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Paumachariya

Also called: Jain Ramayana, Paumacariya, Padmacharita

Vimalasuri's Jain Ramayana in Maharashtri Prakrit, the earliest surviving Jain telling of Rama, in which Rama is the eighth Baladeva, Lakshmana the Vasudeva who kills Ravana, and Rama ends as a Jain monk.

Sources: Rama in Jainism — Wikipedia; Vimalsuri — Wikipedia; Paumacariya: a critical study · see Paumachariya's web

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Paumachariya features

Rama (Avatar) Jain · Rama the monk and Krishna the cousin
As the eighth Baladeva who becomes a monk.

Stories 1

Rama the monk and Krishna the cousin
How a tradition frames it · 2 tellings

Cited

Rama in Jainism — Wikipedia Encyclopedia
Vimalsuri — Wikipedia Encyclopedia
Paumacariya: a critical study Scholarly unverified