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Though Vicitravirya is, in one place, introduced as the emperor of the Vidyadharas residing on the Vaitadhya mountain, The actually seems to be residing on the 170. Trikuta mountain in the Suvela range. He is highly advanced of age, being the grandfather of both Tilakamanjari and Malayasundari. He is highly valorous, devout, merciful, 171 Signifistern to miscreants, and protector of the weak. cantly,he is called 'Vidyadhara-raja-raja' 172 Dhanapala has presented him as an affectionate father and grandfather. He had lost one of his daughters during the night-attack on his city by an enemy. Ever since then, he has been trying to trace her. His endeavours are about to bear fruit, when he meets Malayasundari and on enquiry gathers from her the whereabouts of his daughter Gandharvadatta. The poet has drawn a life-like picture of Vicitravirya 167. Tilakamanjari,p.194(4-20). /168.ibid., pp.194-195./ 169. ibid., pp 266(14-16). / 170. ibid., p.422(5ff.). 171. ibid., p.266(14-16). / 172. ibid.,p.270(4).

928 tossed between the hopen and despair when he questions Malayasundari about her mother. 173 At first he rather appears to be strangely cruel when we find that he got kidnapped the princesses of various kings of Bharatavarga at midnight hour, though only for the dance programme on the eve of the fortnightly festival of the 174 the Holy-Bath Ceremony of Lord Mahavira. But we excuse for him/this strange hobby of his when we know that he takes care to order their safe retransportation to their respective places. His character is cleared of any adverse comme nt in this respect when again we find him refusing to similarly getting Gandharvadatta transpotted to him for verification as to whether she was his very daughter or some other lady; his reason for desisting from it is that it would be unseemly on his part to see the face of another's wife at odd time.