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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ORIGIN AND GENEALOGY OF VARIOUS VAMSAS
clairvoyance he perceived the existence of the couple in the Harivarṣa country. He kidnapped that couple and brought it to Campanagara (The couple was made the king and the queen of that city). The new king came to be known as Hariraja, because he was born in the Harivarṣa (Harivāsasamuppaņņo) and was kindnapped from there (hariūņa āņio). Thus the Hari Vamsa originated at Campanagara after the name of Hari (21-2-7). In this line was born Janaka, the father of Sita (21. 33).
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In the RCR (21. 2), Viraka is a merchant. The cause of their death is not mentioned while the pair was reborn in Haripura of Haritakṣetra (21. 7). Then they repaired to the 'Bhogabhumi' of the southern part of the Rukmagiri. From there they were kidnapped to name of the town is the Bharata country. The not mentioned (21.2-7).
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Vasudevahindi agrees with the PCV and further mentions that Candrakirti, the Ikṣvāku king of Campa died heirless. In his place the kidnapped person was enthroned and named as Hari (I. p. 356). His wife is named Hāriņi. According to the Harivamśapurana of Jinasenasūri (Chs. 14 & 15), Viraka is a merchant. A maid-servant (dūtī) Ātreyi is said to have been sent by king Sumukha to seduce Vanamālā. Sumukha is reborn as a son of a Khecara in Haripura situated on the Vijayardha mountain and Vanamālā as a Khecara-daughter in Meghapura. Both of them got married. They are kidnapped to Campapura. The heirless king who died in that city is called Amṛtadidhitikirti (i.e. Candrakīrti 15. 53). The kidnapped couple After him the line who succeeded the throne there gave birth to Hari. came to be known as Hari Vamsa.
The TSP (Vol.IV.p 73) has introduced a minister, Sumati by name, who through a nun named Atreyika seduced Vanamala for Sumukha. The twins born at Harivarșa are named Hari and Hāriņī. The name of the king of Campa is Candrakīrti who belonged to the Ikṣvāku line. The celestial being (Viraka) is said to have inspired the minister to make Hari as the king of Campa. Amaracandrasuri also gives the same account1. According to the RPS (p. 70) the minister of Sumukha sent Viraka to some distant country and then procured his wife It follows the PCV when it mentions that Viraka through a dūtī. became a monk under Prosthila Muni. Further it tells us that Sumukha
1. Caturvimsati Jinendra Samkṣipta Caritani, Ch. 20. 4-28.