Pāli Dictionary

vāsudeva

vasudevastemasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

cosmology

  • 婆藪天，毗溼奴天（亦指黑天，跋蘇提婆之子）

  • Vāsudeva, the god Vishnu (also identified with Krishna, son of Vasudeva)

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Compound structure

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vasudevā
  1. vasu

    財富，財寶

  2. devādeva

    天；天神；天人

Encyclopedia

Vāsudeva
Person

  • 十位安達迦韋奴陀娑子兄弟中的長兄，其傳說與黑天（Krishna）故事相呼應，在本生故事中被認作是舍利弗的前身。

  • The eldest of the ten Andhakaveṇhudāsaputtā brothers, a legendary king whose story parallels the Krishna legend and who is identified in the Jātakas with Sāriputta.

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