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Mythological allusions
RUDRAS : Eleven Rudras are mentioned in the Dvyāsrayakāvya (I. 138,197). Abhayatilakagani has enlisted them as 1. Aja. 2 Ekapāda. 3. Ahirbudhna. 4. Virūpākṣa. 5. Raivata 6. Hara. 7. Bahurūpa. 8. Tryambaka. S. Savitra. 10. Jayanta 11. Pināka (1.138). Šatarudriyas are also mentioned in the poem (XV. 106).
LAKȘMĪ: She resides in a lotus flower and hence she is called Abjavāsā (X.83). She is beyond the knowledge of even Brahma (X:81), worship of Mabālakṣmi is referred to in the poem (III.85). VARUNA : Only one synonym of Varuņa i.e. Pracetas is found in the Dvyāśrayakävya. No other characteristic of Varuņa is found in the poem. VIŞŅU : Vişņu is dominantly depicted in the Dvyāśrayakāvya. He is called Upendera, the younger brother of Indra (V.104); Indrānuja (VII.1), Govinda (XI.32) and Dvaimāturāri, the enemy of the Jarāsandha (XIV.64). He is called Padmanābha because he has a Lotus in his navel (V.133). Being a lover of Lakşmi, he is called Lakşmī-vallabha (IV.94)or Śrī-pāyaka (XI. 26). His another name is Daśārha (V.80).
Vişņu is an enemy of Kaitabha and Madhu (III.47). He sleeps in the ocean (VIII. 78) and is far away from old-age (II.11). Vişnu is called Vrşäkapi and his Māyā is called Vršākapāyi (IV.71).
Eleven incarnations of Visņu are referred to in the Dvyāśrayakāvya. They are enumerated as 1. Matsya. 2. Kūrma. 3. Varāha. 4. Nārasimha. 5. Vāmana. 6. Rāma (Paraśurāma). 7. Rāma (Dāśarathi). 8. Krşņa. 9. Buddha.
1. Cf, Abhidhãoacintāmaņi, 188
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