Aspects of Brahmanical Influence On Jaina Mythology

SR No.: 011037
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Shaktidhar Jha
Publisher: Bharat Bharti Bhandar
Publication Year: 1978
Total Pages: 315
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 12 MB

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Aspects of Brahınanıcal Influence on the fain Mythology
Ikşvāku dynasty and identical with the Kuruvamsa, and the names Somavamsa and Kuruvamsa are stated to have been derived from the founder's personal name Somaprabha and the title kuru respectively 84 Thus, with regard to the representation of the Kuru line the MP may be said to have kept close to the Brahmanıcal epic-Puranic tradition inasmuch as the work acknowledges oneness of the Somavamsa and Kuruvamsa in its own way For, though defiant of the epic-Purānic chronological and genealogical85 sequence, the present account is essentially an anachronistically modified version of the traditional account which has set out the Kuruvamsa as the main derivative line of the Lunar dynasty
The dynastic account as given by Hemacandra in his TSPC is, in many respects different from all the versions already discussed The genealogies of various dynasties are also in great variance with those found in the earlier works. As a matter of fact, Hemacandra has presented a version which displays an element of contamination of both the Jaina and Brahmanual epic Puranic traditions, and his genealogical accounts are inclined more towards the Brahmanical tradition than to the Jaina one This special feature of the version, however, will be shown in proper context Now, so far as the principal dynasties are concerned, the TSPC recognizes only two damsas According to the present work there were basically only two dynasties, viz. the Ikşvakuvamśase and Harivamsa87 Of these two, the former is stated to have branched off into three main lines known as the Adityavamsa, Somavañía
84 AP 16 258 ; Supra note 57, Thc titics Kuru, Kaurapa, Soma and
Indu are alternately applied to the line and its members Sec MP
44 37, 40, 301 , 46 79, 134 85 kuru afıer whom the main branch of the Lunar dynasty was named
as the Kiuru or laurada vam'sa was several steps below Soma, AIHT,
PP 144-48, 253-55 86. afara TerutaUUT TUTTI स्वामिवश प्रतिष्ठाप्य दिवस्पतिरगाद् दिवम् ।।
TSPC 1.2 669 87 Dealt with in chap VI