Vasudeva

Vasudeva
Vasudeva carrying the newborn Krishna to Nanda's house in Gokula across the river Yamuna
Devanagariवसुदेव
Venerated inVaishnavism
TextsBhagavata Purana, Harivamsa, Vishnu Purana, Brahma Purana, Mahabharata
Genealogy
ParentsShurasena (father) Marisha (mother)
SpouseRohini, Devaki, and various other wives
ChildrenBalarama, Krishna, Subhadra, and various other children
DynastyYadava
For his son Vāsudeva the deity, see Vāsudeva and Krishna.

Vasudeva Takes the Infant Krishna Across the Yamuna River. Master at the Court of Mankot, c. 1700. Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh

Vasudeva (Sanskrit: वसुदेव, IAST: Vasudeva), also called Anakadundubhi (anakas and dundubhis both refer to drums, after the musicians who played these instruments at the time of his birth),[1][2] is the father of the Hindu deities Krishna (Vāsudeva, i.e. "son of Vasudeva"), Balarama, and Subhadra. He was a king of the Vrishnis.[3] The son of the Yadava king Shurasena, he was also the second cousin of Nanda, the foster-father of Krishna.[4][5][6] His sister Kunti was married to Pandu.

The patronymic Vāsudeva (with a pronounced ā) is a popular name of Krishna, the son of Vasudeva and Devaki. "Vāsudeva" is a vṛddhi, a derivative of the short form "Vasudeva", a linguistic pragmatic in Sanskrit signifying "of, belonging to, descended from".[7] "Vasudeva" as an object of worship in Hinduism usually refers to the son Vāsudeva (Krishna), rather than his father Vasudeva.

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  7. ^ Fortson (2004:116f)