Vasudeva

Vasudeva, also called Anakadundubhi, is the father of the Hindu deities Krishna, Balarama, and Subhadra. He was a king of the Vrishnis. The son of the Yadava king Shurasena, he was also the second cousin of Nanda, the foster-father of Krishna.

His sister Kunti was married to Pandu. The patronymic Vāsudeva is a popular name of Krishna, the son of Vasudeva and Devaki. "Vāsudeva" is a vṛddhi, a derivative of the short form "Vasudeva", a linguistic pragmatic in Sanskrit signifying "of, belonging to, descended from".

"Vasudeva" as an object of worship in Hinduism usually refers to the son Vāsudeva (Krishna), rather than his father Vasudeva.