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...
4.17. Character description of Citralekha
Citralekha is a nurse of Tilakamanjari, and mother of Gandharvaka. She has been introduced as a woman of middle age and principal female artizen of the Vidyadhara 277 Queen Pattralekha, whose favourite she is. She is very fond of, and clever at, dressing in various styles, and is recognized as an expert in the art of painting and in dressing and making up women. The Vidyadhara Emperor Vicitravirya praises her mastery in these fine arts as well as in group discussions of elites, her sweet nature inspiring instant confidence, her special gift of entertaining people by 273. Tilakamanjari,pp.317-318. 275. ibid.,p.327. 274. ibid.,pp.325-326. / 276. ibid.,p.170(5ff.). 277. ibid.,p.267(2lff.); 340(1-3). 278. ibid.,p.170(6); 268(2ff.).
946 relating fresh humorous episodes. 279 She seems to have been a daughter of the Vidyadhara Emperor Vicitravirya by some inferior wife or a concubine, as is clear when she informs us that Gandharvadatta was her younger sister; and both Gandharvadatta and Pattralekha were the daughters of Vicitravirya; she could never be a mere maid-servant unless she be of an humble birth.