wealth; only in compounds -deva the god of wealth, i.e. Kṛṣṇa (Kaṇha) Mil.191 (as ˚devā followers of K.); Ja.v.326 (here in T. as ādicco vāsudevo pabhankaro, explained in C. as vasudevo vasujotano, i.e. an epithet of the sun); Vism.233 (Vāsudevo baladevo) -dharā (f.) (as vasun-dharā) the bearer of wealth, i.e. the earth SN.i.100; AN.iii.34; Ja.v.425; Vism.205, Vism.366; DN-a.i.61. -dhā id. Ja.i.25; Tha-ap.53; Vism.125.

Vedic vasu good, cp. Gr. ἐύς good, Oir. fīu worthy, Goth. iusiza better