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Pavana, Kubera, Agni, Yama etc. In the VR there is reference to the defeating of Indra, Ravi & Saśin only. It is in the PCV that others are also referred to have been subdued by Rāvana, though there they are Vidyadhara chiefs (See Supra, Ch. 4.1.xvi & xviii).
In the TR it is depicted that on the Citrakūța hill gods in the form of the Kols and Bhils offer their services to Rāma (2.135-136). It is in the PCS for the first time that before reaching the Cirtakūța hill, Rama enters the Dhanuskavana. He sojourns there happily amidst the Bhils. (PCS, 24.12).
According to the TR (3.12-14) Rāma delivers a sermon to Lakşmaņa on the nature of Jiva and Iśvara in the forest after meeting Jațāyu. Tulasidāsa purports to say that Bhakti (devotion) to God leads to Jñana and Vairāgya which bring Mokşa. This new element in the TR is influenced more probably by the PCS according to which Muni Gupta and Sugupta while narrating the story of Dandaka to Rāma deliverd a sermon on philosophy (See Supra, Ch. 3. 5 A & PCS, 45.5 also).
In the TR the munis who were killed by the Raksasas and were later on observed by Rāma in the forest are described as follows:"Asthi samūha dekhi Raghurāya” 3.9. It is strikingly similar with the phrase in the PCS. The candidates wishing to marry Jitapadma fail to withstand the test and are consequently killed by her father. The heap of their bones is shown to Lakşmaņa "so ghippai tam haddairi ehu” 31.5.8. The VR describes the concerned incident as follows:-(Sarīrāņi munīnām bhāvitātmānām-VR, 3.6.16.
Influence on Other Works af Tulasidasa: The influence of the tradition of PCV can be marked on even some other works of Tulasidasa.
In his Rāmalala Nahachū (Vide M.P. Gupta, p. 230) there is a reference to the wife of the elder brother of Dasaratha:
“Kausalyā ki jethi dinha anusāsasana ho
Nahachū jāi karāvahu baithi simhāsana ho” (RLN, 9.) In the whole of the Brahmanical literature there is no reference to any brother of Dasaratha. It is in the tradition of the PCV that Dasaratha's elder brother Anantaratha is mentioned (PCV, 22-101).
According to the Citävali, in the beginning of the exile journey Sita feels thirsty. Then Lakşmaņa proceeds to bring water for her (2. 14. 1). In the PCV also after crossing the Vindhya forest when Sītā feels thirsty Rāma goes along with her and Lakşmaņa to the house
