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The Rāmāyaṇa of Bhadreśvara
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The Rāmāyana of Bhadreśvara covers pp. 61-117 of the transcript. It opens thus:
: महापउमचकवहिभविस्समाणनमिजिणाणं च विचाले रामायणं ति। रामायणकहा भरणइ । तत्थ वि रामेणमिमं रामायणं हि । निरुत्तीश्रो पढमो रामो त्ति । रामकहा भएणइ ।
The concluding portion runs thus:
एवं च रामरामणसीयाचरिएहिं परिसमत्तेहिं । रामायणं समत्तं भद्देसरसूरिरइयं ति ॥
It would be superfluous to give here an outline of the story of Rama as told by Bhadreśvara for it is very near that of Vimala excepting two important and original features that he has added while narrating the later history of Rama. Not only does Bhadreśvara adopt the story of Vimala but very frequently he also borrows phrases and lines from his predecessor. To illustrate this point I give here only a few of the numerous parallel passages noted by me:
Bhadreśvara:
P.80b महिलासहावचवलाए दीहपहिणीए सढाए मायाबहुलाए जं किंचि ववहरियं मए तुम्हें पडिकूलं तं सव्वं खमिजउ...अंबे महाकुलप्पसूयाणं खत्तियाणं कि कयावि हवइ अलियवायत्तणं ।
P.83 रामेण तो भणिया भद्दे किं पुरिसेण वेसेण । वीलसि वरतणुयंगे साहसु निययंमि रजम्मि ।
Vimala: Canto XXXII. 51 etc. महिलासहावचवला, अदीहपेही सहावमाइला । तं मे खमाहि... पडिकूल कयं तुज्झ ॥ ...अम्मो किं खत्तिया अलियवाई। होंति महाकुलजाया...॥
Canto XXXIV. 17 ......भइ किं पुरिसेण वेरोण । कीलसि वरतणुयंगी, कन्ने निययंमि रजमि ।।
Canto LXI. 56
P.97b
गेराहइ अमोहविजयं सत्तिं उकं व जलमाणं ।
गेराहइ अमोहविजयं सत्नी उक्का इव जलंती।
Bhadresvara:
P. 107b: तं पभणइ लच्छिहशे मा मा मा दुक्खिया हवह एवं । पिसुण जणभासिएवं मा मुंच महासई सीयं । लोओ कुडिलसहावो पिमुणो गुणमच्छरी भसगसीलो । जंपइ अमुयमदिट्टं परतत्तिपरो दुराराहो।
4.
Vide infra: Bhadresvara's contribution to the development of the story of Rāma.
