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.
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The Yasastilaka-camp奴 of Somadeva, the Campu-r膩m膩yana
of Bhojadeva and the Nala-campu of Trivikramabha峁弓a
testify to this general trend at exhibiting one's
poetic and punditic skill both in the field of Sanskrit
prose as well as verse. Polymathy 鈻� was an ideal aspi-
red for by every scholar of ability. The composition
of a lexicon each by Bhoja, Dhana帽jaya, Halayudha and
Dhanap膩la indicates to the literary fashion of the
times. K峁rasw膩min's Dh膩tuv峁泃ti, Kaiyata's Pradipa on
the Mah膩bh膩峁a, Haradatta's Padama帽jar墨, Vardham膩na's
Ganaratna-mahodadhi, Saranadeva's Durghatavrtti, Bhoja's
Sarasvatikanth膩bharana, Daiva's Daivam and Hal茫-
yudha's Kavirahasya all these works dealing with
different aspects of Sanskrit Grammar point to the ****
attempt at popularising Sanskrit by simplifying the
science of grammar for the enlightenment of the laity.
In the field of Sanskrit poetics the Dhvani
school was well established and literary critics
sought to harmonize the results of the controversies
their predecessors like Bh膩maha, Dandi, V膩mana, Kun-
taka, Rudrata, R膩jasekhara and Abhinavagupta. R膩ja艣e-
has given us a graphic picture of the expected poetic
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environment of the times in his K膩vya-m墨n膩ms膩. The
135.cf.KMR.Ch.X.
