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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ROURCES, CONTRIBUTION AND INFLUENCE OF PCV. 239 (VR-All are killed). 18. Rāma, Laksmana, Sugriva, Hanuman etc. accept Jina-dikşā VR-All enter divinity). 19. The Raksasas and the Vănaras are some human races (VR-They are semi-divine beings, the former as demons and the latter as monkeys).
Rāvana-carita and Hanumat's story:-1. PCV—The story of Indra, his Lokapālas, killing of Mali by Indra, fleeing of Malyavanta to Pātālaikārapura etc. are realistic. (VR-All mythological). 2. PCV-Hemavati, wife of Maya is a Vidyādhari. (VR-Hemā is a nymph). 3. PCV-Kumbhakarņa is religious. (VRKumbhakarna is of diabolic character). 4. PCV-Monk Vāli humiliates Rāvana on the Kailāśa. (VR-Sankara, the God humiliates Rāvana). 5. PCV-Animal sacrifice of Marutta is stopped by Rāvana, (VR-It is left undisturbed by Rāvaņa). 6. PCV— King of Māheśvara is captured by Ravana. (VR-Māheśvara king captures Rāvana). 7. PCV-Uprambha's love proposal is rejected by Rāvana (VRRāvaņa rapes Rambhā, a nymph). 8. PCV-Rāvana takes a vow not to have sexual relations with any unwilling woman. (VRNalakūbara curses Rāvana for the same). 9. PCV-Añjanā is a Vidyadhari. (VR-Añjana is a nymph) 10. PC"-Vali, Sugriva and Hanu's birth is natural and quite human. (VR states their divine origin).
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Elements Absent :
The following points of the Ráma-story of the VR are not found in the PCV.
1. Aśvamedha and Putresti Yajña of Daśaratha. 2. Rāma as incarnation of Vişņu to bring about an end of the Rākşasas. Rāma's brothers as the (Ambas) parts of Vişnu. 3. Protection of the Yajña of Viśvāmitra and many Puranic intervening stories of the Ist and the 7th Kānda. 4. Deva-Asura battle and Dasaratha's association with it. 5. Giving of sandals to Bharata by Rāma. 6. Atrocities of Rakşasas to disturb the Rșis performing austerities. 7. Disfiguring of Sūrpanakhā 8. Golden deer. 9. Magnifying of his body by Hanu, his jumping across the sea, his conversation with Maināka mountain and his entering into the mouth of Surasa Raksasi. 10. Hanu's assuming the form like a cat while entering Laikā. 11. Igniting the tail of Hanu and setting fire on Lankā. 12. Construction of a bridge across the sea (by the monkeys). 13. Conjuring up of an illusory severed head of Rāma and the bow of Rāma. 14. Killing of illusory Sītā. 15. Bringing of the mountain by Hanu. 16. Bringing