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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wielded before them by the Gamdhavvas and Pannagas were
forty eight thousand in number and included loves like
Maharohini, Pannatti, Gori, Vijjumai and others.
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After the investiture of loves, Nami and Vinami
got constructed Rahaneuracakkavala and other forty nine
cities on the southern slope, of Veya岣峝ha and Gaga峁嘺vallaha
and fifty nine on the nothern slope, respectively. For these
cities, citizens were brought from different countries
(janavaya) after which the new countries on Veyaddha were
named. The princes also divided their subjects according
to the loves they wielded into different nikayas. Such
sixteen nikayas named after the loves were: (i) Gorika,
(ii) Manupuvvaga, (iii) Gamdhara, (iv) Manava, (v)
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Kesigapuvvaga, (vi) Bhumitumdaga, (vii) Mulaviriya
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(viii) Samkukka, (ix) Pamduga, (x) Kalageya, (xi) Mayamga
(xii) Pavvaeya, (xiii) Vamisalaya, (xiv) Pamsumuliga,
(xv) Rukkhamuyliya and (xvi) Kalakesa. These sixteen
nikavas were divided into two groups of consisting of eight
nikayas (vibhatta atthaatta ya nikaya). In every city of
the Vidyadhara kingdom the image of lord Usabha along with
that of the respective deity of the loves (vijjahivai)
was consecrated in the general assembly hall (Sabha).
