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Vasu

Vasu proper noun: any of the attendant deities of Indra, and later Vishnu. They are eight elemental gods representing aspects of nature.

Proper noun

Vasu (plural Vasus)

  1. (Hinduism) Any of the attendant deities of Indra, and later Vishnu. They are eight elemental gods representing aspects of nature.

Vasu meaning in Sanskrit

Vasu in Sanskrit

Vasu
वसु vásu

Forms of Vasu

pluralVasus

Origin of Vasu

Borrowed from Sanskrit वसु (vásu, “dwelling, dweller”).

Questions about Vasu

What does Vasu mean?
Vasu means any of the attendant deities of Indra, and later Vishnu. They are eight elemental gods representing aspects of nature.
What is Vasu in Sanskrit?
Vasu in Sanskrit is वसु (vásu). See Vasu meaning in Sanskrit.
What part of speech is Vasu?
Vasu is a proper noun.

Words near Vasu in the dictionary

  1. vastu
  2. vastus
  3. vastus externus
  4. vastus lateralis
  5. vasty
  6. Vasu
  7. Vasudeva
  8. Vasudevan
  9. Vasudevans
  10. Vasudha
  11. Vasudhārā

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Vasu (page history and authors); वसु (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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