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...
6.2. Alankaras (22): Karanamala (chain of causes)
A classical specimen of this figure of speech is found in the depiction of the disinterested life of ascetics in the course of a dialogue between King Meghavahana and the Vidyadhara Muni, as in aharamapi sariravrttyem grhnanti, sariramapi dharmasadhanamiti dharayanti, dharmamapi muktikaranamiti bahumanyante muktimapi nirutsukena cetasabhi- vanchanti | (26,19ff.).