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A CRITICAL STUDY OF PAUMCARIYAM
Pātālankarapura1. Asanivega then put Laṁkāpuri under the rule of Nirghatadanava (6.147-206).
As the time passed Sukeśa's wife Indrānī gave birth to Malin, Sumalin and Malyavat. When the opportunity came, Malin killed Nirghātadanava and reoccupied his ancestral town (6.235). Thereafter Malin married Candramati, the daughter of Bhogavati by Himaraja of Hemangapura. Sumalin got wedded to Prītimahāsundarī, the daughter of Pritimati by Priyankara of Pritipura. And Malyavat took Kanakāvalī as his wife, who was the daughter of Kanakaśrī by Kanaka of Kanakapura (6.241).
In the VR there is no reference to the rendering of any assistance by Sukeśa to any Vanara or no mention of any friendship between their ancestors. Here Sukesa is the son of Vidyutkeśa (7.4.23) and the grandson of Praheti, the first Lord of the Rākṣasas. Sukesa's wife is Devavati (7.5.3) and their first son is Malyavat, second Sumalin and third Malin. They pleased Brahma with their penances and acquired the boon of invincibility (7.5.14 ajeyāḥ). Further Viśvakarman granted them the city of Lanka for their abode (7.5.26). Thus they occupied Lanka for the first time and made it a colony of the Rākṣasas. Thereafter Narmada, a Gandharvi, married her three daughters Sundari, Ketumati and Vasuda to them respectively (7.5.30-41).
The TR does not contain this account and so is the case with the Ramopakhyāna of the MB.
(ii) Killing of Malin, the grand uncle of Ravana, and appointment of Vaisravana as the Ruler of Lanka by Indra: -As the time lapsed, Sahasrara, the son of Asanivega begot a son Indra on his wife Mānasasundari. He was named Indra because his mother, when he was in her womb, had developed a pregnancy longing to have all the paraphernalia of celestial Indra at her disposal. Her desire was duly fulfilled by Sahasrara with the power of his vidyās. In due course Indra's sway began to expand and he established all the paraphernalia like that of the celestial Indra. Indra's (also called as Suravai-Surapati-7.41) rise could not be tolerated by Malin, hence the latter along with his two brothers attacked Indra. But he was killed by Indra in the battle. Then Sumalin and Malyavat made a retreat and took shelter in Pātālankarapura (7. 1-50), Thereafter Indra appointed four Vidyadharas namely Soma, Varuna,
1. It is called 'Dugga' (7.166) i. c. a well-fortified place for the refuge of the defeated and helpess.
