one of the four forms (which the highest Brahman assumes out of tenderness he has for his devotees) which rules the individuaḷs egoity ( the essential element of the ego) (other three being Vāsudēva, Sankarṣaṇa, and Pradyumna) 3) name of a) Viṣṇu, b) Śiva, c) grand son of Lord Křṣṇa.