Dvyasrayakavya

Author(s): Satyapal Narang
Publisher: Munshiram Manoharlal Publisher's Pvt Ltd New Delhi

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As a Mabākāvya
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flowers, water-sports”, elephants3 and the mountain.
(iii) CITY: The city Anhilwāļapāțaka and its residents, sages and cultural institutions etc. are described in the Dvyās. rayakāvya.
(iv) SVYANVARA : Hemacandra has described the Svayamvara of the sister of the king Mahendra of Marudeśa. It seems that the Svyamvara of Indumatī in the Raghuvamśa? of Kālidāsa has been imitated in the Dvyāśrayakāvya. Pratihārī gives an introduction of all the invited kings just like those of the Raghuvarśa.
(v) EXPEDITION : The expedition or Prayāṇa is described a number of times in the Dvyäśrayakāvya.11 By the expedition of the army, the earth is grieved and the dust overspreads the whole sky. The army exhibits its heroic exploits and proceeds. On the expeditions of the army, intoxicant elephants trumpet ; royal flags wave ; the women sing auspicious songs20 ; merchants display the merchandise by the roadside and brāhmaṇas utter blessings1.
A pilgrimage expedition is also described in the Dvyāsrayakāvya,12
(vi) BATTLES : Battles are frequently described in
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1. Dv. XVII. 8. 2. Dy. XVII. 44-63; Kumārapälacarita, IV. 41. 3. Dy. XVI. 68; Kumāra pälacarita, II. 23-30. 4. Dy. XVI. 67. 5. Dv. I. 4-109, Kumārapālacarita, V. 1-45. 6. Dy. VII. 70-97. 7. Raghuvaṁsa, Canto VI. 8. III. 10,96,107,108 ; IX. 17 ; XIV. 22; XVIII. 1-2 etc. 9. Dv. XIV. 21. 10. ibid., III. 75-76, 83 ; VII. 71 ; VIII. 73, 11. ibid., III. 130 ; IV. 91 12. ibid., XV. 29 onwar ds.