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...
25. Philosophy of the Kapalikas
A vidyadhara, during the course of austerities. 1. Reference has been made along with that of Parivvayagas, to bhe residence (kotthaya) of the head of Rattambaras (wearing red robes Buddhists ?) as one of the places suspected as a resort of thieves%;B Vasudevahindi by Sanghadasa, 40. 2. Vasudevahindi by Dharmadasa, II. 227 b. 4. Ibid. 3. Ibid., II. 228.
551 to acquire Maharohini love, wandered in the form of a Pasupata or a Kavalika! A detailed description of such a Kavaliya has been given in the Vasudevahindi by Dharmadasa 2. The young Kavaliya whose description has been given below is said to be virtually lord Siva (Pasuvai) himself. He bore a mass of matted hair and a skull (kuvalakhamda). On his forehead he had a mark (tilaya) of yellow orpiment (haritala, royana), and in his elongated ears (palambasavano) a piece of pure crystal (?) (vimalovalakkhamda). On his arms he wore armlets of brass (ritimayakadayathambhitabhuu), and also bracelets and a red amulet over his wrists (vara-ritimaya-pavitta-rattakamkana -nibamdhaniyahatthabhae). He wore a dangling gardle around his waist. All over his body he applied paste (amgaraga) and on his forehead pungent paste of agallochum (kudagaruttimamgadeso). He wore a kurpasaka made of rags (viviha varavattha gamthitavijita kaunakauna (?) kuppasato) and held in his hand a staff (khattamga) 3, at the end of which was attached a skull.