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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COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE RAMA-STORY
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earth to give way if she is chaste. The earth gives way and her purity is proved. Hence there is no abandonment of the queen.
B. Lakşmana's Ardhacakravartitva :
(i) Coronation of Laksmana :-According to the PCV Bharata and Kaikeyi accept asceticism (80-83). Rāma refuses the crown. Lakşmaņa is made the king of Sāketapuri (Ayodhya) and Rāma is also consecrated. Vibhișana, Sugriva, Maruti (Hanumat) Pratisūrya (the son of Mahendrarāja), Nīla, Virādhita, Ratnajațin and Bhāmandala are recognised as the lords of Laikā. Kiskindhipura, Srīpura, Hanuruhapura, Rkşapura, Pātālankārapura, Devopagitanagara and Rathanūpura respectively (85).
(ii) Occupation of Mathura by Satrughna Satrughna demands Mathurà for his kingdom from Rāma. It is under the rule of the sonin-law of Rāvana, namely Madhu who is unconquerable on account of his trident (triśūla) which was given to him by a celestial being, Camara. Satrughna encamps on the bank of the river Yamunā and when Madhu is away from the city without his trident, he besieges the city, defeats Madhu and kills the latter's son Lavana. Defeated Madhu accepts monkhood (85). The trident flees away to Camara. Angry Camara spreads epidemic in the city and causes death of its people. Satrughna leaves for Ayodhyā. When seven Munis visit Mathurā, the epidemic subsides and the city prospers again, Satrughna pays homage to those Munis and installs the statues of those Munis (Rişis) in the four quarters outside the city (86-89), to escape further calamity.
(iii) Lakşmaņa's war-campaign :- Once Narada requests Vidyadhara Ratnaratha of Ratnapura of southern Vijayārdha to marry his daughter, Manorainā to Lakşmaņa, but the latter turns down his proposal and insults him. Nārada goes to Lakşmana and instigates him to force marry Manorama. Lakşmaņa attacks Ratnaratha and defeats him. At the request of Manoramā he grants life to her father. Then Ratnaratha marries his daughters Satyadāmā and Manorama to Rama and Lakşmaņa (ch. 90). Thereafter Lakşmaņa conquers all the lords of the southern range of the Vijayārdha mountain and becomes an Ardhacakravartin of Bhāratavarşa (91).
According to the VR Bharata hands over the reins to Rāma by returning the latter's sandals (6.127). Vaśiştha coronates Rāma as the king of Ayodhya. When Lakşmaņa refuses to accept Yuvarājatva that authority is bestowed upon Bharata (6.128). Here Bharata does not renounce the world. He attains heaven along with Rāma (7.110). Vibhīşana and Sugrīva who were already made the lords of Lankā and