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Aspects of Brahmanical Influence on the Jaina Mythology
Vasu through his ninth son Suvasu and also connect the former with the Barhadratha dynasty of Magadha 117
The names of kings, set out as the descendants of king Vasu, do not allow us to state with authority about their identity either with the traditional offspring of Vasu or with the scions of the various padava lines and sub-lines Nevertheless, the names have some parallels in the Brahmanical pedigrees of different royal lines Hence it is not unlikely that the names of kings belonging to distinct dynasties should have been incorporated in the Jaina genealogical lists with some modifications in their forms and positions either by changing their initial or final component parts or by replacing the original names by their synonyms or by curtailed representation of names Furthermore the changes may have been effected also by shifting the lineal relationship as well as the sequential order of some of the persons in their new situations
The Brhaddhvaja as son of king Vasu has a partial agreement with Bṛhadratha, represented in the Brahmanical sources as Vasu's eldest son 118 Next, one Subahu has been set forth in the epic-Puranic texts as a yadava king of Cedi 119 The names with bahu as final component are not wanting in the Brahmanıcal royal pedigrees 110 But their genealogical positions and lineal affiliations are so much different from those of their Jaina counterparts that we cannot be sure about their identity. Labdhabhimana is probably Jinasena's own invention, raou may be treated as a corruption of one radu, represented, in the Brahmanical tradition as one of Vasu's sons 121 Bhānu, on the other hand, may be taken as a curtailed form of Bhanuman, son
117 JHV 18 17-22, TSPC, Vol V p 42, SPP 7 147 48, Comp. HV 132 91-98, Vayup 99 219-226, Vis P 4 19 80-83, Mat 50.23-34
118 Varup 99 220, Viş p 19 91, HV 1 32 92
119. MBh III 64 132, 65 45
120 AIHT, p 94, 146, 169
121 The Harivamsa reads thus
मारुतश्च यदुश्चैव मत्स्य. काली च सत्तम
1 32 93a There is still another radu set out as the son of Haryasva of the Ik svaku dynasty, GAI, p 39f
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