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.
Chapter 3 - Social Conditions
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particulars of sand on the banks of the Ganga. But it is
not so in the case of the heart of woman. Woman is not
worth losing one's life for. She not only impedes your
t"! The person
life in this world but also in the next".
making these remarks had got a terrible shock when he
came to know through robbers that his wife was ready to
kill him to save her own life.
and
Even after hearing the story of Agadadatta,
inspite of his bad experience about women,
experience about women,
Dhammilla is
not ready to accept the former's opinions about woman in
toto. He explains the behaviour of Agadadatta's wife as
an extreme case. With the help of the story of Dha峁嘺siri虏,
who was the wife of a trader, he tried to show the other
side of the coin.
in general.
Immediately after her marriage, Dhanasiri was
deserted by her husband, as he had a grudge against woman
The grudge had resulted and had penetrated deep
into his heart because of the misbehaviour of his own mother.
Dhanasiri not only remained chaste during his long son journ
of twelve years but had gone to the extent of murdering a
royal official who wanted to violate her chastity.
1 Vh(P), 49.
2. Vh(P), 49-52.
