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## Introduction
It has not been done. The description of Dasharatha's four queens comes - among them, Rama was born to the chief queen, Raman [Roman-Lakshman] to the second queen, Bharata to the third queen, and Shatrughna to the fourth. Due to the fear of the length of the writing, I am not giving the story of 'Anamka Jataka' and 'Dasharathakatha'.
_ In this way, we see three forms of the Ramayana in Hindu and Buddhist literature - one of Valmiki Ramayana, the second of Adbhut Ramayana, and the third of Buddhist Jataka.
## Two Forms of Jain Ramayana
_ Similarly, two streams of Ramayana are available in Jain literature - one of Vimalsuri's 'Paumachariya' and Ravishena's 'Padmacharit', and the other of Gunabhadra's 'Uttarapurana'.
_ In the Shwetambar tradition, some facts related to the lives of Tirthankaras and other Shalaka Purushas are found in the 'Sthananga Sutra', which was taken as the basis for the creation of 'Trishatti Mahapurana' etc. by Shwetambar Acharya Hemchandra etc. In the Digambar tradition, we find an ancient collection of the characters of Tirthankaras etc. in the form of a list in the Prakrit language 'Tiloyapannatti' text. This text also contains the main facts of the lives of 9 Narayana, 9 Pratinarayana, 9 Balabhadra, and 11 Rudras. Based on these and the stories heard from their Guru Parampara, various Puranakaras have created many Puranas. Vimalsuri has written in the introduction of 'Paumachariya' that "I, who is bound in the list and has come from the Acharya Parampara, tell the entire Padmacharit briefly according to the chronological order." It is clear from his mention that he created 'Paumachariya' taking 'Namavali' as the main basis. The character of Tirthankaras and other Shalaka Purushas, which is mentioned in the form of a list in 'Tiloyapannatti', has also been given a place in their respective texts by later Puranakaras. Ravishena has assimilated that Bhava in the twentieth chapter of 'Padmacharit'. The mention of the subject of the creation of this text at the end of this text proves that it was written in Veer Nirvana Samvat 530, Vikram Samvat 60, but Western experts like Dr. Herman Jacobi, Dr. Keith, Dr. Buhler etc., looking at its language style and use of words, consider it to be written in the third-fourth century AD. After this, Acharya Ravishena created the Sanskrit 'Padmacharit' in Veer Nirvana Samvat 1204 and Vikram Samvat 734. The stream of the story presented in these two texts can be divided into the following six parts: [1] Description of the Vidhyadhar Kand, Rakshas and Vanar lineage, [2] Birth and marriage of Rama and Sita, [3] Forest wandering, [4] Sita's abduction and search, [5] War, [6] Uttar Charit. Their brief story summary is as follows:
## [1] Vidhyadhar Kand
First, King Shrenik expresses his desire to know the true form of the Ramayana from Gautam Swami, the first Ganadhar of Bhagwan Mahavira. In response, Gautam Swami tells the Ramayana. In the beginning, the description of the Vidhyadhar Lok, Rakshas lineage, Vanar lineage, and Ravana's lineage is given.
The Rakshas lineage king Ratnashrava and Keksi have four children - Ravana, Kumbhakarna, Chandranakha, and Vibhishan. When Ratnashrava first saw his son Ravana, he saw ten heads in the infant who was wearing a garland, so he was named Dashanan or Dashग्रीव. His maternal uncle's
1. णामावलिय णिबद्ध आयरिय परम्परागर्म सव्वं ।
वोच्छामि पउमचरियं अहाणुपुब्बि समासेण ॥८॥
-'Paumachariya-' Uddesh 1