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IX. CHARACTERIZATION
Hemacandra has followed the conventional characteristics of a mabākāvya and hence his royal characters possess the qualitics like handsomeness, stout-heartedness, moral rectitude, tolerance, benevolence, religiousness, equality with deities and sagacity. On the other hand the enemy of the hero is depicted as drunkard, proud, horrible, belonging to low caste and irreligious. Almost all the characters of the Dvyäśrayakāvya possess the stereotyped conventiopal characteristics and there is no innovation or novelty in them. A
brief portrait of characters as given in the Dvyāśrayakāvya is as follows :
MOLARĀJA
Mūlarāja is a representative of the ideal kings of the Caulukya dynasty who has a vigorous body, a fine figure (III. 69) and beautiful eyes which are an astonishment even for the deities (I. 175, 178 ; V. 126).
Through his valour blended with self-confidence and and supremacy, he at once answered to Jambaka with his throbbing face as the latter finished his diplomatic speech (1.69, 103; II. 109). According to his minister Jehula, Mūlarāja was capable of capturing the strongest possible enemy like Grāharipu (1). 92). He is depicted as possessed of innumerable virtues (I. 143, 169, 171, 174). His valour is equal to that of Indra and hence they help each other (I. 148).
His boundary is extending from the eastern to the
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