Vasudeva

The god was Vasudeva, the deity later generations would know as Krishna.

The supreme reality is Vāsudeva , God possessed of six perfect qualities, the ṣāḍguṇya : knowledge, lordship, power, strength, virility and splendour.

Wallis reports a suggestion from Somadeva Vasudeva that the Buddhist term Mantranaya , the way of mantras, is calqued on the older Śaiva Mantramārga ; the Buddhist sources had their own standing pair of pāramit…

The one to praise, to worship, to meditate upon, and to chant is Vishnu, the all-pervading, whom he also calls Vasudeva.

…one into the mouth of Girijā the mountain's daughter, and approved by Vāsudeva: therefore it is called Āgama." Come, gone, approved.

…two figures outright: vasudevarjunabhyam vun , the affix coming after Vasudeva and Arjuna in the sense of "this is his object of veneration." Whether that Vasudeva is a god is a separate question, and Panini is…

…at names himself a Bhagavata , a devotee, and dedicates the column to Vasudeva , "the god of gods." The pillar still stands.

The Shalagrama stone, known as Vasudeva, is of a white colour and possesses two ring-like marks around its mouth." Different markings name different forms of Vishnu.