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Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁wesu-ḱlew-es (literally “whose fame is good”), whence also Liburnian Vescleves-. By surface analysis, वसु (vásu, “good”) + श्रवस् (śrávas, “fame”).
Proper noun
वसुश्रवस् • (vasuśravas) stem, m or f
- a name of Shiva
c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE,
Ṛgveda 5.24.2:
- वसुरग्निर्वसुश्रवा अच्छा नक्षि द्युमत्तमं रयिं दाः
- vasuragnirvasuśravā acchā nakṣi dyumattamaṃ rayiṃ dāḥ
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