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Another short-coming of Dhanap膩la is his overfondness
for alliterations which at times lands him into unnecessa-
ry elaboration, a few specimens of which have been given in
chapter fifteen.
To the modern mind not fully steeped in the knowledge
of Epic and Puranic mythological stories and their great po-
pularity not only among learned few but also among the gene-
ral populace in India, Dhanap膩la's occasional allusions to
mythological stories, to various tenets of popular religi-
ous and philosophical systems seem to be a prominent flaw.
But, as has been aptly put in another context by Prof. S.V.
409 Dixit,
these literary by-ways were highly appreciated in
those times as 'striking speech' (vakrokti) and one of the
essential decorations of poetry. In Dhanapala's TM they are
never recondite. As an occasionaal literary device, sparing-
ly as it is used by Dhanap膩la, it provides a new source of
intellectual entertainment. And the appeal of this style as
a decorative device has not become less or out-of-date even
in modern times in contemporary English writings%; only
the subjects of allusions have changed from the classical
Epics to modern works of European languages and literature !
Dhanap膩la's tendency to box stories into stories giving
rise to a great complexity of structure to plot may be rega-
rded by some as a weakness as it often confounds the reader
409. BHLL, pp.112-113.