Critical Study Of Paumacariyam

SR No.: 022643
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: K R Chandra
Publisher: Research Institute of Prakrit Jainology and Ahimsa
Publication Year: 1970
Total Pages: 672
Language: English, Sanskrit
Classification: Book_English & Book_Devnagari
File Size: 18 MB

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COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE RĀMA-STORY
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Mahendrarāja of Mahendranagara to take revenge upon the latter who had deserted his own daughter, Añjanāsundarī, the mother of Hanumat. Further Hanumat conciliates with Mahendrarāja and sends him to Rāma sojourning at (50) Kişkindhapuri. Proceeding further Hanumat meets king Gandharva of the Dadhimukha island and informs him of the death of Sahasagati. Gandharva goes to Kiskindhapurī to marry his three daughters to Rāma (51) as foretold by a Naimittika (ch.51). Hanumat on his way enters into the belly of Asālikāvidyā through her mouth and tears open her belly. She was requistioned there to defend the rampart of Laikā. He further kills Vajravadana, the chief guard of the rampart and fights with Larkasundari, the daughter of Vajravadana but her amorous advances win his heart. He stays there for the night, enjoying with her and the next day he enters the city of Lankāpuri (ch.52)
According to the VR, the ring is given to Hanumat but he is not asked by Rama to bring the braid-jewel of Sita (4. 44. 12). Hanumat is said to have gone towards the south along with Tarā, Jāmbavat and Nila under the leadership of Angada. Sugrīva sends other generals to the east, west and north but they return unsuccessful (4. 47). Herefrom the details of the account differ from that of the PCV. On their way Hanumat etc. make a search for Sitä on the Vindhyas (4. 48. 2). Angada kills Asura Suranirbhaya considering him to be Ravaņa (4. 48. 20). Further they move to the south of the Vindhyas (4. 49), enter into the Rkşabila (cave) and meet Tapasī Svayamprabha (4. 50-52). From there they reach the seashore and meet Sampati, the elder brother of Jațăyu, who informs them of the name and the place of the kidnapper of Sita (4. 53-59). The episode of humiliating the king of Mahendranagara is not found in the VR. Here Hanumat alone (leaving all others behind) climbs the Mahendragiri (4. 67. 39), magnifies his body (5. 1. 10) and takes a flight across the sea, In course of his flight he converses with the Maināka mountain (5. 1. 89), enters into the mouth of Surasă Raksasī, mother of the Nagas (5. 1. 156) and deceives her by coming out again after assuming a small form. He further slays Simhika Raksasī (5. 1. 188) and jumps on the Lambagiri, on the other side of the sea (5. 1. 200). There is no reference to Dadhimukha island but the VR mentions that Hanumat, on his way back from Lankā, ruins Madhuvana in a frenzy of excessive joy and fights with Dadhimukha who is the maternal uncle of Sugrīva and the gardener of Madhuvana (5. 61). Dadhimukha comes to know the
1. It can be compared with the unsuccessful return of the warriors of Virādhita as
mentioned in the PCV (Sec 5 E).