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 PAUMACARIYAN Praticandra. There is no request of Mandodarī pleading the release of Sta. Ravana is said to have assumed many dreadful forms of himself simultaneously at the time of his battle with Lakşmaņa. There is no mention of the multiplication of Rāvana's head and arms (p. 296). In other respects it agrees with the PCV.
According to the Vasudevahindi Rāvana acquires Sarvavidyāchedani-vidya. Rāvana is killed with the disc hurled by Lakşmaņa. Other details are not narrated. (I.p.245).
According to the UP, Lakşmaņa acquires Prajñapti-vidyā on the Jagatpāda hill. Sugrīva and other Vidyādharas worship their vidyās and march towards Lanka (68.486-72). Here first Kumbhakarna requests Rāvana to give up Sita. It is followed by Vibhīşana's request and reminding to Rāvana about the vow taken by the latter and the emergence of Lakşmaņa as Nārāyaṇa (68.492). Vibhişaņa being expelled by Rāvana takes shelter under Rāma. Here Hanumat with the permission of Rāma creates an illusory army of monkeys and after crossing the sea spreads terror in Laukā, destroys the garden, burns the army of Rākşasas with the help of a lore called Mahājvāla-vidyā (68.514) and returns to Rāma. Sugriva and Aņumat give their vidyās to Rāma and Laksmana. On being advised by Vibhīşana the Vidyadharas perturb Rāvana meditating on the Aditya hill. From that time the vidyās cease to obey Rãvana. Then ensues a battle. First the Rākşasa army is vanquished by Rāma. Here Rāvana conjures up an illusory severed head of Sītā (68.612). Vibhīşaņa discloses the reality. Then Laksmana is ensnared by Ravana in Nārāca snares. Lakşmaņa destroys them by his magic lore. Rāvana's disc obeys the command of Lakşmaņa and severs the head of Rāvana (68.630).
The MP follows the UP but it does not refer to the request of Kumbhakarņa to give up Sītā. It mentions that Aņumat and other Vidyādharas assume the forms of monkeys and burn the city of Laikā with their fiery tails (76,6-8).
According to the Anāmakam Jātaka, the monkey-chief is unable to go across the sea. Indra assumes the form of a small monkey and assists them in crossing the sea by constructing a passage with stones. The Naga create a poisonous mist by which all the monkeys are overpowered and they fall down on the ground. That small monkey (Indra) cures them with the help of a divine herb. The king (Bodhisattva) pierces, on the advice of the small monkey, an arrow into the lightning which is the Nāga himself and thus the Nāga is killed. The king after retrieving his queen and after learning that his maternal uncle has died, returns to his country.