Vasudeva-hindi

Vasudeva-hindi (IAST: Vasudevahiṇḍī, "Vasudeva's wanderings") is a Jain text by Sangha-dasa, probably from 5th century India.

The main story is borrowed from Gunadhya's Brihat-katha, with the original hero Nara-vahana-datta replaced by Krishna's father Vasudeva.

The naming of a king (instead of a Jain disciple) as the listener suggests that the text was aimed at an urban audience rather than monks.

[4] It is in form of multiple narrative layers, featuring several characters and stories from different times and places.

[1] The main story is borrowed from Gunadhya's Brihat-katha tradition, in which the hero is Nara-vahana-datta instead of Vasudeva.

For example, in one of the narrative layers, Vasudeva refuses to marry the grand-daughter of an old woman because of her low social status.