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A CRITICAL STUDY OF PAUMACARIYAM
Modification:
(44) Rāvana was named Daśamukha in his boyhood (PCV-PCR— when he was a babe). (45) Uparambha herself offered the Sudarśanacakra along with the lore to Ravana (PCR-Cakra came into the possession of Ravana when Nalakübara was defeated).
Additions:
(46) Rāvana sends his men to celebrate the marriage of Candranakha with Khara and Duşaņa. (47) Personal combat between Vali and Rāvana and humiliation of Rāvana on being lifted up by Vali. (48) Pārāśara, Kautilya and Manu also mentioned as ministers of Indra (49) Sending of an envoy by Indra to make friends with Ravana, offering of his daughter to Ravana in marriage and inciting of Ravana by Narada for a battle with Indra. (50) Vidyadhara lords Candra, Yama, Kubera, Keśarin, Kanaka, Agni, Anala, Anila and Surya all taken as captive by Ravana (51) As regards the marriage of Ravana and his brothers, the PCS agree with the PCV, not with the PCR.
Other Intervening Stories.
Previous birth stories are generally dropped or abridged. In the rest of the stories, leaving aside sectarian differences there are minor droppings, alterations, modicications and additions.
Omissions:
Caritas: Story Nos. 3, 4,7 & 10.
Legendary kings: Story Nos. 12, 13, 14 & 15.
Stories of Genesis: Nos. 16 & 20.
Didactic stories: Nos. 21-23, 25-28, 30-33, 36-37, 41-42, 43-50,
52, 53 & 57.
Stories of General Prudence: Nos. 58 to 63.
Abridgement:
Story no. 11, 38 & 54 are curtailed and No. 17, 24, 34, 35 & 51 get merely a passining reference.
52. There are some minor points which reveal that Paumacariu is influenced by the PCV (See also PCS, I. Int. p. 50-51).
An analysis of various changes affected by Svayambhu reveals that he has cut short the volume of (the epic) his work by dropping altogether many intervening stories.
