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making oneself tight as a leaf. Veruliamála, another wife of Vasudeva gave him Mahāmånasi vidyā after she married him.50
Moreover, the vidyādharas could also regain their lost vidyās before due time on seeing a noble man like Vasudeva, Arhantas, the cakravartins etc.51 Prabhāvati regained her lost vidyā on beholding Vasudeva.52 Vidyadhara Harivega also obtained his lost mahavidyās when a great man like Vasudeva sat on his back while the former had assumed the form of a lion due to a curse, 53
From the various stories of VHP and VHM, it becomes clear that the vidyās are not related to Vidyadharas only. Even human beings could acquire these vidyas The salakāpuruşa Vasudeva is also a human being, Pradyumna, Samba, some of the wives of Vasudeva and even the chief of the thieves Prabhava and his friend Jambu are also human beings.
Thus the Vasudevahiņdi abounds in stories which deal with Vidyās in detail. Besides these above mentioned Vidyāas, there are many other Vidyås occurring in the Vasudevahimdi. An alphabetical list of such Vidyās is given below: Kālagi
VHP p. 164 Kaliyă
VHP 164 Kesigā
VHP 164; Kesiyā VHM 27 Gamddhavva VHP 164 Gandbāri
VHP 164; VHM 27,208,212,213 Gori
VHP
164 Chhādani
VHM
153 Pamsumüliga VHP 164 Pamdugi
VHP 164 Pannaga
VHP 164 Pavvai
VHP 164 Bahuruva
VHP 164 Bbāmari
VHP 319 Bhūmitundagā
| 164; VHM 27 Maņu
VHP 164; VHM 27 Mahāgors
VHM 33,75 Mabāpannatti VHM 33,92 Mabārobini
| 164; VHM 27,28,163 Månavi
VHP 164; VHM 27 Māyamgi
VHP 164; VHM 167 Mülaviriya VHP 164; VHM 27. Rukkhamūliga VHP 164 Rohiņi
VHM 147 Varsalayā
VHP 164 Vijjamubi VHP 319
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