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Rāmāyana, the Mahābhārata and Paurānic legends are also alluded in this poem.
A brief résumé of his intelligent allusions would be sufficient to exhibit his background of his mahākāvya. Like his predecessor poets Bhārvi and Māgha, he also tride to fulfil all the characteristics of a mahākā vya. His motif is inspired by the Bhatựikāvya although he extensively improved upon it to the extent of making it a perfect compendium of illustrations. Being controlled by historical theme and grammatical vocabulary, Hemacandra could not exhibit himself as a genuine poet in this poem as he did in his devotional poems. His grammatical illustrations were a serious obstacle in his multidimentional expression of sentiments and appropriate diction. We can not expect ludid poetry from such an author. Notwithstanding all these restrictions he has tried to fulfil all the characteristics of a mahākävya.
In descriptions, he has described the Summer, the Spring, the Winter and the Rainy seasons consisting of all the possible aspects of nature. He has tried to describe the Sun-rise, the night, the rivcrs, watcr-sports and the mountains. The blend of grammar is not devoid of his aesthetic vision which finds expression at a number of places. Likewise hc lias described the city, syyamvara and a number of expeditions and battles.
Amongst sentiments, heroic is dominent in the Dvyāśrayakävya whose blend with grammar together with appropriate diction of the situation may bc observed in the following verse
