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
Danavendra Vidyujjihva. 6. PCV-Vidyadhara king Indra is captured by Ravana and is set free at the request of the former's father, a monk. VR-God Indra is captured by Meghanada and is set free at the request of Prajapati. 7. PCV-Rāvaņa obtained Amoghavijayā Śakti from Dharanendra on the Kailasa mountain and he acquired Candrahasa sword prior to his marriage with Mandodari, the daughter of Maya. VR-Amoghavijaya Sakti was presented to Ravana by the father of Mandodari while Candrahasa sword by God Sankara on the Kailasa mountain. 8. PCV--Hanu in his babyhood falls down on a rock. It crumbles to pieces so he is named Śrīśaila He is named Hanu for he was brought up at Hanuruhapura. VR-When he falls down on a rock, his jaw gets broken so he is named Hanu
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(b) Deviating Points:
1. One boon is granted to Kaikeyi (VR-Two boons). 2. Satrughna is the son of Kaikeyī (VR of Sumitra). 3. Rama's preceptor is Airakucchi (VR-Vasiṣṭha, Viśvāmitra and Sudhanvā). 4. Janaka's brother is Kanaka (VR-Kuśadhvaja). 5 Sītā is born of the womb of the wife of Janaka (VR-divine birth from land). 6. Narada's manipulation causes Vidyadhara Candragati to compel Janaka to put the bow as the test for Sita's 'svayamvara' (VR— divine origin of the bow and Janaka puts it voluntarily). 7. In the PCV Lakṣmaṇa and Satrughna do not marry any girl belonging to the great family of Janaka, 8. Bharata is at Ayodhya when Dasaratha proposes to crown Rama (VR-He is not there). 9. Kaikeyi's demand for crowning Bharata is backed by a mother's love to detain her son with her and to escape separation from her husband and son (VR-by jealousy and selfishness). 10. During his exile-journey Rama ameliorates the sufferings of various kings, devotees of Jainism (VR-The sole purpose is to annihilate the Rākṣasas who destory the Yajñas of munis). 11. Jatayu is a bird (VR-It talks like a human being). 12. Väli renounces the world (VR-Vali is at quarrel with Sugrīva). 13. Hanu is the son-in-law of Sugrīva as well as of Ravana's sister (VR-Hanu is the minister of
Sugrīva. He is in no way related to Ravana's family). 14.
Lankasundari is the daughter of the Rakṣasa-guard of the fort of Lanka (VR-She is the deity of the city itself). 15. Samudra is a king (VR-the sea itself in the form of a deity). 16. Visalya is a lady surgeon, sister of Dronamegha (VR-It is a medicinal herb growing on the Dropa mountain whose peak is brought by Hanuman). 17. Rākṣasas such as Kumbhakarna, Indrajit etc. renounce the world