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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In the Vh (M) Vasudeva is described to have used a
similar herb in the case of an actor who feigned to
have been bitten by a serpent. In this connection the
author of the Vh(M) has referred to the seven attacks
(vega) of snake-bite 1.
Care in pregnancy :
Medicine had its positive side also.
2 Good
care was taken to pay attention to the health of a
child, even before its birth. Every care was taken to
fulfil the desires (dohala) of a pregnant woman and
physicians were consulted before the birth of the child.
A physician in such an examination of a courtezan could
foretell that a twin would be born to her鲁.
The period of pregnancy was calculated to be
nine months or a period round about it 4. After delivery
the umblical chord was cut and the Jatakamma ceremony was
performed. One of the tonics recommended for a convalscing
woman to overcome the puerperal weakness was ghee 5.
1. Vh(M), II.205a.
2. Vh(P), 87, 368.
3. Ibid., 10-11.
5. Ibid., 152.
4. Ibid., 27.
