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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of the weight of twenty grains of rice floats on
water it should be adjudged as the best鹿. The Ratnaparik峁
says that such a diamond should be valued as worth
rupees two lakhs 2.
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Classifying jewels :
Traditionally the jewels have been classified
into various groups, according to their colour. The
colour of the jewel was associated further with the
presiding deity of that jewel. Diamond has been classi-
fied into six types on such a basis. A diamond of white
colour was called mahimda (mahendra); of red colour like
that of a kaniyara flower, varuna; of deep red colour,
Vayavva; of tawny colour and of the shape of Simghadaya,
aggeya; of green colour like that of a leaf of a bamboo
tree, Venhava; and blue-black like a bee, and of the shape
of the mouth of a big serpent, Jamma 鲁.
Attempts to classify pearls and Veruliyas
on
the basis of colour and deities have also been done in
the Vh(M) 4.
1. P. 21, line 10.
2. P. 5. St. 35.
3. Vh(M), II.149b; cf. also Agastyasamhita, P.5,ls 25-28.
4. Vh(M), II.151a, 153b.
