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second son of Karkeyr but not of Sumitra, the traditional mnother of Salrughna 80 It is, however, remarkable to note that Hemacandra, though a Svetāmbara, does not follow Silänka Instead, he has adopted Ravisena's version almost literally, Thus, as in RPC, so also in the Trışaştıśalākāpuruşacarita, Rāma, Lakşmana, Bharala and Satrughna are represented as the sons of Anarājital, Sumitrā,o? Karkeying and Suprabha't respectively
Non, as is evident from the foregoing study, the Jaina dynastic lists have omitted a number of traditional Ikşvāku kings of distinction These arc, for instance, Yupanāśva, Insanhu, Hariscandra, Ambarışa, Dilipa and several others.95 Similarly, nonc of the collateral lines of the Ikşvakus has found any mention in these texts Only the Janaka or Videha dynasty of Muhila, the traditional second great line of the Ikşvāhu race, has received a treatment But the works in question have set out this line as a derivative of the Hanı dynasty, the Jaina counterpart of the Brahmanical raduvamsa 88
Kuruvamsa Alias Somavamsa
The authors are at great variance with regard to the dynastic affiliation of the line Majority of the writers derive this line from Somaprabha, but Hemacandra and Devaprabha attribute its origin 10 Kuru, treated as one of the hundred sons of Lord Rşabha Ikşvahu However, as this point has already
90 तत्थ कोसलाए रामभद्दो पुत्तो, केकईए भरहो सत्तुग्छो य, सुमित्ताए लक्खरगो य कुमारो ।
-CMC, p 175 91 TSPC, 7 4 177-184 92 Ibid, 7 4 187-192. 93 Ibid , 74204 94 lbid , 7 4 205 05 Vārup 88 8-2 13. Ho 1 11 12 to 1 16 36 Mat 12 26-57, Padma 58
130-162, V18 p 4 2 11 to 4 4 102, MBh 3 202 1-8, Rāmā 170 21-44,
2 110 6-85 96 Discussed in Chap VI
