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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to acquire Mah膩rohini love, wandered in the form of a
P膩supata or a K膩v膩lika!
A detailed description of such
a Kavaliya has been given in the Vh(M) 2.
The young Kavaliya whose description has been
given below is said to be virtually lord Siva (Pasuvai)
himself. He bore a mass of matted hair and a skull
(kuvalakham岣峚). On his forehead he had a mark (tilaya)
of yellow orpiment (haritala, royana), and in his elongated
ears (palambasavano) a piece of pure crystal (?)
(惫颈尘补濒辞惫补濒补办办丑补尘岣峚).
On his arms he wore armlets of
brass (ritimayakadayathambhitabhuu), and also bracelets and
a red amulet over his wrists (vara-ritimaya-pavitta-ratta-
kamkana -nibamdhaniyahatthabhae).
He wore a dangling gardle
around his waist. All over his body he applied paste
(amgaraga) and on his forehead pungent paste of agallochum
(kudagaruttimamgadeso). He wore a kurpasaka made of rags
(viviha varavattha gamthitavijita kaunakauna (?) kuppasato)
and held in his hand a staff (kha峁弓amga) 鲁, at the end of
which was attached a skull.
Pamdaramgas :
Pamdaramga ascetics, referred to in Vh(M), were
also Saiva ascetics as their name suggests.
Susena, a
1. Vh(M), I. 12b.
2. Ibid., I. 11-12.
3. Vh(M), I. 11-12.
