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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includes metals like gold (hema), silver (ruppa),
copper (tamba), lead (taua) and samkaloha and precious
objects like camphor, musk and saffron.
Vasudeva
further explains that any matter obtained from organic
beings like human beings, animals, and plants which has
some exceptional qualities is entitled to be called a
rayana
a1.
Types of Manis :
The list of manis given by Vasudeva comprises
the following precious stones :
i) Amkariddha, ii) Amjana, iii) Amianapulaka,
iv) Imdanila, v) Kakkeda峁嘺, vi) Gallana, vii) Gomedaga,
viii) Camdakamta, ix) Jalakamta, x) Jotirasa, xi) Paumaraga,
xii) Pulaga, xiii) Passaraga, xiv) Phaliu, xv) Bambhamani,
xvi) Maragada, xvii) Mahanila, xviii) Mutta, xix) Rayavatta
xx) Lohitakkha, xxi) Va茂ra, xxii) Vimalaga, xxiii)Vidduma,
xxiv) Veruliu, xxv) Samkkha, xxvi) Sassakamta
xxvii) Surakamta, xxviii) Sogamdheu and xxix) Hamsagabba.
have
Of these, seven precious stones, viz. Vaira, Mutta,
Paumaraga, Maragaya, Kakkedana, Pulaga, and Veruliya,
been dealt with in details in the discourse on jewels by
In the sections of these various precious stones,
Vasudeva.
Vh(M)
1. ibid., II.149b.
