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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Rathan奴puracakrav膩la city he passed his time in the harem-
鈧�117
-garden of Tilakamanjari. Love-making and passing love-
118 -letters' was very convenient in public parks due to the
free atmosphere they provided.
Picnic was an akin pastime and it was accompanied by
swinging, adornment, flower-picking, and gambling. 119
Dancing seems to have been very popular, especially
on festive occasions. On the occasion of the birth of
Prince Harivahana at Ayodhya, the women-folk of the city
danced, in the palace premises, along with the inmates of
120 royal harem. Court茅zans and parasites danced in public
at the royal palace on the occasion of the birth of Pri-
ncess Malayasundar墨 at K膩nc墨. 121 King Vicitrav墨rya spe-
cially got the princesses kidnapped and gathered them from
all parts of India in order to arrange a dancing programme
on the occasion of the Holy-Bath Ceremony of Lord Mah膩v墨ra
122 at Mount Ratnak奴峁璦 in the Southern Ocean. Members of
117. TM(N), p.369(10-11).
118. ibid., pp.108-110.
119. ibid., pp.352(23)-353(9).
120. ibtd., p. 76 (20) - 啶え啶� 啶膏ぞ啶ㄠ啶む啶啶班 啶ㄠ啶� 啶ㄠぞ啶班 啶掂啶ㄠ啶︵ぎ啷�--- [manata s膩nta岣ura峁� nagara n膩r墨 v峁沶dam---] 1
121. ibid., p.263 (1688.) 啶啶溹啶ㄠ啶�
[bhujajanaina
] 122. ibid, p. 268 (11 - 16 )
啶曕え啷嵿く
啶曕ぞ
啶ㄠえ啷冟い啷� 啶ㄠ啶ぞ啶權啶粪 啶椸ぃ啶苦啶距... [kanya
办腻
nan峁泃u n峁沺膩峁卭峁 ga峁噄办腻岣�...] 1
啶囙ぎ啶距 啶栢げ啷� 啶ㄠた啶栢た啶侧ぞ 啶呧お啶�
啶ぞ啶班い 啶曕啶粪啶む啶� 啶︵啷嵿し啶苦ぃ啶距ぐ啷嵿ぅ 啶ぇ啷嵿く啶啶｀啶� 啶掂ぞ啶膏た啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶ぃ啷嵿ぁ啶侧ぞ啶оた啶い啷� 啶ㄠぞ啶ぞ 啶侧啶距 啷�... 啶掂た啶︵啶ぞ啶оぐ啷�-
啶多え啷�啶むぞ啶多啶� 啶膏啶い啷嵿い啶� 啶呧げ啶� 啶曕ぐ啷嵿い啷佮ぎ啶苦く啶� 啶ぞ啶む啶班啶む啶膏さ 啶 啷� 啶呧い啷嵿ぐ 啶氞ぞ啶膏啶� 啶啶掂い啷�
啶氞ぐ啶距啶班啷佮ぐ啷嬥ぐ啶た啶粪啶� 啶す啶距げ啶距え啶ㄠ啶むぐ啶啶� 啶啶班さ啷冟い啶� 啶啶班さ啶班啶むく啶苦し啷嵿く啶ㄠ啶むた 啶膏啶椸啶む啶 啷�
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[im膩岣� khalu nikhil膩 api
bh膩rata k峁tra dak峁峁嚹乺tha madhyamakha峁囜笉a v膩sin膩峁� ma峁囜笉al膩dhipat墨 n膩m膩 laj膩岣� |... vidy膩dharai-
艣an墨t膩艣ca sa峁僷atti ala峁� kartumiy膩 y膩trotsava m | atra c膩sya bhagavato
car膩caragurorabhi峁ka mah膩l膩nantarameva prav峁泃i pravartayi峁anti sa峁僩墨takam |
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