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A CRITICAL STUDY OF PAUMA膴AR陌YA峁�
Vimalas奴ri tells us that in the popular R膩m膩ya峁嘺, R膩ma is said
to have killed V盲li for the cause of Sugriva and T膩r膩. But according
to the VR R膩ma kills V膩li for the cause of Sugr墨va and his wife
Rum膩 who was kidnapped by V膩li. T膩r膩, the wife of Vali after the
death of her husband voluntarily accept Sugr墨va as her husband. The
R盲mop膩khy膩na and the Nrsimhapura峁嘺 throw some light on this point of
Vimalas奴ri. In the R膩mop膩khy膩na (MB, 3. 280) Rum膩 is not
mentioned and T膩r膩 is referred to as the wife of Vali. Once V膩li
is found to be suspecting the integrity of T膩r膩 when she tries to
prevent him from holding a duel with Sugr墨va Though R膩ma is in-
formed by Sugr墨va, that his wife has been kidnapped by V膩li yet
after the death of Vali it is nowhere mentioned that Sugr墨va gets
back any other woman than T膩r膩. This episode indicates that either
T膩r膩 was formerly the wife of Sugr墨va or Sugr墨va wanted to make her
his own wife and she had inclination for him. In the N峁泂imhapur膩峁嘺
(Ch. 50), T膩r膩 clearly appears to be the wife of Sugr墨va whom she is
restored from Vali. These facts go to prove that Vimalas奴ri's infor-
mation was based on some such tradition.
All these points show that some of the differences the PCV has with
the VR are supported traditionally not only by Buddhist works but by
Brahmanical works and even by the Adi R膩m膩ya峁嘺 itself. It proves that
Vimalas奴ri was backed by some tradition and he did not merely
brought about changes in the R膩ma-story of the V膩lm墨ki R膩m膩ya峁嘺.
2. Jaina as well as Popular Tradition as the Basic Foundation :
The most important point in the PCV is that R膩vana is killed
because of his passion for S墨t膩.
In the PCV it is depicted that R膩va峁嘺 brought about his own
annihilation on account of kidnapping S墨t膩. This motto is outlined
in the PCV in the ending colophon (18.104-105). In the VR R膩ma
meets various Munis and promises to annihilate the R膩k峁�asas. In the
B膩lak膩峁囜笉a it is said that Vis峁噓 took birth in the form of R膩ma to
annihilate R膩va峁嘺. But as the authentic story goes, neither there is
any indication that R膩ma is proceeding with the sole aim of annihilating
R膩va峁嘺, nor that the R膩k峁�asas are disturbing the Munis and R膩ma
undertakes to annihilate them. The portions, referring to R膩ma as
Vis峁噓's incarnation, R膩ma's meeting with the Munis and his promise
to annihilate the R膩k峁�asas, are all later interpolations. Therefore, only
the ignoble act of kidnapping of Rama's wife hy R膩vana causes the
annihilation of R膩vana at the hands of Rama. Thus the VR in its
original form and the PCV agree as regards this fundamental point of
the Rama-story.