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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SUMMARY
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Asanivega, a Vidyadhara ruler of Rathanupura from Vanara Kişkindhi and his Rakṣasa ally Sukeśa respectively. Later on Malin, the son of Sukeśa, reoccupies his ancestral Larkā.
7. Malin gets jealous of the growing power of Indra, the grandson of Asanivega and the son of Sahasrara. He attacks Indra but the latter slays him. Indra appoints Soma, Varuna, Kubera and Yama as governors of four quarters and installs Vaiśravana (Vesamaņa or Dhanada 2.53) as ruler of Lanka. Sumalin the younger brother of Malin staying in terror at Pātālaṁkārapura, gets blessed with a son, named Ratnāśrava. The latter marries Kaikasī. She in due course gives birth to Daśamukha (Ravana), Bhanukarṇa (Kumbhakarna), Candranakha and Vibhiṣaṇa. Rāvana attains mastery over various lores (vidyās) to reoccupy his ancestral Laikā.
8. Gautama then relates the marriage of Mandodarī and many other girls with Ravana and further describes the valorous feats of Rāvana. He defeats Dhanada, subdues Bhuvanalaňkāra elephant, conquers Yama and restores Kişkindhipura to Adityarajas, the son of Kişkindhi.
9. Next follows the narration of the kidnaping of Candranakha by Kharaduṣaṇa, the hostility of Ravana with the son of Adityarajas namely, Vāli for marrying the latter's sister and the resultant renouncement of the world by Vali, as well as the raising of the Aṣṭāpada (Kailasa) mountain by Ravana to disturb the monk Vali and the former's discomfiture at the hands of the latter.
10. Rāvana subjugates many Khecara chieftains and reaches Pātāla kārapura. There he is greeted by Kharadūṣaṇa. Further Ravana launches a war-campaign, imprisons Sahasrakirana, the Maheśvara king, and overpowers various other kings.
11. He stops the animal-sacrifice organised by Marutta (Maruya), the king of Rajagṛha and marries the latter's daughter, Kanakaprabhā. She gives birth to Kṛtacitră.
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Ravana marries Krtacitra to Madhu, the prince of Mathura. Then he proceeds to Durlanghyapura and defeats Nalakübara. Uparambha, the wife of Nalakübara, had a design to secure the love of Ravana. At first Rāvana accepted her proposal with a view to subjugate Nalakübara. But later he rejected her proposal, rubuked her and thus helped preserve her character. Thereafter Ravana conquers Indra, a Vidyadhara king.
14. Rāvana pays homage to omniscient Anantavirya and accepts a vow not to enjoy with any lady without her prior consent.