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Dvyāśrayakávya Abhisarana) and a heroine going to meet her lovers in blue clothes (Nīlāṁśukābhisárikā)".
Karņa is portrayed as a lover in separation (vipralambha). The described objects are the swoon, lament, sighs, perspiration, consolation by friends and the administration of tranquilizing remedies.”
On the basis of the account given above, it can be concluded that Hemacandra tried his best to write his Mahākävya in accordance with the conventional characteristics laid down by Sanskrit literary critics. But his exemplary motif was an obstacle in picturesque descriptions and vividness and spontaneity in sentimental expression.
1. Dv.XVI. 83. 2. ibid., IX. 113-160; XIII. 20-28.
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