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Hemacandra but the real event was the political capture of Yašovarman'.
v. Geographical : Kumārapāla is said to have controlled the places called Airāvata, Abhisāra, Dārva, Sthālaka, Dhaumaka, Trigarta and Abhisāragarta". But these were introduced merely to illustrate grammara.
5. New facts only for grammatical illustrations
Most the usages of the Dvyāśraya are merely to illustrate grammar. So artificial epithets blended with imagination frequently crept in the poem. Some of the contexts are so much blended with mythology and grammar that it becomes difficult to distinguisb them ficm historical facts. Some of them are used through Slesa,
Still, there are some historical facts which are merely to illustrate grammar.
Some of the sages killed by Grāharipu are called ‘Audanvata' i.e. living by the side of the ocean. This is merely to illustrate the sūtra and make an artificial epithet of the sages.
The kings Rohiņişeņa, Satabhișaksena, Puparvasūșeņaka etc. are said to be following Mūlarāja in his expediton against Grābaripu." But all these are fictitious kings merely to illustrate grammar.8
1. DV. XIV. 17. 2. ibid. XVI, 24. 3. Haima 6.3.43-46. 4. DV. XV. 39. 5. DV. II. 75. The word Dbftatāja through slesa is used in the sense "who
has supported kings." 6. Haima, 2.1.97. 7. DV. III. 109. 8. Haima, 2.3.27.
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