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edition e, which has Vāsudeva, prefers the reading Ratnākara. G. Hāldār (Vṛddhatrayī 341) distinguishes two Vāsudevas; the first Vāsudeva is identified as the son of Kṣemāditya; he was the author of the *Vāsudevatantra* and *Rasasarvasva*, and is placed in the thirteenth century; the second Vāsudeva, called king (narendra) in the *Rasaratnasamuccaya*, is regarded as a grandson of Kaniṣka and the author of the *Vāsudevasamhitā*. The *Vāsudevatantra* and *Vāsudevasamhitā* are recorded in the Kavīndrācāryasūcipatram (Nr. 948: *Vāsudevasamhitā* and Nr. 971: *Vāsudevatantra*). Compare *Rasasarveśvara* by Vāsudeva.