A History of Indian Literature v3.c35.s7.23

v3.c35.s7.23

As an epic poet, he tarries when he finds an occasion to describe any event. So he devotes three cantos to the marriage of Vikrama with Candralekhā and describes the beauty of the bride in detail. In the description of the ceremony of selection of her husband by the bride (svyaṁvara) he has followed the Raghuvaṁśa of Kālidāsa as his model. One of the most beautiful and attractive places in the poem is the narration of the death of Āhavamalla, father of Vikrama in canto IV¹.