An Old Tibetan Version Of Ramayana

Author(s): J W De Jong
Publisher: J W De Jong

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c) They are unable to defeat the gods and ask Brahmā for three
miraculous powers: (1) that everybody at whom they shoot an arrow shall die; (2) immortality; (3) power over the three
worlds. Brahmā refuses. A 22-30, C 8-15. d) The devaputras ask Mahadeva for his miraculous power.
Although Daśagriva cuts off one of his heads and offers it, Mahādeva does not grant their request. His wife, Upade (Umade), offers her own miraculous power which they reject. She curses them and prophesies that they will be destroyed
by a woman. A 30-41, C 15-23. e) Mahādeva's minister, Prahasti (Prahaste), offers his mira
culous power which they reject. He prophesies that they will
be destroyed by a monkey. A 41-47, C 23-30. f) The goddess of speech transforms herself into the tip of the
tongue of the devaputras and modifies their requests. They obtain the following powers: (1) power over the gods; (2) the death of any being that is struck by the first arrow shot; (3) immortality as long as the horse-head of Dasagrīva has not been cut off. They defeat the gods, kill the gods and the men in Lankapura. A 47-56, C 30-41. End of C.
Daśagriva goes to Vişņu who lives in the North, in the Ocean of Milk, but is unable even to attack him. E 67-80, B 63-77. Episode missing in A and C.
The gods deliberate what to do against Dasagriva and the demons. Mahādeva declares himself unable to assist them but advises them to ask Vişņu for help. Vişņu incarnates himself as Ramana, the son of Dasaratha, and his son appears on earth as Lagšana. In order to bring about Dasagriva's ruin, a goddess enters into the womb of his wife. E 80-92, B 77-89. a) The gods deliberate. As the demons cannot be defeated by the
gods, the gods cause a being capable of destroying the
demons to be born as the daughter of Daśagriva. A 56-60. b) The king of Jambudvīpa, Dasaratha, prays to five hundred
Arhats on Mount Kailāsa for a son. They give him a flower for the chief queen. The chief queen gives one half to the junior queen. The son of the junior queen, Ramana, is born three days before the son of the chief queen, Lagšana. A 65-73.
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Birth of the daughter of Daśagriva. Readers of signs predict that she shall cause the ruin of her father and the demons. She is placed in a copper box and committed to the waters. An Indian peasant finds her and gives her the name Rol-rñed-ma "Found in the furrow". A 60-65, E 92-95, B 89-92. King Dasaratha is wounded in a battle between the gods and the asuras. He does not know whom to appoint as successor. Ramana renounces the reign and Lagśana is appointed. King Dasaratha dies. A 73-83, E 104-III.
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