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CHRONOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE JAINA RĀMĀYAṆA STORY
COMPILED BY SATYA RANJAN BANERJEE
Chronology by centuries
1st/3rd cent. A.D. Vimala Suri
7th cent. A.D.
8th cent. A.D.
9th cent. A.D.
10th cent. A.D.
Author
Jain Education International
(4. A.D. or 62 A.D. or 3rd cent. A.D.)
Sanghadāsa (not later than 609 A.D.)
Ravisena (678 A.D.)
Svayambhu (mid. of the 8th cent. A.D.)
Haribhadra Suri (705-775 A.D.)
Haribhadra (705-775 A.D.)
Silācārya or Śilanka (862 or 872 A.D.)
Gunabhadra (9th cent. A.D.)
Harisena (931-32 A.D.)
Works
Pauma-cariyam
Vasudevahinḍi
Padmapurāņa (Sanskrit)
Paüma-cariu (written bet.
677-783)
Upadeśapada
Dhürtākhyāna (casually treats of Rama-story)
Caupanna-mahā purisa-cariyam
Uttara-purāņa
Bṛhat-kathākoša
Contents and Comments
The story of Valmiki is narrated in a Jaina manner. The name of Rāma is Padma.
It deals with Mandodari's marriae with Rāvana and the birth of Sita as Ravana's daughter.
Mostly follows Pauma-cariya of Vimalasuri with Digambara traits in it.
The story of Rama as given by Ravisena. He has divided his poems into Kandas.
He alludes to the story of Rama in one of the Samgrahagāthās in his Upadeśapada
He probably follows the work like Paümacariyam
Basically follows the Rāmastory of Valmiki though borrows also from Sanghadāsa.
It is an abridgement of Valmiki's Rāmāyaṇa. It has two Rāma versions. The first deals with the death of Ravana and the second shows Sita as a nun after the fire ordeal.
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