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xxvii Mahābhārata and the Harivamsa of the Vedic Hindus. silanka relates the story of the Harivamsa in its fully developed form, putting together the numerous incidents and events known from earlier sources. In him we observe that much of Vasudevahindi is briefly referred to, while most of the story of the Pāndavas is left out. Maladharin Hemacandra Sūri (beginning of the 12th century) wrote his Bhavabhāvanā with its commentary in A.D. 1113. The first part of the work contains a detailed life of Nemi in 4042 gāthās and relates the whole story of the Harivamsa. The great Hemacandra follows Maladhārin Hemacandra in his treatment of the narrative but gives more space to the lives of the Pandavas and includes the life of Nala and Damayanti in the Vasudevacarita.
In about 1200 A.D. the Maladharin Devaprabha Sūri wrote a Pandavacarita in 18 sargas, in which the contents of the 18 parvans of the Mahābhārata are given in a concise form, although remodelled in many of their details. The 6th sarga contains the story of the game of dice and the Nala Episode (Upākhyäna) - it is here called "Story of Nala and Kübera", the latter being the name of Nala's brother -- is related by Vidura as a warning example. The 16th sarga tells the story of the Jina Aristanemi and the 18th sarga relates how Baladeva attains to heaven and Aristanemi and the Pandavas attain to liberation. In the 15th century Sakalakirti and his pupil Jinadāsa wrote their Harivamsa in 39 sargas. Hiralal's Catalogue (pp. 7156.760ff, 768) also mentions Harivamsapurâna by Ravisena, Sribhusana Dharma-kirti and Rāmacandra. These epics are in Sanskrit. Subhacandra wrote his Pāndavapurana (also known as Jain Mahābhārata) in 1551 A.D. In 1603 A.D. Devavijaya Ganin rendered Devaprabha's epic into prose with inserted verses. Among the verses many have been taken literally from Devaprabha's epic, while many others belong to the gnomic poetry and are known from other sources. There is also a Pandavapurāna in 18 sargas by Vadicandra.
(iv) Caritas, Purānas and Mahāpurānas of 63 Śalākāpurusas
The two ārsa mahakāvyas, the Rāmāyana and the Mahābhārata, and the Puranas of the Vedic Hindus have their
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