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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148 Aspects of Brakmanıcal Influence on the Jaina Mythology Gāngeja by Vyasa by two different wives, viz Ganga146 and Gunavat:148 respectively. Now, in accordance with the changed parentage of Gängeya, the traditional circumstances leading to Bhışma's proverbial sacrifice for the sake of his father Sāntanu147 have been made occasion for Gängeya's vital vow of chastity in favour of Parāśara's marriage with Gunavali, also called Yojanagandhikä 148 Thus, just in the traditional way, Gangeya is said to have renounced his right to kingdom as well as the right of marriage in favour of the sons of the fisher-gir) whom his father Paraśara wanted to marry 149 As is evident from the above study, Subhacandra has combined in his version the divergent elements derived from both Gunabhadra's version160 and the Soetāmbara account as presented by Devaprabha 151 And in interweaving these clements into a genealogical thread, both Devaprabha and Subhacandra must have kept in view the epic-Purānic representation of Bhişma and Vjāsa as half-brothers,162 albeit in an extra-ordinary way.
Thus, the present account may be treated as a sub-version of versions which latter are themselves based on the different aspects of the traditional accounts as noted before. Now what transpires from the comparative study of all the versions is that in contradistinction with all the versions of his predecessors as well as the Bralımadıcal epic-Purānic accounts, Subhacandra has connected Parāśara and Vyasa with Sāntanu as the latter's son and grandson respectively Another alteration made in the genealogy is marked by Bhışma's representation as the grandson of Santaru, the achpowledged father of the former Thus tha
145 SPP, 777-80 146 Ibid , 7112-115 147 Ibid , 1 100 77-96. 148 SPP 7 93 104, 116. 149 Ibid , 783-106, Comp MB 1 100 75-99, and PC 1 168-247 150 See note 121 Supra 151 Hence the influence of the epic-Puránic tradition on SPP is indi
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