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A CRITICAL STUDY OF PAUMACARIYANI
A comparison of the PCV and the VR shows that the list of the PCV is independent of that of the VR, The PCV enumerates a large number of ancestors of Rāvana while the VR only a few. Further the names are not identical except the immediate three ancestors of Rāvana i, e. Sumalin, Sukeśa and Taạitkeśa. But these three persons belong to the maternal side in the VR. Even the name of the father of Rāvana is not common in both the works.
The PCV, PCR, PCS and the RPS have given long lists of the Rākşasa kings while the TSP has not mentioned all the kings. The Vasudevahindi and the Uttarapur āra refer a few ancestors of Rāvaņa. They are not identical with those of the PCV and thus represent a different tradition. In the UP, Pulastya who finds mention in the Brahmanical tradition, is also mentioned. The PCV, PCR and the RPS discontinue their lists at two places, first at Nakşatradamana and then at Kirtidhavala, but the PCS breaks once at Kirtid havala only.
The PCV mentions in all 63 kings from Meghavāhana to Rāvana while the PCR 66 (the three more being Indra, Bhānu and Bhima) kings. The names of 56 kings are identical in the PCR and the PCV, having here and there either equivalents or some alterations in names. The remaining seven names in the PCR are different (Nos. 20, 26, 32, 35, 40, 41 & 45) from those of the PCV.
The PCS mentions in all 69 names (the three more being Aditya, Mahabala and Táraka over those of the PCR) which are indentical with those of the PCR except No. 15. The influence of the PCV is also clear on Nos. 22 & 26. The RPS mentions in all 67 kings. MahaRakşasa, Cintāgati, Sūra and Soka of the RPS do not find mention in the PCR, while Nos, 9, 17 & 28 of the PCR are not referred to in the RPS. Only Vajradanta (20) and Candra (43) are different names from those of the PCR. Then Lauka and Soka can be counted as one person Laikāśoka (45) as found in the PCV and the PCR. Indra and Sura can also be mingled into one to have its equivalent with Indraprabha of the PCV and the PCR. Thus in all there will be 65 kings only-i. e. one less than the PCR and two more than the PCV. So to say the above mentioned Jaina works are generally in agreement.
5. Vānara Vamsa: According to the PCV, Śrīkantha, a Vidyadhara prince of Meghapura developes enmity with Puşpottara, the Vidyadhara lord of Ratnapura on account of the former's refusal to marry his sister to the latter's son. Srikantha once elopes away with Padma, the daughter of Puspottara. Then Puşpottara invades Srikantha. Srikantha flees
