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 (“prose-romance�). 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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to question her on any of these topics. I, on the other
hand, said:"I do not expect to be talked to by such a
lady like her, who would naturally have no affection for
a human being like me. But if she ever chooses to come
to Ayodhya sometime and feels inclined to talk with me
I might think about it then. For the present I have no-
thing to talk about". At this she suddenly got up and
went to the terrace and, looking at me, began to sing
loveful songs, drew the outlines of the couples of the
Vidyādharas, birds and deers on the walls, danced and
thus passed some time. Again she came back to Malayasu-
dari and set by her side. At last at the behest of her
ministers she left for her palace. Having accompanied her
for a few paces her chief chambermaid Mandura returned �.
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and conveyed to Malayasundari a message from Tilakamañ-
jari that she was invited, with the prince, to her palace.
Malayasundari, however, replied that for herself it
would not be proper to go there due to her vow of ab-
stinence, but that the prince would come. But soon there
arrived Mrgankalekha and informed that Tilakamañjarī was
waiting outside for them. Malayasundari had to submit and
we went to the place of Tilakamañjarī, who had left her
BEER aeroplane and the retinue to fetch me to Rathanūpura-
cakravala, the capital of the Vidyadharas. I was lodged
