Vatsavān
Vatsavān
Kauśika has other meanings too: see all meanings of Kauśika.
Vatsavān is a Yādava, a son of Śūra and a younger brother of Vasudeva Ānakadundubhi. He had no son of his own, and Vasudeva gave him his own son Kauśika.
His family
The Brahma Purāṇa tells that Devamīḍha begot Śūra on Asiknī, and that on Bhojyā Śūra begot ten heroic sons. Vasudeva was born first, by the name Ānakadundubhi. The other sons were Devabhāga, Devaśravas, Anādhṛshṭi, Kanavaka, Vatsavān, Gṛñjama, Śyāma, Śamīka and Gaṇḍūsha. Their five sisters, the wives of heroes, were Pṛthukīrti, Pṛthā, Śrutadevā, Śrutaśravā and Rājādhidevī.
The gift of Kauśika
Because Vatsavān had no sons, Śauri, that is Vasudeva of Śūra‘s line, gave him his son Kauśika as dhārādatta, a gift made with the pouring of water.
Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 14
Sources
- Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 14