Vasudevahindi (cultural history)
by A. P. Jamkhedkar | 1965 | 134,331 words
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 Vasudevahindi is a romantic and religious tale divided into two parts. The first part is attributed to Sanghadasa (6th century A.D.) and explores the wanderings of Dhammilla a...
21. The Sati System (in ancient India)
Instances of both the husband 4 and the wife 5 showing desire to get cremated along with the dead partner are to be noted in the Vasudevahindi by Sanghadasa. It was thought that after such a death their souls were united in the next birth 5. Pacificatory Rites after Death : Reference has been made in the Vasudevahindi by Sanghadasa to samtijjaghara resided in by the sister of a thief, and 1. Ibid., 120-21. 3. Ibid., 44. 5. Ibid., 159. 2. Ibid., 289. 4. Vasudevahindi by Sanghadasa, 316. 6. Ibid., See also Saletore, Life in the Gupta Age, P.274; Brhaspati is in favour of this practice See HCIP, Vol. III, p.566.
230 situated near a cemetery. As the name suggests, rites to pacify the dead were, probably, performed in this house.