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A CRITICAL STUDY OF PAUMACARIYAN Alterations and Modifications :-(3) River Bahu in place of Gambhirā. (4) Nalakacchapura in place of Kūvavadda. (5) Valikhilaya's appointment of Rudrabhūti as his minister. (6) Land of Tapi called Khānadeśa. (7) Locating of Kotisila at Nabhigiri. (PCV-Sindhuddesa, PCR-No place mentioned). (8) Fastening of Mahendrarājā by Hanuman with his Langūlavidya. (9) Manifestation of his Kāmadeva-rupa by Hanuman to attract Lankásundari. (10) Sending of Višalyā for curing Lakşmaņa without any objection because she was destined to become his wife.
Additions:-(11) Kaikaya, as one more brother of Kaikeyi. (12) Birth place of Suprabhā, queen of Daśaratha as Ratnapura. (13) King Mahīdhara alsoccomapanied Rāma to subdue Ativīrya. (14) Rāvana's promise to regard Sītā as his daughter (and to return her to Rāma after subduing him when she requested Rāvana not to kill Rāma and Lakşmaņa). (15) Disclosure by Mandodarī to Rāvana that Sita is their daughter. (16) Offering of the Siddhartha Vidyā to Lakşmaņa by the daughters of Khecara Cakravardhana. (17) Marriage of Lavaņa and Arkuśa with the eight daughters of king of Podanapura and 300 of Kuberakānta. (18) Turgagiri as the place of emancipation of Hanumān and Rama and Pāvāgiri as that of Lavana and Ankusa.
Influence of PCV :-Pșthvimati as the name of the mother of Kaikeyi.
Influence of PCS:- Appointment of Virādhita as the king of Patalarkārapura before attacking Lankā.
Influence of TSP :-Lakşmaņa commissions soldiers to search for exiled Sita (TSP-Laksmana sends Rāma). Lavana's son named Anargalavaņa (TSP-Ananigadeva).
Influence of Guṇabhadra's Ráma-story :-(1) Rāma's date of birth. (2) Sita as the daughter of Rāvana and Mandodarī (When Bhāmaņdala is lost, Sita who was found abandoned in a field is adopted by Janaka as his daughter). (3) Mandodarī's motherly love for Sitā gushes forth (When she tries to persuade Sītā to accept Ravana as her husband), She promises Sítā to help her preserviag in chastity.( 4) Hanuman's assuming the form of a monkey (when he is attacked by Rāvana's soldiers in the garden).
Influence of Puşpadanta's Rāma story :-(5) The reference to the burning of Larika by Hanuman is an influence of Puşpadanta's Rama-story.
Influence of VR :-(1) Rāma becomes so furious that he is ready to kill Sugrīva for his negligence in searching for Sítā, but Lakşmaņa
