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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The king of Mathura is said to have received a golden
anklet as a present from the king of Javana country
[Vh(P), 296]. KokkÄåsa, a son of a carpenter (Kottka,
a,
or
Sippiya) had a chance to visit Javaṇa Visaya along with
a trader from the city of Tamalitti. During his short
stay in this country, he learnt the art of carpentry,
air
especially fashioning art-ships [Vh(P), 62]. The
ambassador who visited the city of Kosambi informs his
host that in his country the blood of a young horse of
good breed was used as an antidote for leprosy [Vh(P),
38]. Javaṇa Visaya has been said to be one of the
sources of Marakata jewels [Vh(M), II.153a].
According to Motichandra [SÄårthavÄåha,
P.272]
the jewels mines in Yavana country referred to in ancient
those in
books on jewels, can be identified with, Gabel Jabarah
desert on the short of the Eurethrean Sea.
Takkhasila-visaya : Bahubali, son of Usabha Sami, was
ruling the cities of Hatthiṇaura and Takkhasfla.
Bharaha, in order to establish his military superiority
over his brother, started towards the Takkhasila-Visaya
[Vh(P), 186-87].
This might have been the district around the
city of Taxila.
Tamalitti visaya : In the story of Mahesaradatta, it is
