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A CRITICAL STUDY OF PAUMACARIYAM
There is a striking resemblance in the name of the foster-mother and the method of introduction.
Points No. 3, 5, 6, 10, 11 & 16 are already found in the older Brahmanical works but the rest of the thirteen reveal that the author of Ananda Ramayana had studied some Jaina works on the Rama-story.
The above analysis reveals that it is this work among the Brahmanical works, on which there is the greatest influence of the tradition of the PCV.
(xix) Dharmakhanda (Considered as a part) of Skandapurana (15-16th Cent. A. D.): 1. Kaikeyi's request to Rama in exile to. come back (Supra, Ch. 3. 3. C).
(xx) Satyopakhyana (16 th century A. D): -1. Kaikeyi's love marriage with Dasaratha and Narada's association with it (Supra, Ch. 3. 1. B). 2. Introduction of the bow specially for the purpose of Sita's 'svayamvara' (Supra, Ch. 3. 2. D). 3. Rama's success in stringing the bow in the presence of various candidates (Supra, Ch. 3. 2. E). 4. Rama's water-sports with Sita (see Bulcke, p. 479; PCV, 42. 18-24).
Point Nos. 2, 3 & 4 have their presence in the earlier Brahmanical works. Point No. 1 is a special introduction and it is based with variation on the pattern of the tradition of the PCV.
xxi) Rămarahasya of Mohanaswāmī (17 th century A. D):1. Stringing of the bow by Rama in presence of many other candidates (Supra, Ch. 3. 2. E). 2. Meeting of Hanumat with Bharata while bringing the medicinal herb (Supra, Ch. 3. 8.E).
(xxii) Ramalingamṛta (17 th century A. D.):-1. Ram's success in stringing the bow in the presence of many candidates (Supra, Ch. 3. 2. E). 2. Exonerating Kaikeyi from the charge of exiling Rāma (Supra, Ch. 3. 3. C). 3. Narada as the instigator of a battle between Rama and his sons (Supra, Ch. 3. 9. D). 4. Son of Hanumat (Supra, Ch. 4. 2).
Point No. 3 shows specific influence of the tradition of the PCV.
(xxiii) Tattvasangraha Ramayana (17th cent. A. D). of Rāma Brahmānanda:-1. Kaikeyi's approach to Rama in exile and a request to him to come back. (Supra, Ch. 3. 3. C).
(b) Works in Modern Indian Languages:
(i) Tamil Rāmāyaṇa of Kamban (10th century A. D.): -1. Rama's success among various candidates in stringing the bow (Supra, Ch. 3. 2. E).
