Vasudevahindi (cultural history)
by A. P. Jamkhedkar | 1965 | 134,331 words
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 Vasudevahindi is a romantic and religious tale divided into two parts. The first part is attributed to Sanghadasa (6th century A.D.) and explores the wanderings of Dhammilla a...
24. Philosophy of the Bhagavadas
Others Sects : 550 In addition to the above schools of asceticism, the Vasudevahindi by Sanghadasa and Vasudevahindi by Dharmadasa also refer to other schools like the the 1 Rattambaras, Bhagavadas, the Kapalikas and the Pamdaramgas. The Bhagavadas : A Bhagavada monk is described as one who smeared his body with the sacred ash (bhuti), who rode a bull (vasabhavahana) and was a devotee of Siva (Isanadevaraya)2. A Bhagavada before his initiation in the order had to leave his family and other relations? The Vasudevahindi by Dharmadasa states that sometimes the spies moved in garb of a Bhagavada 4.