Essay name: Paumacariya (critical study)
Author:
K. R. Chandra
Affiliation: Research institute of Prakrit, Jainology and Ahimsa Vaishali
This is a critical study of the Paumacariya: the earliest Jain version of Rama's life story, written in Prakrit by Vimalasuri dating to the 4th century AD. In this text, Rama (referred to as Padma) is depicted with lotus-like eyes and a blooming face. The Paumacariya places emphasis on the human aspects of characters rooted in Jain values, contrasting with the divine portrayal in Valmiki鈥檚 version.
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A CRITICAL STUDY OF PAUMACARIYA峁�
desa (Hath墨gu峁僷h膩 Insp.). The Raghuvamsa (4.38) puts it on the
eastern cost of India and mentions Utkala as a separate adjoining
country. The Godavari formed its southern boundary and the Gaolia
branch of the Indravati as its northern boundary (IK, p. 52).
The PCV further mentions some countries or the people who were
the allies of Lavana and Anku艣a in their battle whith R膩ma and
Lak峁a峁嘺 (99.55). They are said to be
碍腻濒腻峁嘺濒腻
鈥淜膩l膩峁嘺la峁僺uc奴岣嵞� gavanganev膩lavavvar膩 pu峁囜笉膩/
Magahayap膩rasaul膩 k膩ling膩 s墨hala ya taha"//.
K膩l膩nal膩 or the K膩las and the Nalas :-Both these tribes
are mentioned together in the Pur膩峁嘺s as Nalak膩lik膩鹿. The M膩rka峁囜笉eya
Pur膩峁嘺 (Venk. Press 54.35) refers to the K膩latoyakas as
a people of
the Godavari region in the Aparantade艣a. Except some similarity in
names there is nothing definite material for identification of the
K膩l膩nalas. Nalak膩lika of the Bra. Pu. (Ch. 49) and Nalak盲nna of the
MB (Bhisma, 9) is said to be probably Nelcynda identified with
Nile艣varam on the Malabar coast (GD, p. 139). Or the Nalas may be
the historical people who ruled during the 5th century A. D.
(VGA, p. 107f ).
Amsucu岣嵞� C奴岣嵞� - Cula:-See Supra under S奴l膩.
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Vanga: Pargiter identifies the country of Vanga with the modern
districts of Murshidabad, Nadia, Jessore, parts of Rajashahi, Pabna
and Faridpur. K膩lid膩sa's Raghuramsa places it in the delta of the
Ganges and the Brahmaputra (IK, p. 51). It was the ancient name of
Bengal.
For Anga, Nev膩la, Vavvara, Punda, Magaha, Kalinga and
S墨hala see supra and infra.
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P膩rasul膩 = the P膩rasak奴las P膩ras ailas (PCR, 102.156):-Modern
Persia is referred to as P膩rasak奴la in the ancient literature. The
Parasailas can be identified with the people of modern Persia called
as P膩rasa in ancient literature (LAI, p. 320).
Ka帽cananagara:-Lava峁嘺 and Anku艣a after having been accepted
by R膩ma marry Mandakin墨 and Candramukh墨, the princesses of
Kancananagara (106.1) (See Supra. K膩帽canapura).
Syandanasthali;鈥擱膩ma as a monk is said to have moved to
Syandanasthali called as Mah膩puri (115.1; PCR-Nandasthalipuri
120.2). The river Syandik膩 is identified with the Sai river which flows
between the Ganges and the Gomati on the southern boundary of the
1. SGAM, I. P. 31.
