Book Title: Samraditya
Author(s): Pushkarmuni, Devendramuni
Publisher: Shree Lakshmi Pustak Bhandar

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________________ A new change came about in the story-literature which was written next, after the Agamas. To insert digressions, in the main subject matter of the original story and to enrich the original characterisation by narrating the incidents of past. birth and after taking in aid the Agama-- stories, biographies as well as the big and small incidents of the lives of great men was a sort of style of the literature written in a later period. One can see the influence of the Ramayanas, the Mahabharat and the Jatak stories on this sort of style of stories. If we term this style the Paura-- nik style then the most ancient storybook is the Vasudevahindee, (Prakrit: book) which can be considered the oldest source book. Thereafter Vimalsoori wrote a gigantic book 'Paumchariyam" on the style of the Valmiki's Ram ayanas and another big book 'Harivanshachariyam' on the style of the Mahabharat written by Vyasa. Since then the Pauranic style became

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