Critical Study Of Paumacariyam

SR No.: 022643
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: K R Chandra
Publisher: Research Institute of Prakrit Jainology and Ahimsa
Publication Year: 1970
Total Pages: 672
Language: English, Sanskrit
Classification: Book_English & Book_Devnagari
File Size: 18 MB

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A CRITICAL STUDY OF PAUMACARIYAM
* In the TR, Vibhísaņa asks Rāvaņa to bow his head to Bhagavān Rāma. Rāvaņa kicks? Vibhişaņa and the latter goes away with his ministers without any protest (5.41).
In the Bhattikävya (12. 80) Vibhīşaņa is said to have been kicked by Rāvaņa. According to the Adhyātma Rāmāyaṇa, Vibhīşaņa tells Kumbhakarņa in the battlefield that Rávaņa had raised his sword to kill him (Vibhīşaņa) and had kicked him (6. 8. 10-12).
According to the Serī Rāma, Vibh işaņa was thrown into the sea by Rāvana, but he was saved by a crocodile and Hanumat took him to Rāma. According to the Rāmāyaṇa Kakāvin, Vibhīşaņa goes to Rārna with his army (Bulcke, 383).
According to the Vasudevahindi a message is sent to Bharata by Rāma. Bharata sends his army to assist Rāma. Then they cross the sea by constructing a bridge. Vibhişaņa along with his four ministers takes refuge under Rāma (Pt. I. page 244).
c. First casualties in Battle :
According to the PCV the Rākṣasa leaders, Hasta and Prahasta become the first casualties in the battle. They are killed by the Vānara chiefs, Nala and Níla (57.34) respectively. Following that incident, Indrajit and Ghanavāhana (sons of Rāvana) capture (59.47) Sugrīva and Bhamandala respectively and bind them with the serpent nooses (nāgapăsehim 59.65). Thereafter Bhānukarna, the brother of Rāvana captures Hanumat (59.71), but Angadakumăra's intervention helps Hanumat to get released soon from the grip of the arms of Bhānukarna (59.74). Consequently when Vibhīşaņa is ready to fight, Indrajit and Bhānukarņa leave the battlefield, because they do not consider it proper to kill their relative (59.79). Having learnt of the discomfiture of Sugrīva and Bhāmandala and on being advised by Rāma, Lakşmaņa remembers Garudādhipati. The Garudādhipati (Mahālocana Sura) soon appears there and favours Rāma with the 'Simhavāhini vidyā' and Laksmana with the 'Garudavidya'. He also supplies them with other divine weapons (59.84f ).
According to the VR, before the commencement of the battle, the following episodes take place which are not found in the PCV. The espionage work of Suka, Sāraṇa and Sārdūla (6.25-30) against Rāma by creation of an illusory severed head and bow of Rāma by Vidyujjihva and with the help of them Rāvana's attempt to frighten Sita (6.31-32);
1. The Gaudiya and the N. W. Versions of VR refer to the kicking of Vibhișaņa
by Rāvana.