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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royal famolies were expected to be adept in the theorati-
cal as well as the practical aspect of dancing and other
arts.123
References to professional dancers are also sca-
124 ttered in the TM. Outstanding dancers were duly honoured
125 officially. Popular dances called 'R膩sa' are also men-
tioned and courtezans seem to have had well-organized
groups for such performances during the festivals.
126 Dramatic performances were closely connected with
dancing as is evident from the references to the theatre,
stage, actor, performance proper and treatise on dramatur-
127 gy
Musical concerts and study groups seem to have been
another common pastime. Though the chief patrons of this
art were the royal families, the principal participants
were generally the cultured citizens both professional
as well as amateur. The words 'Gandharva' and 'G膩thaka'
refer to professional musicians. Along with practical
123. TM(N),P鈥⒙18 (16-17)- 啶ㄠぐ啷嵿い啶曕啶ㄠぞ 啶ぇ啷佮ぃ啷嵿ぃ啷囙え 啶多ぞ啶膏啶む啶� 啶掂ぐ啷嵿い啷嵿じ啶ㄠぞ 啶曕啶むじ啷傕啷嵿し啷嵿ぎ啶椸啶�-
[nartak墨n膩 madhu峁囜箛ena 艣膩stra vartsan膩 k峁泃as奴k峁agu峁嘺-
] 414/90-4127: 4241294E...
124. ibid, p.18 ( 16 ) 啶ㄠぐ啷嵿い啶曕... [苍补谤迟补办墨... ] ; 61 ( 12 ) 啶侧ぞ啶膏た啶曕ぞ啶溹え --
[l膩sik膩jana --
] 125. ibido, p. 327 ( 11-12 ) . 啶曕ぞ啶班ぃ 啶椸え啷嵿ぇ啶班啶掂お啶むた 啶班啷嵿 啶ㄠ啷� [k膩ra峁嘺 gandharvapati ra峁単a na峁�] 鈥�啶ぞ啶� 啶曕ぞ啶啷嬥啷囙
啶啷嵿啶え啷嵿ぇ啶 [y膩岣� k膩mako峁璭岣�
辫补峁弓补产补苍诲丑补尘 ] 1
126. ibid., p.323 (15) 啶掂た啶熰げ啷嬥啶侧 啶氞え 啶膏啶оぞ啶膏 啶掂啶多啶ぞ啶多た啶� 啶ぃ啷嵿ぁ啶侧啶粪 啷�
[vi峁璦lokalo cana sudh膩su ve艣y膩艣isa ma峁囜笉al墨峁 |
] 127. ibid., p.22(7); 57(12-17); 208(21); 370(19)..31212-21-57111-
啶︵ざ啶班啶啷堗ぐ啶苦さ 啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啶︵ぞ啶∴た啶啶曕啶� 啶掂啶︵た啶た啶� [da艣ar奴pakairiva sarvad膩岣峣m墨k峁泃a v墨dibhi岣� ] 1
