Editing Vasu (section)

==List==
There are varying lists of the eight Vasus in different texts, sometimes only because particular deities have varying names. The following are names and meanings according to the [[Brihadaranyaka Upanishad]], Manava Purana, and according to the [[Mahabharata]], as normally equated:<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sutton |first=Komilla |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oTMkDwAAQBAJ&dq=ashta+vasus&pg=PT212 |title=Nakshatras: The Stars Beyond the Zodiac |date=2014-05-01 |publisher=The Wessex Astrologer |isbn=978-1-902405-97-1 |pages=212 |language=en}}</ref>

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!colspan = "2" style="background:#efefef;" | Brihadaranyaka 
!Manava Purana!! colspan="2" style="background:#efefef;" |Mahabharata
|-
!style="background:#efefef;" | Name !! style="background:#efefef;" |Meaning 
!Name!! style="background:#efefef;" | Name !! style="background:#efefef;" |Meaning
|-
| [[Prithvi]]    || Earth       
|[[Bhumi (goddess)|Bhumi]]|| [[Dhara (deity)|Dharā]]         || Earth
|-
| [[Varuna]]   || Water 
|[[Samudra]]||  [[Ap (water)|Āpa]]              || Water
|-
| [[Agni]]       || Fire       
|[[Agni]]|| [[Anala]]/Agni/Pavaka || Fire
|-
| [[Vayu|Vāyu]] || Wind   
|[[Vayu]]|| [[Anila]]      || Wind
|-
| Āditya    || Sun
|[[Amshuman|Amsuman]]|| Pratyūsha || Sun
|-
| [[Dyaus]]/[[Akasha]]    || Sky     
|[[Akasha]]|| Prabhāsa   || Sky/Ether
|-
| [[Chandra]]mas || Moon       
|[[Varchas]]|| [[Soma (drink)|Soma]]                     || Moon
|-
| Naksatrani      || Stars      
|Prabhāsa|| [[Dhruva]]                   || Motionless/[[Polaris]]
|}

Though the ''[[Shatapatha Brahmana]]'' uses the ''[[Brihadaranyaka Upanishad|Brhad-Aranyaka]]'' names, most later texts follow the ''Mahabharata'' names with the exception that [[Ap (water)|Āpa]] 'water' usually appears in place of Aha. The [[Vishnu Purana]] equates Prabhāsa with the lights of the  27 Nakshatras (Constellations/Lunar Mansions) and Dhruva with Akasha, that is "space", Dhruva seemingly taking over Aha's role when Aha is replaced by Āpa.