Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra

by Helen M. Johnson | 1931 | 742,503 words

This is the English translation of the Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Charita (literally “The lives of the sixty-three illustrious People”), a Sanskrit epic poem written by Hemachandra in the twelfth century. The work relates the history and legends of important figures in the Jain faith. These 63 persons include: the twenty four tirthankaras , the t...

Book VII - Jain Ramayana (Rāmāyaṇa)

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- Sub-Contents: (+ / -)

+ Chapter I - Origin of the Rākṣasavaṃśa and Vānaravaṃśa

. Part 1: Invocation

. Part 2: Rāvaṇa’s lineage (vaṃśa)

. Part 3: Birth of Rāvaṇa

+ Chapter II - Rāvaṇa’s expedition of Conquest

. Part 1: Rāvaṇa’s expedition of Conquest (introduction)

. Part 2: Rāvaṇa’s marriage

. Part 3: Marriages of Kumbhakarṇa and Bibhīṣaṇa

. Part 4: Rāvaṇa’s sons

. Part 5: Further exploits of Rāvaṇa

. Part 6: Rāvaṇa’s conquests

. Part 7: Story of Nārada

. Part 8: Story of origin of animal sacrifices

. Part 9: Dispute over meaning of aja

. Part 10: Story of Mahākāla

. Part 11: Nārada’s birth

. Part 12: Conquest of Mathurā

. Part 13: Taking of Durlaṅgha

. Part 14: Defeat of Indra

. Part 15: Previous incarnation of Indra

+ Chapter III - Hanumat’s birth and Varuṇa’s subjection

. Part 1: Introduction (Pavanañjaya, son of Prahlāda and Ketumatī)

. Part 2: Story of Pavanañjaya and Añjanasundarī

. Part 3: Previous birth of Añjanā

. Part 4: Birth of Hanumat (Hanuman)

. Part 5: Hanumat’s early career

+ Chapter IV - The, birth, marriage, and retreat to the forest of Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa

. Part 1: Introduction (king Janaka, son of Vāsavaketu and Vipulā)

. Part 2: Rāma’s lineage (introduction)

. Part 3: Story of Kīrtidhara and Sukośala

. Part 4: Story of Naghuṣa and Siṃhikā

. Part 5: Sodāsa (borne to king Naghuṣa and queen Siṃhikā)

. Part 6: Rāma’s parents

. Part 7: Plan to kill Daśaratha and Janaka

. Part 8: Marriage with Kaikeyī

. Part 9: Birth of Padma (Rāma) and Lakṣmaṇa

. Part 10: Birth of Bharata and Śatrughna

. Part 11: Previous births of Sītā and Bhāmaṇḍala

. Part 12: Kidnaping of Bhāmaṇḍala

. Part 13: Rāma’s aid to Janaka

. Part 14: Contest for Sītā

. Part 15: Episode of the bath-water

. Part 16: Recognition of Bhāmaṇḍala

. Part 17: Previous births of Daśaratha

. Part 18: Question of the succession

. Part 19: Retreat to the forest

+ Chapter V - The kidnapping of Sītā

. Part 1: Story of Vajrakarṇa

. Part 2: Episode of Vidyudaṅga

. Part 3: Story of Kalyāṇamāla

. Part 4: Story of the thief Kāka

. Part 5: Episode of Kapila

. Part 6: Story of Vanamālā

. Part 7: Winning of Jitapadmā

. Part 8: Story of Kulabhūṣaṇa and Deśabhūṣaṇa

. Part 9: Story of Jaṭāyus

. Part 10: Killing of Śambūka

. Part 11: Kidnaping of Sītā

+ Chapter VI - Bringing news of Sītā

. Part 1: Restoration of Pātālalaṅkā to Virādha

. Part 2: Sāhasagati as a false Sugrīva

. Part 3: Attempts to seduce Sītā

. Part 4: Preparations for war

. Part 5: Search for Sītā

. Part 6: Description of sunset, moonrise and dawn

. Part 7: Meeting of Hanumat (Hanumān) and Sītā

+ Chapter VII - The killing of Rāvaṇa

. Part 1: Expedition to Laṅkā

. Part 2: Break between Rāvaṇa and Bibhīṣaṇa

. Part 3: War between the Rākṣasas and Vānaras

. Part 4: Cure of Lakṣmaṇa

. Part 5: Negotiations

. Part 6: Stuti by Daśānana for Śrī Śānti (Śāntinātha)

. Part 7: Defeat and death of Rāvaṇa

+ Chapter VIII - The abandonment of Sītā

. Part 1: Rāvaṇa’s funeral

. Part 2: Previous births of Indrajit and Meghavāhana

. Part 3: Reunion of Rāma and Sītā

. Part 4: Return to Ayodhyā

. Part 5: Bharata’s previous births

. Part 6: Initiation and emancipation of Bharata and others

. Part 7: Śatrughna’s capture of Mathurā

. Part 8: Śatrughna’s former births

. Part 9: Story of the seven ascetic-brothers

. Part 10: Lakṣmaṇa’s household

. Part 11: Rāma’s household

. Part 12: Plot of the co-wives

. Part 13: Abandonment of Sītā

+ Chapter IX - Sītā’s purification and taking of the vow

. Part 1: Meeting with Vajrajaṅgha

. Part 2: Her twin sons

. Part 3: Meeting of Rāma and his sons

. Part 4: Sītā’s ordeal

+ Chapter X - Rāma’s mokṣa (emancipation)

. Part 1: Introduction (Rāma’s emancipation)

. Part 2: Former births of Rāvaṇa, Sītā, Lakṣmaṇa, Sugrīva, Bhāmaṇḍala, Lavaṇa and Aṅkuśa

. Part 3: Sītā’s death

. Part 4: Initiation of Lakṣmaṇa’s sons

. Part 5: Death of Bhāmaṇḍala

. Part 6: Emancipation (mokṣa) of Hanumat (Hanumān)

. Part 7: Death of Lakṣmaṇa

. Part 8: Initiation of Lavaṇa and Aṅkuśa

. Part 9: Rāma’s grief

. Part 10: Rāma’s life as a monk

. Part 11: Rāma’s omniscience

. Part 12: Future births of Rāvaṇa, Lakṣmaṇa, and Sītā

. Part 13: Sītā visits Lakṣmaṇa in hell

. Part 14: Rāma’s mokṣa (emancipation)

+ Chapter XI - Śrī Namināthacaritra

. Part 1: Invocation

. Part 2: Previous incarnations of Nami

. Part 3: Nami’s parents

. Part 4: Birth of Nami

. Part 5: Childhood

. Part 6: Accepting the kingdom given by his father

. Part 7: Initiation of Nami

. Part 8: Nami’s omniscience

. Part 9: Sermon on layman’s dharma

. Part 10: Nami’s śāsanadevatās (messenger-deities)

. Part 11: Nami’s congregation

. Part 12: Nami’s mokṣa (emancipation)

+ Chapter XII - Śrī Hariṣeṇacakricaritra

. Part 1: Invocation

. Part 2: Previous births of Hariṣeṇa

. Part 3: Hariṣeṇa’s parents (king Mahāhari and queen Merā)

. Part 4: Birth of Hariṣeṇa

. Part 5: Expedition of conquest

. Part 6: Hariṣeṇa’s mokṣa (emancipation)

+ Chapter XIII - Jayacakricaritra

. Part 1: Invocation

. Part 2: Previous births of Jaya

. Part 3: Jaya’s parents (king Vijaya and queen Vaprā)

. Part 4: Birth of Jaya

. Part 5: Expedition of conquest

. Part 6: Jaya’s mokṣa (emancipation)

This is the English translation of the Jain Ramayana of Hemacandra, composed between 1160 and 1172 in the Calukya court in Gujarat. It closely resembles the Hindu edition, both narrating the life and deeds of Rama, Sita and Ravana.

Last Updated: 13 March, 2018