anakadundubhi

anakadundubhi Bahuvr. m. (-bhiḥ) A name of Vasudeva, the

father of Kṛṣṇa. More usually written ānakadundubhi,

but given also with the short initial by some commentators

of the Amarakosha. E. anaka (instead of ānaka) and dundu-

bhi ‘because the gods beat the Anaka-drums in his house

when Kṛṣṇa was born’.

anaka-dundubhi or better ānakadundubhi, m. N. of Kṛṣṇa's father (Vasudeva; said to be derived from the beating of drums at his birth).