________________
ORIGIN AND GENEALOGY OF VARIOUS VAMSAS
231
Vişnupurāņa, 4.5
VR, 171 23. Hrsvaroman
Hșśvaroman
24. Janaka II
Kušadhvaja Šíradhvaja Kūšadhvają
Sita
Sitā
Sita Bhanumat The VR and the Purāņas are generally in agreement as regards the names and the number of the ancestors of Janaka. Mithi and Janaka I are two persons in the VR while in the Purānas they are one and the same person. Then Janaka II, the father of Sīta is called Sīradhvaja in the Purānas.
A comparison of the account of the origin and the genealogical list of the Brahmanical tradition with that of the PCV indicates that the PCV is giving quite an independent version. The PCV mentions that Janaka belonged to Hari Vamsa while the VR states that he is a descendant of Ikşvāku.
The line of continuity breaks at two places in the PCV while in the VR it is continuous and there is not a single name preceding Janaka (the father of Sītā) which may be common to the Jaina and the Brahmanical traditions.
As regards the genealogical lists found in other Jaina works, the PCR, except one additional name of Puloman, agrees with that of the PCV. The TSP gives very few names and the names of Pșthvīpati, Giri and Mitragiri are not found in the PCV. Pșthvīpati is mentioned in the VH (p. 307). The RPS mentions the name of the first king as Mārkandeya and then follows the PCR leaving out many successors after Vasugiri and it has different name for No. 12. It is a common feature of all the Jaina lists that they are not complete and countinuous.
