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one with the traditional accounts in making Dasaratha father of Rama, Lakşmâna, Bharala and Satrughna. But with regard to their respective mothers the works betray great divergences VPC, for example, styles Rama's mother Aparāzitā82, represents Lakşmana as the son of Sumitra85 and makes Karkey 784 mother of both Bharata and Salrughna But Ravisena, though basing his version85 on VPC, parts company with Vimalasūri in respect of Satrughna's mother, who, according to Ravişena's version was Suprabhāgs, a fourth queen of king Dasaratha But Gunabhadra and Puşpadanta, represent Rāma as the son of Subāla87 and make Lakşmana son of Karkey788 instead of Sumitrā Next, the authors refer to Bharata and Satrughna as the sons of another queen of king Dasaratha, whom they do not mention by Dame 89 Silānka, on the other hand, obviously following the Brahmanical epic Purānic accounts more closely, gives the Dame of Rāma's mother as Kausalya (Kosalā) and repre ents Laksmana and Bharata as the sons of Sumitra and Kaikeyi respectively But with regard to Satrughna the author seems to have followed Vimalasūri's version, inasmuch as he makes Satrughna
82 25 7-8 83 25 9-11 84 अह केगई पसूया भरहकुमार तहेव सत्तुघण ।
-VPC, 25 14a 85 RPC, 26 19-28, 35 86 ibed , 25 36
सुषुवे सुप्रभा पुत्र सुन्दर यस्य विष्टपे ।
ख्यातिः शत्रुघ्नशब्देन सकलेऽद्यापि वर्तते ।। 87 UP 87 148-150a, PMP LXIX 12 1-9 88 UP 07 1506-162, PMP, LXIX 12 11-12 89 area OUT Fitutsagung TFTI 7775757..
UP 67,165 But Puspadanla apparently makes this unnamed queen into two different ladies as his word says भण्णेक्कहि भरहु पसण्णमणु, अण्णेषकहि धरिणिहि सत्तुहणु,
-PMP, LXIX. 14 10
