Essay name: Vasudevahindi (cultural history)
Author:
A. P. Jamkhedkar
Affiliation: Savitribai Phule Pune University / Deccan College Post Graduate and Research Institute Pune
This essay is an English study of the Vasudevahindi reflecting cultural history and traditions of the life of people in ancient and medieval India during the 6th century. The Vasudevahimdi is a romantic and religious tale that revolves around the wanderings of Vasudeva (a former Jain monk) and religious teachings in the guise of love stories, a common theme of poetry in Jainism.
Appendix 1 - Description of Vidyadharas and magical lores
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Bandhavimokkhani : This love was mastered by sirivijaya
like the Paharanavarani in seven nights. This was given
to Vasudeva by Princess Samali虏.
Bahur奴v膩 : Given to the Vidyadharas by Dharana鲁. as the
name whows, the love enabled a person to take to various
forms.
Bhamari : A love wielded by Vidyadhara asa峁噄vega
ega
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Bhumitumdaga : A group of loves after which a nikaya of
There were other fifteen nikayas
Vidyadharas was named.
named after lores?
Manu: One of the sixteen groups of loves. The wielders of
this type of Vidyas were called Manupuvvaga.
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Madasamjivani : Vasudeva revived Amsumamla with this love?.
Mahagori : This love made the wielder unconquerables. See
Gori.
Mahakali : A love wielded by princess Anilayasa, One of
the Vidyadhara wives of Vasudeva 9.
1. Ibid. I
2. Ibid., 125.
3. Ibid., 164.
4. Ibid., 319.
5. Ibid.; 164.
6. Ibid.;
7. Vh(鈥�), II.123a.
8. Ibid. II.155a; See also Vh(), II.155b.
9.Vh(M),11.30a.
