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Aspects of Brahmanıcal Influence on the Jain Mythology
together with that of Somaprabha has been subjected to great fluctuation
As stated before, Vimalas īri is the first Purānic author to have introduced Somaprabha as Bahubalin's son 102 and founder of the Soma branch of the Ikşvāku dynasty 103 But in RPP the name Somaprabha has evidently yielded place to a new term Somayaśas as the name of Bahubalu's son and founder of the above mentioned branch 104 of the Thşvāku family Thus, while I imala calls Bāhubalın's son Somajašas and makes no reference to Somaprabha, in any capacily, the author of the Padmacarita styles the son of Bahubalın as Somayaśas and mal es no allusion to Somaprabha in any context Even with reference to Śrejansa in the context of Rsabhadeva's itinarary after his enlightenment, when the former is reported to have offered the latter first meritorious gift of sugarcanc juice, Ravişenazos does not allude to Sonaprabha
Now, Jinasena, the author of the Hariamsapurāna taking Somaprabha of RPG and Somayaśas of RPC as two distinct persons, has evidently represented the former as the son of one Kurul08 and portrayed him as the founder of the kuru line107 which the author has treated as distinct from the Somavamsa, named after Somayasas 108 Thus in JHV both Somaprabha and
102 744 ataqaat anaal 719 fa faqarati
तस्स य महप्पभावो पुत्तो सोमप्पभो नाम ।।
VPC 5 10.
103 Ibid 5,11-13 104 gefa HHTETET ALEST greated in
ऋपभस्याभवत्पुत्रो नाम्ना वाहुवलीति य ! ततः सोमयशा नाम सौम्य मूनुरजायत ।।
RPC, 102-11f
105 Padmacanla 4 1-20, 106 JHV, 9 45b 107 Ibrd 45 5 40 108 sataraat afHigula ETHYETT TTI
f19a te qafat,.. 11
Ibid 18 16
