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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The Hari-Dynasty
181 As for Sūrasena, we meet in the Bralımanıcal sources with two persons of that name. One is set out as the son of Satrus ghna Dasarath of the Ilşvaku dynasty.147 Another Sūrasena is rcprcsenied as a scion of the Harhaya branch of the Yadava race, and is reckoned among the hundred sons of Arjuna KārtaDina 149 It is this latter Sūrasena who has greater affinity with his namesake in the UP list, which might have been based on the epic-Purānic statements about Sarasena, Süra and Sūravira, 140 said to have given rise to the Haihaya sub lines known after them
Now, so far as the names Andhakaurşnı and Bhojavrşnı are concerned these have their prototypes in the Brahmanical epic-Purānic accounts Although the names in question do not occur in the Brahmanıcal genealogies in the same from and order as they occur in the Jaina Purānas, yet there are sufficient evidenccs to show their adoptive nature Our study of the Mahābhārata reveals that the phrases like Andhahadīşnı and Bhojaurşnz180 as the names of three distinct branches of the Sātvala Yadavas, have already found mention in the epic and the Brahmanical Purānas
Now, before examining the nature and limitations of the Jaina representation, it must be pointed out that in the Brahmanıcal sources the terms Andhaka and Vîşnı stand as names of two distinct persons, set out as the sons of king Satvata 151 But the position and scope of the term Bhoja are remarkably different from those of the first two names, for, unlike the two, Bhoja has been used in various capacities First, it occurs as 147 AIHT, pp 170-171 118 Vāyup 94 3-49, HV 1 33 48-49, Mat 43 7-49, Bd III 69 3 55, Viş p
IV II 11 21 149 7212 TOTTA UTAFITETIT
1-HV 1 33 662 100 Vide chap IV notes 29 and 30 (ante) In all these examples as well
as in similar others, the terms Andhaka, Bhoja and Visnt alternately change their position, somctimes coming before and somctimes after
one another in the compound form 151 Väyup 96 1 2, HV 1 37 1-2, Mat 44 47-48, Pad V 13,31-32, Vis p.
IV 131