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 2 - The works of Dhanapala
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hymn skillfully mentions the name of the author as
32 "Dhanap膩la", as is the set practice of the poet in the
PIN, the RP, the VSSP, the SV, we have sufficient
ground to believe that this also must have been compo-
sed by Dhanap膩la, the author of the TM. And the word
"Deva" might have been added by Prabh膩candra just to
fill the metrical'gap, or the original reading may have
been "Deve" or "Devo" which would refer to the image
or to the author respectively.
(5) SATYAPURIYA-MAH膧V莫RA-USAHA :- This is one of
the few extant hymns of its type known as "Uts膩ha". This
term has proved a stumbling block to well-known @rie***
orientalists like Peterson (3鲁 and MM.Dr.P.V.Kane as well
33 34
35 as to Pandit Jiv膩nanda Vidy膩s膩gara Bhattacharya who
could not satisfactorily explain it and construe corre-
ctly the reference to such types of compositions of
A岣峢yar膩ja in the introductory verses of B膩峁嘺's Har峁-
caritam. But the present 'Utsaha' of Dhanap膩la would
32.vsyv. 30, ab: 啶囙 啶膏く啶侧じ啶苦ぐ啶苦え啶苦が啶傕ぇ啶� [ia sayalasiriniba峁僤ha峁嘺] ! 啶ぞ啶侧く 啷� 啶啷嵿啶� [p膩laya | paccala ] ! 啶むた啶侧啶�-
[tiloa-
] !
05737221 鈥�
33.HC(K). Notes p.15 where, as quoted by Dr.Kane,
Peterson explains 'Uts膩ha' as "brave deeds"
34.ibid. where Dr.Kane writes:"who. 膧岣峢yar膩ja was and
what were the Utsahas he composed it is difficult to
say."
35.贬脝(箩).辫.13: 啶嗋啷嵿く啶班ぞ啶溹 啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶曕ざ啷嵿啶苦い啷嵿啶掂た啶� 啶む啶�
啶曕啶む啶�
啶夃い啷嵿じ啶距す啶距 啶膏啶掂啶ぞ啶膏啶ぞ啶о啶さ啶膏ぞ啶� 啶げ啶啶むぞ啶� 啶膏え啷嵿う啶班啶さ啶苦ざ啷囙し啶距
[膩峁環yar膩jo n膩ma ka艣citkavi岣� tena
办峁泃墨岣�
uts膩h膩岣� sv墨y膩s墨m膩dhyavas膩ya phalabh奴t膩岣� sandarbhavi艣e峁Ｄ佱弗
] Julia: 脿
...etc.
