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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411 128
performances there used to be theoratical discussions
relating to the technical topics like musical notes, etc..
Hot discussions were not uncommon among musicians, dancers
and actors, 129 though ultimately they were expected to
result in all-round entertainment of the participants.
130 131
Painting was a favourite pastime of young people,
who happened to fall in love at the sight of portraits of
beautiful girls, as was the case with Prince Harivahana
who spent days together in looking at the portrait of
132 Tilakamanjar墨. Tilakamanjar脧's mother Patralekh膩 reso-
rted to the means of showing the portraits of various
133 princes in order to spot out a suitable predestined match
for her daughter. Dhanap膩la has put a critical appre-
ciation of a painting in the mouth of Prince 岣riv膩hana.
Public discussions of literary pieces and of arti-
stic and scientific treatises was also a common source of
intellectual entertainment of the elite. Literary groups
gathered for recital of Subh膩峁tas, narration of intere-
135 136
134 sting stories from Pur膩峁嘺s and Itihasa, cracking of jokes,
128. TM(N), p.41(2)711812-429-412
; p. 227 (12-13) 啶椸ぞ啶� 啶曕啶ㄠじ啷嵿く
啶啶班が啶� 啶掂啶｀啶掂啶｀ぞ 啶掂た啶侧ぞ啶� 啶膏啶掂げ啶� 啶むぞ啶班 啶椸啶む啶距い啷嵿啶距ぐ啶� [g膩da kajanasya
prabala ve峁噓v墨峁嚹� vil膩pa sa峁僾alana t膩ro 驳墨迟补jh膩tk膩ra岣� ] ; p. 372 (17) . 啶掂啶｀啶掂啶｀ぞ 啶︵た-
啶掂ぞ啶︵啶さ啶苦え啷嬥う..:
[ve峁噓v墨峁嚹� di-
惫腻诲测补惫颈苍辞诲补..:
] 129. ibid,p.372 (7-8) - 啶ㄠぞ啶班啶ざ啶距げ啶� 啶多啶侧啶粪啷佮げ啶膏啶椸啶� 啶曕げ啶� .. . [n膩rya艣膩l膩 艣ail奴峁kulasa峁儾的俨� kalaha .. .] 1
130. ibid., p.184(4-5)-- Paint
啶椸啶�
啶椸啶粪啶犩 -- [驳墨迟补
go峁ａ弓h墨 --] 1
131. ibid., p.164(19)-4745...
鈭�132. ibid., pp.166鈥�177.
134. ibid., p.278(21).
/ 133. ibid., p.170.
135. ibid., p.172(10)91: 45413141:
啶曕ぅ啶距げ啶距お啶距
[办补迟丑腻濒腻辫腻岣�
] ; 107 (20-21) 啶掂た啶掂た啶�-
啶啶班ぞ啶｀啶むた啶灌ぞ啶� 啶曕ぅ啶距 啷�
[vividha-
pur膩峁噀tih膩sa kath膩岣� |
] 136. ibid., p.172(11) fata...I
