaha Manu (B. muni ) was father of Prajāpati, whose sons were the eight Vasus: 1) Dhara, 2) Dhruva, 3) Soma (Candramas ), 4) Ahas, 5) Anila (Śvasana ), 6) Anala (Hutāśana, Agni ), 7) Pratyūṣa, 8) Prabhāsa; their mothers are respectively: 1—2) Dhūmrā, 3) Manasvinī (PCR. takes manasvinyāḥ (v. 2583) as an adjective to Śvāsā, who thus is the mother of both Candramas and Śvasana ), 4) Ratā, 5) Śvāsā, 6) Śāṇḍilī, 7—8) Prabhātā; their sons are respectively: 1) Draviṇa and Hutahavyavaha, 2) Kāla, 3) Varcas (who [was father of Page717-b+ 63 Varcasvin (q.v.), who] with Manoharā, had the son Śiśira, Prāṇa, and Ramaṇa ), 4) Jyotis, Śama, Śānta, and Muni (? v. 2587), 5) Manojava and Avijñātagati (the mother of these two was Śivā ), 6) Kumāra ( b, v. Skanda) or Kārttikeya, 7) the ṛṣi Devala (who had himself two sons), 8), Viśva- karman (whose mother was the sister of Bṛhaspati ): I, 66, 2581, 2582 ( aṣṭau ), 2591.—§ 120 bis (Aṃśāvat.): I, 66, 2602 ( °ūnāṃ, sc. pakṣaḥ ).—§ 130 (do.): I, 67, 2710 ( jajñire V°avas tv aṣṭau Gaṅgāyāṃ Śāntanoḥ sutāḥ, cf. §§ 161 foll.).—§ 133 (Duṣyanta): I, 69, 2823 ( °parākramaḥ ).— § 145 (Kaca): I, 76, †3229.—§ 149 (Yayāti): I, 87, 3551. —§ 161 (Mahābhiṣop.): I, 96, 3851 ( devān ), 3855, 3856, (3858), (3860), (3862), 3864 (the V. who had been cursed by Āpava (Vasiṣṭha) (v. § 164) made the arrangement with the Gaṅgā that she, having born them to Śāntanu, should throw them into the water, except the eighth).—§ 163 (Bhīṣmot- patti): I, 98, 3896 ( °ūnāṃ samayaṃ, cf. § 161), 3914 ( aṣṭau …devāḥ ), 3916 ( aṣṭau ), 3917 ( devānāṃ ), 3919 (Gaṅgā threw her children into the water except the eighth (Bhīṣma)).—§ 164 (Āpavop.): I, 99, 3920, 3922 ( īśā vai sarvalokasya ), 3930 ( Pṛthvādyā V°aḥ sarve devāḥ ), 3932 (sg. i.e. Dyaus), 3935 (do., do.), 3949, 3950, 3951, 3952 ( aṣṭau ), 3954, 3960 (Dyaus, one of the V., had ravished the homadhenu of Vasiṣṭha, who then cursed the Vasus, saying that they should be reborn, but added that only Dyaus should dwell on earth for a long time).—§ 165 (Satyavatīlābhop.): I, 100, 3987 (sg., i.e. Dyaus reborn as Devavrata, i.e. Bhīṣma).— § 191 (Arjuna): I, 123, 4827 ( aṣṭau, present at the birth of Arjuna).—§ 233 (Svayaṃvarap.): I, 187, †7010 (present at the svayaṃvara of Draupadī).—§ 238 (Pañcendrop.): I, 197, †7277, †7315.—§ 258 (Khāṇḍavadahanap.): I, 227, 8269 (among the gods who fought with Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna). § 270 (Brahmasabhāv.): II, 11, 448, 460 (in the palace of Brahmán).—§ 309 (Āraṇyakap.): III, 2, 127.—§ 310 b (Sūrya): III, 3, 174.—§ 330 (Indradarśana): III, 37, 1490.—§ 334 (Kairātap.): III, 41, 1682 ( °sambhūtaḥ… Pitāmahaḥ, i.e. Bhīṣma).—§ 336 (Indralokābhigamanap.): III, 43, 1768.—§ 338 (do.): III, 46, 1840.—§ 347 (Nalopā- khyānap.): III, 62, 2356.—§ 357 (Puṣkara): III, 82, 4064 (in Puṣkara).—§ 358 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 82, 5020 ( saraḥ…V°ūnāṃ ).—§ 370 (do.): III, 84, 8102.—§ 375 (do.): III, 85, 8248 (bathe in the tīrthas), 8254 ( lokān vai V°ūnāṃ ).—§ 377 (do.): III, 90, 8404.—§ 383 (Paraśu- rāma): III, 99, 8673 ( sa°, seen in the body of Rāma Dāśarathi).—§ 400 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 118, †10224 ( °ūnāṃ, sc. āyatanaṃ ).—§ 412 (Aṣṭāvakrīya): III, 134, †10665 ( aṣṭau ).—§ 418 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 139, 10834.— § 438 (Yakṣayuddhap.): III, 162, 11807 ( Vṛtrahā V°bhiḥ saha ).—§ 443 (Nivātakavacayuddhap.): III, 168, 12020 (Arjuna should learn the weapons of the Vasus, etc.), 12043. —§ 456 (Sarasvatī-Tārkṣyasaṃv.): III, 186, †12727 ( lokā V°ūnāṃ ).—§ 459 (Mārkaṇḍeyas.): III, 188, 12924 (seen in the body of Nārāyaṇa).—§ 506 (Skandayuddha): III, 231, 14549.—§ 507 (do.): III, 231, 14587.—§ 547 (Karṇa): III, 308, 17139.—§ 548 (Āraṇeyap.): III, 313, 17317; 314, 17421 (Yudhiṣṭhira asks the Yakṣa if he is one of the V.).—§ 549 c (Arjuna): IV, 2, 48 ( °ūnāṃ navamaṃ, sc. Arjuna), 50 ( °ūnām iva Havyavāṭ ).—§ 556 (Sañjayayānap.): V, 29, †823.—§ 561 d (Nara-Nārāyaṇau): V, 49, 1918 ( Agninā saha ).—§ 561 (Yānasandhip.): V, 70, 2562 ( °tvāt(? ), etymology of the name Vāsudeva).—§ 562 (Bhagavadyānap.): V, 86, 3043 ( Ādityā V°avo Rudrā yathā buddhiṃ Bṛhaspateḥ, sc. upāsante ).—§ 565 (Gālavacarita): V, Page718-a+ 63 116, 3954 ( Vasumanā…V°bhyo vasumattaraḥ ).—§ 567 (Bhagavadyānap.): V, 128 ι, 4301; 131, 4420, (ο), 4423 (seen in the body of Kṛṣṇa).—§ 569 (do.): V, 146, 4940 ( °avo Vāsavaṃ yathā, sc. namaḥ kurvanti ).—§ 570 (Sainya- niryāṇap.): V, 156, 5290 ( °ūnām iva Havyavāṭ, sc. senāpatiḥ ). —§ 573 (Ambopākhyānap.): V, 185, 7307 ( Bhīṣmo V°ānām anyatamaḥ; sg. = Bhīṣma).—§ 576 (Bhagavadgītāp.): VI, 34, 1227 ( °ūnāṃ Pāvakaś cāsmi, says Kṛṣṇa); 35, 1252, †1268.—§ 581 (Bhīṣmavadhap.); VI, 68, 3039 (only B.).— § 585 (do.): VI, 96, 4338 ( °avo Vāsavaṃ yathā, sc. pari- vārya ).—§ 587 (do.): VI, 119, 5603 (present at Bhīṣma's last encounter).—§ 589 (Droṇābhiṣekap.): VII, 2, †58 ( °prabhāve V°vīryasambhave V°ān gate eva vasudharādhipe, i.e. Bhīṣma); 6, 159 ( °ūnām iva Pāvakaḥ ).—§ 593 (Abhimanyuvadhap.): VII, 35, 1536 ( °vagnyādityavi- kramaiḥ ).—§ 596 (Pratijñāp.): VII, 76, 2682.—§ 600 (Ghaṭotkacavadhap.): VII, 156, 6865 (sg. = Agni).—§ 608 (Karṇap.): VIII, 87 χʹ, 4418 (sided with Arjuna), 4455 ( °ūnāṃ salokatvaṃ ).—§ 615 u (Skanda): IX, 44, 2478 (came to see Skanda): 45 γ, 2508, 2555 (gave companions to Skanda).—§ 615 ff (Asita Devala): IX, 50, 2893 ( °ūnāṃ, sc. sthānaṃ ).—§ 619 (Strīvilāpap.): XI, 19 δ, 564 ( V°ṃ Vāsavayoṣitaḥ, wrong reading in C. instead of bahudhā varayoṣitaḥ ).—§ 623 (Rājadh.): XII, 15 β, 440.—§ 626 (do.): XII, 21 β, 634 ( Rudrāḥ sa-V°avaḥ ).—§ 639 (do.): XII, 50, 1831 ( sa tvaṃ Bhīṣma mahābāho V°ūnāṃ Vāsavo- pamaḥ/nityaṃ vipraiḥ samākhyāto navamo ( 'n°, C.) 'navamo guṇaiḥ ); 51, †1858.—§ 641 (do.): XII, 64 η, †2395; 122, 4499 ( °ūnāṃ Jātavedasaṃ, sc. īśaṃ ).—§ 656 (Khaḍgotpattik.): XII, 166 β, 6141.—§ 661 (Mokṣadh.): XII, 198 α, 7192 ( Rudrāditya-V°ūnāṃ ).—§ 664 (do.): XII, 207 ε, 7540 (sons of Dharma).—§ 665 (do.): XII, 208, 7586 ( aṣṭau ). —§ 673 b (Bali-Vāsavasaṃv.): XII, 227, 8220, 8288.— § 694 b (Jvarotpatti): XII, 284 α, 10215.—§ 695 b (Dakṣa- yajñavināśa): XII, 285 α, 10279.—§ 702 (Mokṣadh.): XII, 296 β, 10837.—§ 707 (do.): XII, 318, 11704 (if the soul ( jīva ) issues through the calves, one attains to the regions of the V.).—§ 712 (Śukotpatti): XII, 324, 12174. —§ 717 b (Nārāyaṇīya): XII, 340 θ, 12916 ( aṣṭau ); 341 π, 13110 ( °ūnāṃ pataye, i.e. Viṣṇu (Kṛṣṇa)).—§ 718 b (Uñchavṛttyup.): XII, 366, 13940 (told the Uñchavṛttyu- pākhyāna to Bhīṣma).—§ 719 b (Gautamī-lubdhaka-vyāla- Mṛtyu-Kālasaṃv.): XIII, 1 α, 55.—§ 730 g (Upamanyu): XIII, 14 χ, 914 ( °ūnāñ caiva Pāvakaḥ, sc. asi, sc. Śiva).— § 730 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 14, 985; 18 λλ, †1368.—§ 746 (do.): XIII, 57, †2955 ( loko V°ūnāṃ ), 2959 ( lokān… V°ānāṃ ); 79, 3776 ( ūnāṃ lokaṃ ).—§ 747 b (Suvarṇot- patti): XIII, 84, 4011; 85 ζ, 4130 (arose from the smoke of Agni).—§ 748 b (Tārakavadhop.): XIII, 86 α, 4201.— § 759 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 107 ζ, 5302 ( lokān V°ūnāṃ ), 5315 (do.), 5330 ( °ūnāṃ…lokaṃ ).—§ 766 (do.): XIII, 134 γ, 6187.—§ 768 b (Umā-Maheśvarasaṃv.): XIII, 140 α, 6351.—§ 770 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 151 δ, 7095 ( aṣṭau, their names are: Dhara, Dhruva, Soma, Sāvitra, Anila, Anala, Pratyūṣa, Prabhāsa ), 7110 ( Rudrānala-V°prabhāḥ ), 7158 ( Śakra-V°bhiḥ ).—§ 773 b (Kṛṣṇa Vāsudeva): XIII, 159 β, 7387 (identified with Kṛṣṇa).—§ 775 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 166 α, 7642.—§ 777 (Svargārohaṇik. p.): XIII, 168, 7752; 169, 7790 (sg. = Bhīṣma), 7794 (do., do., but read with B. pl. Vasūn ).—§ 778 f (Muñjavat): XIV, 8, 183 (worship Śiva on Muñjavat); 10, †261.—§ 784 b (Uttaṅka): XIV, 54, 1564.—§ 785 (Anugītāp.): XIV, 81, 2413, 2414, 2418, 2421 (on account of the slaughter of Bhīṣma, the V. Page718-b+ 61 had cursed Arjuna).—§ 789 (Putradarśanap.): XV, 31 η, 858 (sg. = Bhīṣma).—§ 793 (Mausalap.): XVI, 4 θ, †129. —§ 795 (Svargārohaṇap.): XVIII, 3, 87; 4, 145 ( °bhiḥ sahitaṃ…Bhīṣmaṃ ); 5 μ, 158 ( aṣṭau, Bhīṣma, after death, attained to the status of the V.). [ ID=11679 ]
- 1. A Vasu whose wife is Angirasi. 2. A son of Vishvakarman.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Vasu (III) ( Vāstu-Br. P. ) — a Vasu, wife Angirasī, and son Viśvakarman. Bhā. VI. 6. 11 and 15. [ ID=12363 ]
- A group of eight deities who are sons of Dharma and Vasu, worshipped for wealth, and associated with various epochs and divine duties.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Vasus — eight in number, and sons of Dharma and Vasu; 1 worshipped for wealth; 2 fought with Kāleyas in a Devāsura war; gods of the Vaivasvata epoch, who wait on Hari; 3 came with other gods to Dvārakā to ask Kṛṣṇa to go to Vaikuṇṭha. 4 Brothers of Sādhyas and cursed to experi- ence birth by sexual union; vanquished by Rāvaṇa; their overlord was Agni; 5 also Jyotiṣmantas and Vyāpakas; 6 one of the seven classes of deities of the Vaivasvata epoch; 7 eight in number considered as amśā of Vāsudeva; 8 Pitṛs said to be Vasus; 9 Somapas. 10 Page3-173+ 24 [ Footnote: 1) Bhā. VI. 6. 10; 7. 2; 10. 17; Br. II. 38. 2; IV. 15. 24.] [ Footnote: 2) Bhā. II. 3. 3; IX. 24. 53; Vi. III. 1. 31.] [ Footnote: 3) Bhā. VIII. 10. 34; 13. 4; IX. 24. 52; X. 39. 54.] [ Footnote: 4) Ib. XI. 6. 2; 16. 13.] [ Footnote: 5) Br. II. 27. 24; III. 3. 20 and 80; 7. 254; 8. 5; M. 8. 4; Vi. I. 22. 3; V. 1. 17; 4. 5.] [ Footnote: 6) M. 5. 17; Vi. I. 9. 64 and 70; 15. 105.] [ Footnote: 7) M. 9. 29.] [ Footnote: 8) Ib. 5. 20-21; 25. 43; 36. 1; 52. 21; Vā. 10. 71; 39, 49; 30. 83, 99; 64. 2; 66. 19; 69. 44; 106. 59; 109. 22; Vi. I. 15. 109-10.] [ Footnote: 9) M. 19. 3.] [ Footnote: 10) Ib. 69. 62; 132. 3; 203. 3; 246. 60; 247. 11.] [ ID=12385 ]

### The Number Eight (2 definitions)
- a symbol of the number eight  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a symbolical N. of the number ‘eight’, VarBṛS. [ ID=188710 ]
- The number eight  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वसु (vasu) [Printed book page 0953-b ] वसु (vasu) a. 2 The number ‘eight’

### Persons (Mythological and Historical) (1 definition)
- a son of Mura  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Vasu (VII) — a son of Mura (s.v.). Bhā. X. 59. 12. [ ID=12367 ]

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