Critical Study Of Paumacariyam

Author(s): K R Chandra
Publisher: Research Institute of Prakrit Jainology and Ahimsa

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A CRITICAL STUDY OF PAUMACARIYAM
pavvayahaṇuruhāīya PCV, 55.16) while fighting against Ravana. All these three regions are situated in the south. The PCV (85.26) further refers to Hanumat as the lord of Śrīpura situated in the valley of Śriparvata. It is said that Hanumat was named as Śrisaila because in his childhood he had fallen down from the aerial car on the slab of a hill (sañcunpio ya selo 18.49). This frequent mention of Śrīparvata and its people as allies of Rama indicates that our author was haunted with the memory of the Śriparvatiya-Andhras of the Puranas, identical with the Iksvakus of South Andhradeśa, who ruled during the 3rd century A.D.
The PCV (55.17) further mentions the Keligilas as the allies of Răma. The PCR (55.29) mentions them as Kailikilas. They are the Kilakilas who are historically known as the ancestors of the Vākāṭakas. Vākāṭaka king Vindhyaśakti (223-275 A.D.) came into power after the Kilakila kings. Therefore, the Kilakilas seem to have ruled before the first quarter of the 3rd century A.D.
The PCV mentions (98,66) that Lavana and Ankuśa subdued the Anandas on their way to the Digvijaya. Historically the Anandas rose in the fourth century A.D. They succeeded the Bṛhatphalayanas and ruled over the Guuṭūra region in the south Andhradeśa for a long period.
There are references to more political tussles, one between Ujjaina and Daśapura and the other between Ayodha and Nandyāvartapura. It is narrated in the PCV (ch.33) that Vajrakarna, lord of Dasapura and a bhṛtya of Simhodara of Ujjaina was violating the code of a feudatory. Hence, Simhodara attacked Vairakarna and made him his prisoner. Rama and Lakṣmaṇa helped Vajrakarna and defeated Simhodara. The territory as well as the treasury under Simhodara was divided between Vajrakarna and Simhodara and latter accepted the suzerainty of Bharata of Ayodhya. It reveals that Dasapura (Mandasora) was trying to be indepedent of Ujjain's overlordship. The inscriptional reference to Daśopura, perhaps for the first time, is found in the Nasika cave Inscp. of the time of Nahapana. It is referred to as a place of pilgrimage (119-124 A.D.). It has no political importance. The town comes into political significance
1. Ibid. pp. 9, 60.
2. See EDAD, p. 39.
3. See VGA, p. 89.
4. See EDAD, pp. 215,233, 836; VGA, pp. 64-65.
5. Seel SI, Vol. I. p. 161.