वसु

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐ́.su/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɐ.s̪u/

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwásuš (“good, excellent”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wésus. Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬊𐬵𐬎 (vohu), Persian بهتر (behtar).

वसु • (vásu) stem (comparative वस्यस्, superlative वसिष्ठ)

1. excellent, good, beneficent
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.43.5:

     यः शु॒क्र इ॑व॒ सूर्यो॒ हिर॑ण्यमिव॒ रोच॑ते।
     श्रेष्ठो॑ दे॒वानां॒ वसु॑:॥

     yáḥ śukrá iva sū́ryo híraṇyamiva rócate.
     śréṣṭho devā́nāṃ vásu:.

     He (Rudra) shines in splendour like the Sun, refulgent as bright gold is he,
     The excellent, the best among the Gods.

2. sweet
3. dry

वसु • (vásu) stem, m

1. name of the gods (as the "good or bright ones", especially of the Adityas, Maruts, Aśvins, Indra, Ushas, Rudra, Vayu, Vishnu, Shiva, and Kubera)
2. Vasu
3. a symbolical name of the number "eight"
4. ray of light
5. particular ray of light
6. name of a rishi (with the patronymics भरद्वाज (bharad-vāja), author of RV. ix, 80-82, reckoned among the seven sages)

वसु • (vásu) stem, f

1. light, radiance
2. a particular drug
3. name of a daughter of Daksha and mother of the Vasus (as a class of gods)

वसु • (vásu) stem, n

1. wealth, goods, riches, property
2. gold
3. jewel, gem, pearl
4. any valuable or precious object
5. (also f) a particular drug
6. a kind of salt (= रोमक (romaka))

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwásuš, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wés-us.

वसु • (vásu) stem, m or n

1. dwelling or dweller

• Bengali: বোস (bōs)
  • → English: Bose
  • Thai: พสุ
• Thai: วสุ

• Monier Williams (1899) “वसु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0930.