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Siddharaja'. Admiring his constructions, Forbes remarks, "His sumptuous edifices and reservoirs where ruins still remain excite the wonder of the rustic and the admiration of the student of ancient history'.
But unfortunately, most of these constructions are omitted by Hemacandra.
Both the repair of Satruñjaya Prāsāda by Kumārapāla and the construction of the temple of Neminātha by him are omitted by Hemacandra.
Besides, he put the golden jars at Somanātha ; costructed royal houses ; made Sarasvati-Küpikā, silver Pațțaśālikās ; Mundukāsanas for shaving head; stair case in the river ; guesthouses for Brāhmaṇas and Vāpikās in the way of Somanātha. He repaired the temple of Pāpamocadeva. All these are omitted by Hemacandra.
It shows that Hemacandra had no archaeological aptitude in the Dvyāśrayakāvya.
4. Exaggerations and transformation of facts
(i) Heroism : Hemacandra has introduced his characters as exalted and has depicted them according to the characteristics of a Mabākāvya. So he has introduced some exaltations and poetic elements in them. A few examples are as follows:
The kings of Caulukya dynasty are compared to or depicted more than the ancient kings like Hariscandra, Pururavas or Māndhātāt. This is the exaggerative style of expression.
1. Burgess, J. A.S.W.I., IX. p.58. 2. Cousens, H. Somanātba, p.23. 3. Peterson, P.: A collection of Prakrit and Sanskrit inscriptions,
p.188 4, DV. I. 55.
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