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Dvyāśraya kāvya
performed a sacrifice to bring back the cow which was taken away by Viśvāmitra (1.108).
Moreover, Vibhīşaņa (XV.36) ; Viśvāmitra (I.108 ; V1.63) and Hapumat have been specified in the poem.
MAHĀBHARATA Arjuna : He is called a friend of Vişņu (II.4). Asvatthâmā (XIV.61). Kadru and Vinată (XIV.68).
Karna : He is the son of Kunti (Sürī, IV.75). A fight of Karņa and Ghatotkaca is alluded in the poem (XIV.62).2
Moreover, Gāndhāri (XI 45), Takşaka (V.76), Nala and Damayanti (IX.119), Parikșit (18.47), Bhīşma, an enemy of Duḥśāsana (Ku.I.31), Yudhisthira (IX.46) and Bhişma, a student of Balarāma are specified in the poem (Ku.I. 31).
PURĀŅIC LEGENDS
Some Purāņic persons are specified in the poem. Either their characteristics are given in short or omitted altogether. They are as follows :
Manu, Indrāṇī, Rudrāņi, Māoavī, Mņdānī, Manāyī, Sarvāṇī, Bhavāni (IV.72), Aila, Rāghava, Karņa etc. (VIII.47); Daksa, Durvāsā(XII.9), Nahușa or Naghuşa (IX.44); Nārada is depicted as an afraid sage (V.98); Puşkarāvarta, the predecessors of the clouds (111.16)3 ; Rambhā (1.11); Sanaka is depicted as an illegitimate son (Anaurasa XVI 94); churning of the ocean by Mandara mountain (III.153) and the horse Uccaiḥśravas coming out of the ocean.
1. Cf. Rāmāyana, Bālakānda, LII-LIV. 2. Cf. Mabäbbärata, Dronaparva, CLXXV. 3. Cf. Meghadüta, Pūrvamegha, 6.
जातं वंशे भुवनविदिते पुष्करावर्तकानाम् ।
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