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 (28): Ullekha (intuitive description)
Although no such figure of speech has been recognized by rhetoricians like Rudrata, Bhoja and others, until the author of the Alankara-sarvasva awarded it the special separate status, the poets have been utilizing this mode of expression. Naturally Dhanapala could not be expected to be an exception. Thus, the advent of youth is described in the following manner : kramena nivrvapakamaviprayukakha gimithunanam, samtapakam daridraka mihrdayanam
875 prasadhakam kurupanamadhyapakamasena vibhramakalanam vataramanaih vatara mamgeh | (264,8ff.. amgikrtavati navayauvana It is to be noted here that we have confined ourselves to the narrative part proper of the Tilakamanjari of Dhanapala in illustrating the use of various figures of speech by Dhanapala, and have not touched those in the be introductory verses to the text.