The ancient Brahmanas bestowed a name on the creatures of the world, derived from Shashavindu. That extensive family of the Patriarch Shashavindu became in time the progenitor of the Vrishni race.
प्रजामाचक्षते विप्राः पुराणाः शाशबिन्दवीम्। स वृष्णिवंशप्रभवो महावंशः प्रजापतेः॥