Book Title: Studies in Jainism
Author(s): Ramkrishna Mission Institute of Culture Culcutta
Publisher: Ramkrishna Mission Institute of Culture Culcutta
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THE JAINA RĀMĀYANAS
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These points indicate some Jaina influence in the story of the Tibetan versions. Other Rāmāyana versions in Kannada show no Jaina touch. I do not know what it is in the remaining Indian languages.
To sum up : it is clear that there are two schools of the Jaina Rāmāyanaswhich differ greatly from each other; that of Vimalasuri is an adaptation of Valmiki Rāmāyaṇa; that of the Guņabhadra school has no unitary source for it; that while one is artistic, the other is a drab story. The Jaina Rāmāyaṇas from an important branch of study in the history of the Rāmāyana.
