Essay name: Tilakamanjari of Dhanapala (study)
Author:
Shri N. M. Kansara
Affiliation: Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda / Department of Sanskrit Pali and Prakrit
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.
Chapter 1 - The Author (biography of Dhanapala)
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was called thrice by the king.When the latter asked the
reason, Dhanap膩la replied that as the god was in compa-
70 ny of his bride he felt ashamed to witness it. Of
course he used to visit the temple before he acquired
the "true faith",i.e. * Jainism, but that was because he
71 was as ignorant as a child then? 1 He further added that
it was the ancient sensuous people like the king who
had, on the strength of their regal power started such
72.
an absurd worship of male and female organs. The king,
however, thought that the poet was rather joking, though,
73 according to Bhoja, the joke had a grain of truth in it!
This seems to have occured very shortly after Dhanap膩la's
conversion to Jainism as is evident from the question
of the king, who is clearly surprised, as to why the
poet had been paying homage to the same Mah膩k膩la for so
74 long a time till that day. Moreover, the poet also seems
to be sufficiently advanced in age at least fifty-seven
years to be able to talk with the king on such equal
terms.
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70. PRC. 17.122 : 啶︵啶掂ぞ啶� 啶膏啶むた 啶多啷嵿い啶苦じ啶啶う啷嵿ぇ啷� 啶掂啶班啶∴啶ぞ 啶� 啶掂た啶侧啶曕啶い啷� 啷� 啷оエ啷� 啷�
[dev膩岣� sti 艣aktisambaddho vr墨岣峺膩 na vilokyate || 122 ||
] 71.1b1d.vs,123: 啶班ぞ啶溹ぞ啶� 啶︵た啶掂じ 啶膏啶掂啶むぞ 啶掂ぞ啶膏 啶曕た啶� 啶む啶掂啶︵啶多啶洁ぐ啷嵿啶苦い啶� 啷� 啶さ啶むぞ
啶むぞ啶掂い啷嵿じ啷�
啷�
啶啶班ぞ啶� 啶膏啶∴す 啶� 啶ぞ啶侧い啷嵿さ啶� 啶侧啶侧啷嵿啶苦い啷� 啶� 啶灌た 啷� 啷оエ啷┼ゥ
[r膩j膩ha divasa svet膩 v膩su ki峁� tv墨d峁浥沷'rcita岣� | bhavat膩
迟腻惫补迟蝉耻
|
pr膩ha so岣峚ha ca b膩latv膩 llajjito na hi || 123||
] 72.1b14.vs.125tf3 啶曕ぞ啶� 啶膏 啶掂ぞ啶ぐ 啶啶班ぞ啶氞啶お啶� 啶啶啶班啶さ啶距う啷� [k膩ma se v膩yara pr膩cyapi bh奴pairbhav膩d峁�] 鈥�啶多啶冟イ 啶げ啶苦い啷嵿さ啶�
啶︵ぐ啷嵿ざ啶�
啶む啶掂じ啷嵿く 啶啶班さ啶班啶むた啶むぞ啶� 啶灌啶︵啶多 啷� 啷оエ啷� 啷�
[艣ai岣 balitv膩
诲补谤艣补苍补
tvasya pravartit膩ga haid峁浥沘岣� || 125 ||
] 73.ibid.vs.127:
啶膏啶ムた啶む啶掂ぞ 啶︵ぇ啷嵿く啷� 啶� 啶啶ぞ啶侧 啶灌ぞ啶膏啶� 啶膏い啷嵿く啶膏ぎ啶� 啶掂啶う啶� 啷ムェ啶班ぃ啶�
[sthitv膩 dadhyau sa bh奴p膩lo h膩sya satyasam膩 vyada岣� ||1ra峁嚹�
] 74.See supra.ft.nt.71,vs.123 ab.
