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 6 - Summary of the Tilakamanjari
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N墨la put it aside in the ocean. It abounds in many
miracles and for that reason you would like to pay a
visit there.If we camp here for a couple of days the
fleet will also get some rest. I gave my assent and the
signal was given for a halt. The soldiers began to land
and the whole fleet was busy putting up the camp.
At that time a sweet note of divine music from
the north-east side of Mount Ratnak奴ta sounded my ears.
It captivated my mind and I asked Taraka if he could
get ready with me to launch a beat in the direction of
the music and inquire. T膩raka initially discouraged me
saying that the island was encircled by a castle-wall
and that the waters were dangerously turbulent there
with risky rocks. But realizing my eagerness, he got
ready at last and we started in the direction with
barely half a dozen crew. We came near the island, sailed
around it once to locate the source of the music, when,
all of a sudden, it stopped. We were helpless and T膩raka
asked me for orders to return. I hung my head down from
shame for having put them into such a predicament. We
somehow passed the night in the boat. Towards the dawn
we looked up and saw, on the island, an extremely bright
hallow of light which gradually turned out to be the
