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 (19): The magic mantle
This motif is invented as an antedote against the curse of Mahodara, who is but a servant of the goddess Sri. Tilakamanjari is on an equal plane with that of the goddess Sri whose dear friend she was in her former birth as Priganzada Priyangusundari. The magic mantle, thus, possesses the power to deliver the lower beings from the
325 earthly curse by sublimating them by its touch. This motif is primarily meant to resolve the necessary complication of the story occasioned by the curse of Mahodara.