Traditional etymology of Vaasudeva

Martin Gansten Martin.Gansten at TEOL.LU.SE
Wed Dec 13 22:03:33 UTC 2000


Years ago, I saw a traditional etymology of the name Vaasudeva for Vishnu,
tracing it to the root vas 'enter into, etc'. I believe it was attributed
to Vyasa, possibly taken from the Mahabharata; but now I can't find it.
Does anybody know?

Thanks,
Martin Gansten





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