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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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74 (of 87)


External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)


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out to the girl adding that she was Malayasundari̇, the
daughter of King Kusumasekhara and queen Gandharvadattā
of Käñci and that she had swooned out of the unbearable
pangs of separation from her parents. I examined the
girl and found that she had taken some painted poisoneds
herb. I went to the shore of a nearby lake, collected'
some lotus stalks and prepared a comfortable bed for
her, and having entrusted Citramaya with her care and
the prince
having instructed him to take/her to Rathanupuracakravāla
in case I might be delayed due to some unforeseen acci-
dent, I set out, with her, in the aeroplane to fetch
some medicinal herbs. Soon I reached the southern bound-
ary of the Bhāratavarsa, where while crossing Mount
Ekaśṛṅga my aeroplane suddenly became motionless in the
air. Below I saw a man, picking some leaves of the bun-
yan tree and looking angrily at me. At first I requested
him,and later on scolded, him for obstructing my way
when I was on an urgent mercy mission. He told me angrily
that he was Mahodara, the Lord of the Yakṣas and it was
he who had saved Samaraketu and Malayasundari from the
ocean. Having further fired me for my carelessness and
audacity of crossing over the holy Mount adorned with
numerous temples and gods, he cursed me to lose my vidyā-
dharahood and become a bird. And he thundered in such a

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