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.
Appendix 1 - Description of Vidyadharas and magical lores
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Mahajalavati : Also referred to as Mahajala or Jalini虏
This love has been described as superior to the rest of
the love (savvavijj膩ceheyani) 鲁. In the same context the
Vh(P) prescribes Sattaraimdiyapadima and masiyovavasa as
the means to acquire this love.
In the Vh(M) a Vidyadhara is described to spread
a web with this love all over the city to catch vasudeva who
was there. Vasudeva cut the inescapable web of their love
with Vajjamuhi love+.
Mahamanasi: One of the minor loves given to Vasudeva by
his wife Verutiyamala, who was a Vidyadhara princess.
Vasudeva became able to create things and fly in the air
(viuvvinagasagamana) with the help of this love 5.
Maharahini: One of the important loves given by Dhara峁嘺
to the Vidyadharas.
The details of attaining this love have been
given in the Vh(M)7. See Supra.
1. Vh(P), 318.
3. Ibid..
5. Ibid., II. 29b.
2. Ibid.,
4. Vh(M), II.104a.
6. Vh(P), 164; see also Jain, Op.cit., P. 232.
7. Vh(M), II.18b-19a.
