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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strength of the compositions known to him by these nome-
15 nclatures. His definitions of an 'Akhy膩yik膩'and a 'Kath膩'
respectively do not differ substantially from those givan
by the Agnipur膩na, except in the following three addi-
tional important characteristics, viz.;
(i) In a 'Kath膩' the story is told by somebody other
than the hero, while in an 'Akhy膩yik盲' it is narrated by
the hero himself;
(ii) A 'Kath膩'may not be marked by certain catchwords
which are ingeniously put by the poet in an 'Akhy膩yik膩'.
(iii) A 'Kath膩' may be in Sanskrit or in Apabhra峁兣沘
while an 'Akhy膩yik膩' may not be so.
16 Dandin, in his K膩vy膩darsa, does not approve
of these points and criticizes them as being insufficient
to warrant a distinction between the sub-types. He also
notices that a 'Kath膩' is found to be composed in Sanskrit
as well as in other languages such as the Prakrits.
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