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 Harz-Dynasty
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Instead, they are often referred to as Bhojas160 or Bhogas Similarly, Andhakavīşni's descendants, Samudravijaya, Vasudeva and their children, are often referred to as Varşneyasion or Vişnis, but never as Andhaka
Thus our foregoing study of the Jaina purānic records does not create a favourable impression about the genuineness of the royal pedigrees they supply Their mutual contradictions, inconsistencies and discrepancies subtract much from their values as reliable sources of dynastic and genealogical information about the royal families of yore There deficiencies are further exhibited by the fact that none of thc works has cared to give information about the various well-known collateral lines and their offshoots 161 And, though full of an extravagance of concocted names and situations, the genealogies omit most of the celebrated kings whose existence as the forefathers of the later Hans, has unquestionably been acknowledged cven by thesc Purānas Thus, as is clear from the Han pedigree, Dasarha,162 Madhu163 and Satuat or Satvata164 do not find any mention in the genealogical account, set Vasudeva, Kişna, Balarāma as well as their contemporary kinsmen find frequent mentions as Daśārha,186 Madhava166 and Satvata 187
169 JHV 55 82, 107, CMC, pp 184, '86', '88', 87-89, TSPC, Vol V pp
227, 265-58 160 TSPC, Vol V pp 43, 46-48, 57-59, 250, 262 101 The only offshoot of the Hart liae, according to the Jaina Purānas, 18
the Videha dynasty of Mithilä For the various collateral and sub-lines
of the Brahmanical gadu-dam'sa vide AIHT, pp 102-106 162 In the Brahmanical epic-Puranic gencalogies Dasarha, Madhu and
Satpata are reckoned among the powerful ancestors of Krsna, Balarūma
etc Vido , Vayup 98. 40, 45-48, Matsya, 44 44-46, HV 1 36 2+ 163 CAI pp 31-35 164 Väyup 95 47, HV 138 30, 187 1 Also AIHT PP 102-103, 105,
107 165 JHV 18 14b, 41 49 PMP LXXXIII 23 10 TSPC Vol Vp 37 166 JHV 42 61, 64, 73, PMP, LXXXV, 611, 20 20, 21 21, LXXXVIII
97 167 TSPC Vol V pp, 109.70