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COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE RĀMA-STORY
77 of Vali (in the PCV the name of the son of Vali is Candrarasmi while Argada and Jayānanda are the sons of Sugrīva 47. 23; 10.10). Sugrīva recovers his wife Rumā (4. 26.42), makes Tāră also as his wife (4. 29. 4; 4. 35. 4) and succeed the throne of Kişkindhipura. The VR does not refer to any daughter of Sugrīva. Rāma and Lakşmaņa stay in a cave of the Praśravanagiri (4. 27. 1.4), a range of the Mālyavat mountain (4. 28. 1).
The TR is in agreement with the VR. It additionally mentions that Sugrīva develops the feeling of Vairāgya' (birāga) and so he does not like to fight with Vali. Rāma advises him to do so saying that his words always become true (4. 7). Here Tārā prevents Vali at the time of the first duel and Vāli considers it auspicious to be killed by Rāma (jaun kadāci mohi mārahim tau puņi houm sanātha 4. 7). Vali eulogises Rāma as Bhagavān. Tārā is not mentioned to have become the wife of Sugrīva and no wife of Sugrīva is referred to.
According to the Rāmopakhyāna (MB. 3. 28) Hanumat does not assume any artificial form; there is only one duel between Sugrīva and Váli. Rumā is not mentioned, and Tără is called the wife of Vāli. Further once Vali suspects Tārā of having soft heart for Sugrīva when she prevents Vali from holding a duel with Sugrīva. And though Sugrīva is said to have told Rāma that his wife was snatched away from him by Vali, yet after the death of Vāli it is nowhere mentioned that Sugrīva got back any woman other than Tāra. The above reference and the suspicion of Vali on Tarā indicate that Tārā was formerly the wife of Sugriva or Sugrīva wanted Tārā for himself.
In the Nșsimha Purāna (ch. 50) there is one duel only. Tára's warning to Vali and her efforts for pacifying Lakşmaņa are not mentioned. There she seems to be the wife of Sugrīva to whom she is restored from Vali. Rāma and Lakşmaņa are unaware of the identity of the kidnapper of Sītā.
The Rāma-Kiyena does not refer to the tests as mentioned in the VR and thus it agrees with the PCV (Bulcke p. 358).
According to the Anāmakam Jataka the king (Bodhisattva) in search of his queen meets a monkey whose territory was usurped by his uncle. When both the monkeys fight, the king fixes an arrow on the bow and at the sight of it the uncle monkey flees away. There is no mention of hiding of the king behind the trees and thus it is in agreement with the PCV.
The PCR (47), the PCS (43), and the RPS (21) agree with the PCV. The TSP (IV. p. 253) mentions only one fight between the impostor and the real Sugrīva,
