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.
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competitions. The competitions between Samba and
Subh膩nu stand a good example in this case 1.
The king always honoured these clubs by asking
them to act as connoisseurs (pasaniya) or judges for the dance
recitals arranged for him虏. Sometimes even members
of the royal family, for example a prince, were members of
the gotthi.
as referred to erlier, the gotthi many times
arranged to picnics (uijunajatta) at its convenience.
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Many members at ended it alongwith their family. In such
picnics the members entertained themselves with dance, and
music+, swing 5, and swimming after the rty lunch.
6 Apart from the lapiyagotthis which were somewhat
like the modern 'art-circ鉁� Alles', there were regular dice -
houses (juyasala, sabha where some of the rich
(ibbhaputta) gathered and played dice. These houses seem to
have the sanction not only of the soceity but also of the
1. Vh(P), 105-06.
2. Ibid., 28.
3. Ibid., 58.
4. Ibid., 64.
嘟� Ibid., 58.
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