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modifications, especially in characterisation, in his version. Rāma is less of an incarnation and Ravana is less of a villian here. Kaikeyi, the mother of Bharata, is depicted more graciously. (A New History of Sanskrit Literature, p. 255).
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A list of the Purāņas narrating the story of the sixtythree Salākā Purusas is given below:
Author
Name of the Works Trisaṣṭi-salākā-purāna Muni Mallisena
Puspadanta
Śricandra
Triṣaṣṭi-salākā-puruṣa- Hemacandra
Mahāpurāṇa
Purāṇasāra
caritra
Purāṇa-sara-sangraha Damanandi
Bhaṭṭāraka Candrakirti
Sakalakirti
Candramuni
Ādipurāṇa
Purāṇasāra
Triṣaṣṭi-salākā
Mahāpurāṇa
Samkṣipta-Caritam Mahāpurusa Carita
Trisasti-smrti-sāstra
Laghu Triṣasti SalākāPurusa Carita
Rama-mallabhyudaya
A list of the available Caritakavyas-(biographical poems) narrating
the story of the sixty three Salākā Puruṣa:
Author
Name of the Works Caturvimsati
Laghu Triṣasti
Trisaṣṭi-salākā Pañcāsikā
Jain Education International
Jinendra-Sūri
Date of Composition 969 A.D.
965-972 A.D.
1080 A.D.
1088-1172 A.D.
Merutunga
Āśādhara
11th-13th centuries A.D.
17th century A.D.
Unknown
Unknown
Date of Composition 1238 A.D.
Megha Vijaya Upadhyāya
Upadhyaya Padmasundara
Somaprabha
(Name not mentioned
disciple of Kalyāṇa Vijaya)
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1306 A.D.
1692 A.D.
1800 A.D.
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
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