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Rama (Rāma), the hero of ''Ramayana'', is described in the Jain scriptures as one of sixty-three illustrious persons, known as ''Salakapurusa''. Among these, there is nine sets of Balabhadra, Narayana and prati-Narayana. Rama was the 8th Balabhadra with Lakshmana and Ravana being his Narayana and Prati-narayana counterparts. He is described as a young prince who is deprived of his throne and turned into a pauper. While living in exile his wife Sita is kidnapped by Ravana. Rama then rescues Sita with the help of his brother Lakshmana and King Sugriva. Ravana is killed by Lakshmana (a deviation from the Hindu epic where Rama slays Ravana) and they both go into hell. Rama becomes a Jain monk and his soul attains ''moksha'' (liberation from the cycle of birth and death).〔 Sita becomes a Jain nun and is born into heaven. ==Sources== The story of Rama in Jainism can be broadly classified into three groups; Samghadasa's version, Vimalsuri's version and Gunabhadra's version. Some of the early works which deal with Rama are: Vimalsuri's version Gunabhadra's Version Samghadasa's version Some of the later works which mention the story of Rama are: *Ramayana of Jinadasa (c. 15th century CE) *Ramacharitra of Padmadevavijaya gani (c. 16th century CE) *Ramacharitra of Somadeva Suri (c. 16th century CE) *Laghu-trishatisalakapurusha of Somaprabha (c. 15th century CE) *Padmapurana of Raidhu in Apbhramsha (c. 15th century CE) *Padma-Ramayana of Nagchandra in Kannada (c. 11th century CE) *Ramacharita of Devavijayaganir (c. 1596 CE) *Laghu-trishatisalakapurusha Charitra of Meghvijaya (c. 17th century CE) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rama in Jainism」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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