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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X : DISSENTIOM WITH BHOJA AND MIGRATION TO S膧CORA :
At the conclusion of the public recital of this
prose-romance, Bhoja asked of the poet to introduce five
vital changes in the story, viz., to substitute : 8x
(i) the salutation to Jina by the one to 艢iva; (ii)
Bhoja himself as the hero in the place of Meghav膩hana;
(iii) Dhaa Dh膩r膩 for Ayodhy膩; (iv) the Mah膩k膩la temple
in the place of the Sakr膩vat膩ra one; and (v) Lord Siva
xnxn in the place of Lord Jina Rsabha. The poet, however,
refused to comply with the royal request which, acco-
rding to him, was tantamount to adulterating a Brahmin's
cup of milk by pouring wine into it, and denounced the
king for trespassing into the forbidden field of
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literature. The enraged royal patron thereupon threw
the manuscript into the fire of the oven placed before
him as a heater in the winter season. At this the poet
addressed,in desperate indignation, the following
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啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶� 啷� 啶膏啶ムぞ啶ㄠ 啶多啷嵿ぐ啶距さ啶むぞ啶班じ啷嵿く 啶多啶班 啶掂啶粪き啶膏啶� 啶� 啷� 啶班え啷嵿え啶� 啶多啶班啶啶�-
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啶氞え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ 啶曕ぞ啶侧た啶曕ぞ啶 啷� 啷ㄠウ啷ゥ
[p奴rvameva kath膩rambha 艣iva岣� p膩citi ma峁単al膩ra | catu岣� -
sth膩napar膩varta tath膩 kuru ca madir膩 || 206 || dh膩r膩-sa峁僯帽膩 mayodhy膩y膩峁� mah膩k膩 lak峁a
n膩ma ca | sth膩ne 艣akr膩vat膩rasya 艣akara峁� v峁涐梗abhasya ca || rann膩 艣r墨megha-
v膩han膩 ity膩y膩 mama n膩ma kath膩 tata岣 膩na峁僴da sundar膩 vi艣ve jab膩d膩
candra k膩lik膩m || 208||
] 117.1b1d.vss.210, 212: 啶く啶冟お啶距い啷嵿ぐ啷� 啶ぅ啶� 啶啶班啶� 啶多啶班啶む啶班た啶じ啷嵿く 啶曕ぐ 啶膏啶ムた啶む 啷�
啶呧お啶距さ啶苦い啷嵿ぐ啷嵿く 啶さ啶む啶む啶� 啶す啶距ぐ啶啶曕啶� 啶た啶ㄠ啶︵啶ㄠぞ 啷� 啷ㄠェ啷� 啶啷嵿啷� 啶多啶粪 啶膏
啶掂ぞ 啶掂た啶多啶� 啶 啶� 啶溹ぞ啶ㄠえ啷嵿い啶� 啶︵啶掂た啶溹た啶灌 [paya岣膩tre yath膩 p奴r峁嘺 艣rotriyasya kara sthite |
ap膩vitrya bhavata峁僼ra mah膩rayaikena bindun膩 || 21|| baccai 艣e峁 se
v膩 vi艣e峁 ye na j膩nanti dvijih] 鈥�啶掂い啶� 啷� 啶ぞ啶ㄠ啶む啶� 啶灌啶ㄠ啷佮げ啶� 啶曕た啶�
啶む 啶� 啶侧啷嵿啶む 啶え啷�啶粪た啶｀ぞ啶 啷ムエ啷оゥ
[vat膩 | y膩nto峁� h墨nakul膩 ki峁�
te na lajjate man墨峁峁嚹乵 ||21||
]
