Author: Chandra, K. Rishabh
Title: A Critical Study of Paumacariyam
Description: Vaishali [Bihar], Research Institute, 1970. Later cloth.. 24x16cm, xxviii,641 pp. Weighs 1.3 kilos. Later [recent] binder's blind cloth.. Page edges spotted and stained. Corner bump. Good. ¶ Study of the Jaina version of Ramayana written by Vimalasuri, ca. 473 CE. Series: Research Institute of Prakrit, Jainology & Ahimsa, Prakrit Jain Institute Research Publications Series, vol. 4. ["In the Jaina tradition, Rama has been called Padma so by Padmacarita or Paumacariya, Ramacarita is meant. Allured by the great popularity of the Rama-legend the Jaina poets also based their works upon it. Among these Vimalasuri is the pioneer. His Paumacariyam is the first Ramayana in the Jaina tradition and also the first epic written in Prakrit..." - from Editor's Note].

Keywords: Prakrit Philology, Jain Jains Jainism, Jaina Literature, Vimalasuri, Ramayana, Literary History, India South Asia, Criticism,