Traditional etymology of Vaasudeva

Martin Gansten Martin.Gansten at TEOL.LU.SE
Wed Dec 13 22:04:47 UTC 2000


To clarify: I meant to ask, 'Does anybody know the reference?'

>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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