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SOURCES, CONTRIBUTION AND INFLUENCE OF PCV.
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of Tirtharkaras Mahāvira (4) Rşabha (5) Ajita (6) Munisuvrata (7) and Cakravartin Harişeņa (11). There is influence of the Kalpasūtra and the VH on the biography of Rşabha (5).
(ii) Sources in the Painnas .
(a) Kirtidhara and Sukošala (13) :
The Bhattaparinnā (16), Maranasamahi (466-67) and Santhāraga (63-64) refer that Sukośala was strangled by his mother, now a tigress.
(6) Saudāsa (1:):
The Bhattaparinnā (145) mentions that Saudāsa suffered being a slave of taste. In the PCV, there is clear influence of the Vişnupur ana on this story.
(c) Vasu and Parvataka (17):--
The Bhattaparinnā (101) states that Vasu went to hell for telling a lie. In the PCV, the story seems to be based on the
Vasudevahindi. (d) Cakravartin Sanatkumāra (10) :
The Maranasamāhi (410-11) refers that Sanatkumāra suffered
diseases. In the PCV, the story seems to be based on VH. (iii) Sources in the Vasudevahindi :
The following stories appear to have their sources in the VH. · Various minor changes are affected in them by the way of abridgement ommissions, alterations and additions or changes in proper names. If the VH is not earlier than the PCV, then both the works have their sources of the following stories in the common Jaina tradition :
Rşabha (5); Bharata and Bahubali (8); Sagara (9); Origin of Brāhmaṇas (16); Origin of (yajña) Animal Sacrifice (17); Origin of Hari Varsa (20); Muni Sañjayanta (21); Śrīvardhana and Jvalanasimha (22); Madhu and Kaitabha (57); Battle between the sons of Srīşeņa (63).
(B) Brahmanical Sources :
(i) Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa (VR) as the Source : Rāvana-carita (1) :-In details there are various differences.
Añjanāsundari and Hanumat (2) :-This story stands on an independent line. Mythological aspect of the VR is absent and it has got a realistic touch.
