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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couplets:
"You are after all just a Malava robber.Why do you,
then, cherish to entertain yourself with poetry ? You
have not spared even Dhanap膩la : I ask you, whence-
118 have you turned such a betrayer ?"
Merutunga, however, puts the following couplet in the
poet's mouth:
" O Double-tongued ignoramus : 0 Steel-arrow !
what shall we call you? You have the audacity to
equate a Gu帽j膩-beed with gold! Why have you not yet
119 been consigned to the nether worlds ?"
Merutunga has added the monetary inducement also by
Bhoja if Dhanap膩la accepted the proposal of the former.
The heart broken poet returned home and threw
himself into the unprepared bedstead and would care not
eat
to take bath nor to perform the daily worship nor/even
a morsel of food, nor could he sleep. His daughter, of
120 118PRC.17.215: 啶ぞ啶侧さ啶苦啶栢た 啶曕た啶え啷嵿え 啶呧え啷嵿啶むた 啶曕お啷嵿お啷囙ぃ 啶ㄠた啶ㄠ啶︵啶� 啶膏啶膏た 啷�
啶оぃ啶掂ぞ啶侧ぞ啶� 啶た啶傕 啶啶傕啶膏た 啶啶氞啶距ぎ啶� 啶膏啶啶� 啶曕い啷嵿い啷� 啷� 啷ㄠガ 啷�
[m膩laviokhi kimanna anjati kappe峁嘺 nindu墨 sa峁僺i |
dha峁嘺v膩l膩墨 pi峁僯a mu峁僣asi puc啶緈i sa峁僢a峁僤ha katto || 26 ||
] 119.PC(SJGM) 鈥� p鈥� 41: 啶︵啶啶� 啶溹た啶曕啶栢ぐ 啶侧 啶灌ぎ 啶堗じ 啶椸啶班ぞ啶� 啶む啶溹啶�
啶曕た啶� 啶ぃ啶苦ぎ啷� | 啶椸啶班啶溹ぞ啶灌た 啶膏ぎ 啶曕ぃ啶 啶む啶侧え啷嵿い啷� 啶� 啶椸啶膏た 啶ぞ啶ぞ啶侧 啷�
[domuha jikkhara lo hama 墨sa gor膩ya tujjha
ki峁� bha峁噄mo | guruj膩hi sama ka峁嘺ya峁� tulantu na gaosi p膩y膩la峁� ||
] 1 120.ibid.: 啶ㄠ啶 啶ぃ啷嵿ぁ啶苦い 啶啶班ぞ啶� 啶ぞ啶い啷嵿ぐ 啶曕ぅ啶距え啶距く啶曕 啶曕啶班啶掂え啷嵿ぇ啶� 啶ㄠ啶むぞ啶ぞ啶�
啶む啶 啶あ啶监 啶す啶距啶距げ啶ぞ -
啶う啷� 啶� [n峁沺a岣� pa峁囜笉ita pr膩ha m膩matra kath膩n膩yake kurvandhi n墨t膩y膩岣�
tya峁� pa岣峢a啶监 mah膩k膩lam膩 -
pade '] 鈥�啶掂え啷嵿い啷� 啶ぞ啶班啶く啶ㄠ 啶多啷嵿ぐ啶距さ啶むぞ啶� 啶栢啶栢
啶曕げ啷嵿お啶え啷� 啶う啷� [vant墨 m膩ropayan 艣akr膩vat膩ra khkh
kalpayan yad] 鈥�啶︵啶ぞ啶氞じ啷� 啶掂じ啷佮き啷嵿く [dy膩case vasubhya ] 鈥�啶︵啶掂ぞ啶た--- [诲惫腻尘颈--- ] 1
