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 (“prose-romance�). 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: Dhanapāla Tila...
28. Description of Miscellaneous crafts
The description of the naval expedition of Samaraketu has occasioned the mention of a few details about navigationalcraft. Thus, Taraka was an expert both in swimming (Tarana-vidya) and navigation (Nau-pracara-vidya). Fat 463. of acquatic animals was applied to the eyes during the nocturnal voyages in order to be able to see the course.464 Tying of the frog-jewel (Manduka-mani) was supposed to ward 465 off sting-insects on sea-shores. In one place the poet has also referred to Arithmatic 466 (Samkhyana-sastra) with cardinals like Nine, Ten, and etc.; while in another place he has mentioned Geometry (Ksetraganita) with its terms for a perpendicular, arms of an angle, and hypotenuse (or diagonal or diameter). 467 And lastly, a reference each to the craft of a goldsmith with his touch-stone, to the science of Archery, and to the skill of tracing the whereabouts of a thief etc., from his foot-prints, is also found in the Tilakamanjari of Dhanapala 468' **** ( ** ** 462. Tilakamanjari,p. 178(3ff.). tairam saira njanai ranjiteksanah nisvasesa mavedayata --- 1 �-** / 463. ibid.,p.126(10);129(20). 464. ibid., p.126(11) 42qman: jalacara va sajita locanaih -- ; 130(11ff.)-- ksanadascapi samastavastujatam vijnata- 465. ibid.,p.146(8ff.). --- / $66. ibid., p.229(8ff.). -- � 467. ibid, p. 24 ( 18 ) - ksetraganitamila lamba bhujakarnodbhasitam + 468. ibid.,p.2(19ff.); 159(14); 15(11).