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144 Asfects of Brahmanıcal Influence on the Jaina Mythology Vsasa into normal relationship with Dhịtarāştra and his brothers, and has, thus, brought to prominence only the other side of the story by roisting the aforesaid personages into the dynastic genealogy as royal successors
Prşpadanta's Mahapurāna appears to be the only known work to have adopted Gunabhadro's version with one exception. Thus, subject to a variation in the name of Parāśara's father which occurs in PX1P128 as Hastıraja (Hatthirāü) instead of Sakti, the work in question does not show any disagrcement with the UP account The replacement of Saltı by this Hastirāja may, however, be taken as an anachronistic representation of Brahmanical Haslır, 119 a remote ancestor of the Kaurava-Pandava trothers Onr important point to be noted with regard to Puspadanta's version is his representation of Vyasa as a false port (Alural aj120= .111laları) It is nordless to state that this allegarinn malcs the identiti of Vrāsa conspicuous inasmuch as he liar alreads bron labelled as an author of the misleading and distorted account of the Mahabharala tale.131
The Sretamlara vcrsions, on the other hand, are at great variance with the Digambara accounts as discussed in the Toregoing pages And it is interesting to note that all Svetāmbara versions despite their mutual discrepancies converge to a mint - inch is very close to the Brahmanıcal representation of this part of the pedigrec Śslanka, for instance, begins his proralogical account, almost abruptly, with one Satadhanit
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मुसोनिय गिटार वरवमाननिय हुयउ पारासरु ताहि मुउ स्वेण मुरवर नगनु, मन्टनायमग्र नच्चवइ तह दिण्णी सदरि मुद्धसइ, प्रय गान नरि प्रलिगकइ तह भन्न मुभद्द पमपणमः, ताहितेण पर गुठ परन्ट पट लवसगल निन्वयकायउ पद वितर पुणु
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--PVP, I.XXXII, 5.10. the map 1,70 VUT, pp 111, 146,
