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SOURCES, CONTRIBUTION AND INFLUENCE OF PCV. 233 J. Charpentier also upholds the Jaina tradition and concludes that the
P奴rvas gradually went into oblivion (See Uttara, Int. p. 24). There
are references to S墨t膩 and T膩r膩 in the tenth Anga, namely,
Pra艣navy膩kara峁嘺s奴tra (No. 16). Here we can seek for the source of
the Jaina R膩ma-story but the above Anga is regarded as a later work
because its contents do not correspond to the table of contents given
in the Sth膩nanga and the Nandis奴tra (See HIL, II. p. 452).
Vimalas奴ri once again states that he is narrating the story of
Padma that has come down traditionally in the form of 'series of names'
(n膩m膩valiyanibaddham ayariyapara峁僷ar膩gaya峁� 1.8). Such series
of names are given
given
in the Samavayangas奴tra (157-158) and the
Tiloyapan峁嘺tti (4.421 ff). The points, bearing on the Padma-story,
mentioned in the Samav膩y膩ngas奴tra (158) are as follows:-
was
one's
Padma and N膩r膩ya峁嘺 (Lak峁�ma峁嘺) were the sons of Dasaratha
born of Aparajit膩 and Kaikey墨 respectively. They were the eighth
Baladeva and Vasudeva respectively. N膩r膩ya峁嘺 killed R膩va峁嘺, the
eighth Prativasudeva. Padma attained Mok峁�a. Padma was Aparajita
and N膩r膩ya峁嘺 was Punarvasu in their previous birth. At that time
their preceptor
Samudra. Punarvasu observed some
prowess and made a resolution 鈥榥id膩na' at Mithil膩pur墨. Vimalas奴ri's
Padma-story agrees with the above points except the following: The
birth name of Laksmana's mother is Kaikey墨 (different from Bharata's
mother) but her popular name is Sumitr膩 Padma is nowhere
mentioned as Aparajita in his previous births and there is no reference
to Samudra as his or Punarvasu's preceptor. Punarvasu belonged to
Prati峁ａ弓h膩napura and he had resolved (made a 鈥榥id膩na鲁) to marry a
certain girl in his next birth (See Supra, Ch. 4, story Nos. 43 and 54).
names the eighth Baladeva as
the brother of K峁涐梗峁嘺). R膩ma
17000 and 12000 years respecti-
The former attained Mok峁�a
The Tiloyapa峁涐箛atti (4.1411-14-38)
R膩ma and the ninth one as Padma (i.e.
and Lak峁�ma峁嘺 are said to have lived
vely (See PCV, 118.86; 114.27, 29).
and R膩va峁嘺 went to hell. The PCV agrees with the above points
except that of the name of the eighth Baladeva.
Then in the Sth膩n膩峁僩as奴tra (672) there is a list of the names of
the fathers of the Baladevas and
There Dasaratha is
Vasudevas.
mentioned as the father of eighth Baladeva and Vasudeva.
Thus we find that the facts noted in the Samavayanga, the Sth膩nanga
and the Tiloyapa峁囜箛atti are generally in agreement as far as they go in our
work. Whatever variations are found, they can be explained as
due to oral tradition which should have differed in its details with