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 Brahmanical Influence on the Farna Mythology
are in substantial disagreement with regard to the names and their chronological order The VH and TSPC, for instance, though representing the Svetāmbara tradition, cxhibit striking points of differences The works in question, though setting forth Yadu and Sauri as ancestor and successor respectively, are at remarkable variance in respect of their mutual relationship in the genealogical tree For, it is evident that in the VH Sauri is represented as the son of Yadu, but in the TSPC he is set out as the grandson of the latter and, as son of Sūra, who is included in the list possibly to account for the patronymic term Sauri, apparently derived from Süra It is also obvious that Suolra and Bhojadęsni of the TSPC have their parallels not in the VH but in JHV Another difference between VH nnd TSPC is evidenced by the diverging representations of Andhakaorsņi and Bhojadrsni, for, 10 the former work both are represented as full brothers, while in the latter, as in JHV, they are set out as cousins. Furthermore, the name Bhojavşşnı of the TSPC is more akin to its counterpart in JHV than to that in the VH Thus Hemacandra's list tends more towards JHV version than to the VH list
Thus the Digambara tradition is represented by three distinct versions The first among them is that in JHV and serves as the source of the later versions in respect of some of the names in their altered forms and readjusted genealogical positions Another version is found in the Uttarapurāna which is literally adopted by Puspadanta's Mahāpurānu The third method of working the pedigree is seen in SPP which represents a contaminated version sharing the peculiariues of both the Syetāmbara and Digambara genealogies
A comparison of all lists shows that the UP presents an entirely different list It mentions none of the names of the lists of the VH and JHV unul Samudravjaya, his brothers and Ugrasena, father of Kamsa Thus instead of starting the pedigree from Yadu the work begins it with Sūrasena and makes him father of one Süradira This Sūrasenali is apparently a new
134 Vägup 94 49, HV 1 33 , Vış 4 11 21, Vat p 137-49, Also AIHT,
PP 102 266