The names of Vâsudeva and Sankarshaṇa occur in old inscriptions[482] and the Greek Heliodoros calls himself a Bhâgavata on the column found at Besnagar and supposed to date from the first part of the second century B.
Vâsudeva is used both of God as the absolute and also as the first emanation (Vyûha).
The other regards Vâsudeva as a name for the deity used by the Sâttvata clan and supposes that when Kṛishṇa was deified this already well-known divine name was bestowed on him.
If so Vâsudeva must have been recognized as a god in the fourth century B.
Kṛishṇa belonged to this sect and it is probable that this name Vâsudeva was not originally a patronymic but the name of a deity worshipped by it.
And addressed by her, O monarch thus, Sudeva set out.
And the king rejoiced at beholding his daughter, and gave unto Sudeva a thousand kine and much wealth and a village.
Let Sudeva without delay go hence to the city of Ayodhya, for the purpose of bringing Nala, O mother, having performed the same auspicious rites by virtue of which he had speedily brought me into the midst of friends.
And Sudeva said, "As I saw her before, this damsel is even so at present.
The forms of Vâsudeva cannot properly be limited to four, as the whole world, from Brahman down to a blade of grass, is understood to be a manifestation of the supreme Being.
Of these four Vâsudeva constitutes the ultimate causal essence, of which the three others are the effects.
Vâsudeva and the other Lords, but simply say that they all are forms of Vâsudeva, without any special distinctions.
The queen mother bade Sudeva to remove the dust from the beauty spot of Bhima's daughter.
King Bhima rewarded Sudeva with a thousand kine, and a town's revenue for a village.
Sudeva perceived that her loveliness had been dimmed by sorrow, and to himself he said as he gazed upon her: “Ah!
Sudeva spoke in answer: “Her name is Damayantí, and her sire is King Bhima, lord of Vidarbha.
He is everywhere and in him everything abides; hence he is called Vâsudeva by those who know.
This word which denotes persons worthy of reverence in general is used in its primary sense with reference to Vâsudeva only; in a derived sense with regard to other persons' (Vi.
This great word bhagavat is the name of Vâsudeva who is the highest Brahman--and of no one else.
And Sudeva said, 'As I saw her before, this damsel is even so at present.
And the king rejoiced at beholding his daughter gave unto Sudeva a thousand kine and much wealth and a village.
To Sudeva as she listened--uttering thus his strange discourse: All the dust that mole concealing--young Sunanda washed away.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "sudeva" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
