Tilakamanjari of Dhanapala (study)
by Shri N. M. Kansara | 1970 | 228,453 words
This is an English study of the Tilakamanjari of Dhanapala, a Sanskrit poem written in the 11th century. Technically, the Tilaka-manjari is classified as a Gadyakavya (鈥減rose-romance鈥�). The author, Dhanapala was a court poet to the Paramara king Munja, who ruled the Kingdom of Malwa in ancient west-central India. Alternative titles: Dhanap膩la Tila...
4. Motifs (5): The Vetala
The Vetala, who is really Mahodara the Yaksa attendant of the goddess sri, at first serves to test the mettle of King Meghavahana before the goddess appears to grant her boon. Being the guardian deity appointed by the goddess Sri to guard the temples built by both Priyangusundari and Priyamvada, he is the hidden superhuman agency responsible for the rescue of Samaraketu and Malayasundari 14.Tilakamanjari 辫鈥�275: drstamiva pura, sevitamiva bhavantare, karitamiya- mana etc. 15 15.1b 1a.p.410: mahodarakhyam nijapratiharamavadat - 'bhadra, tasya priyamvada - karitasyasya ca priyangusundari prasadasya pratanurapyapastatandrena bhavata raksaniyah imdralokopadravah |
399 when they tried to drown themselves in the ocean near 16 the temple of Mahavira on the Suvela mountain. He is also responsible for the curse which transforms Gandha- 17 rvaka into a parrot who delivers the messages to the friends as well as the lovers.