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hence he gave away the ring to Atmaśreyas. The latter returned to his home town. There he cured, with the help of the ring, the queen who was bitten by a snake. Being pleased with this performance the king of that place favoured him with great presents. Once he put the ring under a tree and went away to take his bath in a lake. A lizard (gohero-godhero) removed that ring and after entering into the 'bila' (hollow) made great noise. The people got frightened at this noise, but Atmareyas uprooted the tree, killed that lizard and ultimately recovered the ring. Thus his reckless courage triumphed. Rāma, Rāvana and Sīta are compared with Atmasreyas, the lizard and the mystic ring respectvely.
The PCR (48.157-182) mentions no other brother of Atmaśreyas. Bhanu is called Subhānu, the prince of Pṛthusthāna. Kurmapura is mentioned instead of Kusumapura while Kusumapura is said to have been the town of Atmaśreyas. The ring is mentioned to be It mentions many made of iron. The RPS (ch. 20) follows the PCR. brothers of Atmaśreyas.
61. Giribhuti and Gobhūti:
(1) When Vibhīṣaṇa seeks refuge under Rāma, Matisāgara, one of the counsellors of Rāma apprehends some intrigue. But another counsellor Matisamudra pleads for Vibhişana and narrates two stories to ward off the suspicion about Vibhiṣaņa (55.34-44). They illustrate that avarice can create enmity even between brothers or sons and mother.
Two Brahmin brothers, Giribhuti and Gobhūti were once favoured with some secret presents offered by Mati, the wife of king Suryadeva. Neither of the brothers knew the contents of each others' gifts. Giribhuti became suspicious as well as greedy so he turned out to be an enemy of his brother, Gobhūti.
The PCR (55.57-59) mentions that Gobhūti killed his brother on account of avarice.
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Ahideva and Mahideva.
(2) Ahideva and Mahideva, the sons of merchant Mahāghana and Kuruvinda, after the death of their father left Kosambi on mission. In due course they returned with a costly gem. Their mother who was greedy wanted to kill them to get possession of the gem. When both the brothers knew about it, they threw away the into the river Yamuna. A fisherman, by chance. found it in the
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| SR No. | 022643 |
| Book Title | Critical Study Of Paumacariyam |
| 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 |