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
6. Mixed Influence:-Story No. 20 (Sumukha and Viraka) is influenced by the PCV, AP and TSP. StoryNo. 51 (previous births of Bharata) is confusive. It is influenced by the PCV and TSP. Story No. 54 (previous births of Rama and Sita) in influenced by the TSP and (Manņimati's resolve) by the Uttarapurana.
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7. Other Sources:-Story No. 9 (Sagara's sons) is based on Gunabhadra's Uttarapurana, No. 21 (Muni Sañjayanta) on Puspadanta's Mahapurana and No. 22 (Śrīvardhana and Jvalanasimha) on the Harivaṁśapurāņa of Jinasenasuri).
(5) Influence on Jinasenasuri and Hastimalla :
The Harivamsapurana (HVPJ) of Jinasenasūri is a work of 783 A.D. The author of this work remembers his predecessors and mentions Raviṣena (1.34), but there is no reference to Vimalasuri. Various lists. of dynasties given in his work resemble those of the PCR. While writing on the Paumacariyam, Shri Nathuram Premi in his book JSI proposes that it is proble that the Harivamsapurana is based on the work of the same name composed by Vimalasūri as referred to in the Kuvalayamala of Udyotanasuri. The Harivamsapurana of Vimalasuri has not been discovered so far, still the influence of the PCV is visible on the genealogical list of the Iksvaku and the Vidyadhara Vamsas of the HVPJ (See Supra, Ch 5). It indicates that Jinasenasūri had consulted the Paumacariyam.
Story no 22 (Previous births of Sañjayanta and Vidyuddamṣṭra) and No. 57 (Madhu and Kaiṭabha) in the HVPJ reveal that their source is the Vasudevahindi.
Hastimalla (13 th centnry A. D. has adopted in his Maithili Kalyana the incident of Rama's success among various candidates in stringing the bow (Supra, Ch. 3.2E) from the tradition of the PCV and has based his Añjana-Pavanañjaya-Năṭaka on the
tradition of the PCV.
(6) Minor Influence of Paumacariyaṁ on the Mahapurāṇa of Puspadanta :
Puspandanta was a poet of the 10th century A. D. He followed the Rama-story of Uttarapurana. His main contribution is the changing of the prosaic form of Rama-story of Gunabhadra into a highly artistic style of poetry.
Main changes affected over the story of the UP are as follows:-(1) Satrughna as the son of the fourth queen of Dasaratha. (2) Rama is called Padma also. (3) Naming of Lakṣmaṇa after hsi