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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carved out the designs of various types of dice-boards for
153 the purpose on the window floors of even the Jain temples!
Another popular pastime was drinking, perhaps accom-
panied by prostitution. Regulars bars for drinking existed
and people used to go there for chatting and drinking their
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fill from the pails. Private drinking parties were arran-
155 ged in the gardens under trees and in creeper-bowers.
King Meghavahana enjoyed drinking from jewelled pails in
156 the company of his queens. old wine was considered the
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best one and was used in drinking-festivals. 'But Brah-
mins seem to have abstained from drinking and they disliked
158 exen the talk of it. Though there cannot possibly be
a specific mention of meat-eating in a work of a devout
Jain poet like Dhanap膩la, one can easily infer the preva-
lence of it as an ingredients of this pastime from its in-
variable concommittance with wine and woman. And Dhanap膩la
153. TM (N), p. 219 (7ff.) . 啶樴啶むぐ啶膏た啶� 啶膏啶班啷佮ぎ啶距ぐ啶曕 啶む啶曕啶班啶� 啶掂た啶掂た啶оか啶侧啶むた 啶むげ啷�--
啶す啶距え啷�啶� 啶掂ぞ啶むぞ啶え啷� -:- [gh奴tarasika surakum膩rako tk墨r峁嘺 vividhaphalakati tale--
mah膩n墨la v膩t膩yane -:- ] !
154. ibid., p.211 (21ff.) 啶嗋お啶距え [腻辫腻苍补] 鈥�啶椸啶粪啶犩 啶え啷嵿ぇ啶た啶�
啶ㄠぞ啶ㄠぞ 啶ぇ啷佮お [go峁ａ弓h墨 bandhamika
n膩n膩 madhupa] 鈥�啶ぃ啷嵿ぁ啶侧 啶啶栢ぐ啶苦い啶� 啶�--- [ma峁囜笉al墨 mukharita峁� ca---] !
啶椸啶灌ぎ啶苦さ啶距啶苦げ啶ぇ啷佮さ啷嵿ぐ啶� 啶掂啶班い啶距え啶距ぎ啷�--- [g峁沨amiv膩khilamadhuvrata vrat膩n膩m---] 1
啶ぇ啷佮啶� 啶曕ぞ啶啶︵た啶むぎ啶距ぎ啶�-
[madhukara k膩moditam膩mata-
] ; 245 ( 19 ) 啶ぞ啶ㄠ啷嬥し啷嵿啷赌-
[辫腻苍补驳辞峁ａ弓丑墨-
] 155. ibid鈥�', p.41 (4) 啶ぞ啶� 啶曕啶侧 啶ㄠた啶班お啷囙啷嵿し 啶う啶� 啶多啶ㄠ啶 啶曕啶む啶さ啶� 啶むぐ啷佮し啶｀啶∴げ啶むぞ 啶ぃ啷嵿ぁ啶ぞ啶� --- [p膩na kel墨 nirapek峁 yad膩 艣奴ny墨 k峁泃opavana taru峁峁囜笉alat膩 ma峁囜笉ap膩岣� ---] 1
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156. ibido, p.18 (6ff.) - 啶曕う啶距啶苦い啷嵿啶距お啶苦ざ啶距く啶ㄠ 啶膏啶掂く啶啶︵た 啶啶班ぞ啶ぞ啶｀た啶曕啶� 啶氞し啶曕...
啶啶班啶じ啷�啶� 啶膏ぞ啶ㄠ啶ㄠく啶� 啶ぞ啶く啶傕い啷�... [kad膩citk膩pi艣膩yana峁� svayamudi pr膩m膩峁噄kya ca峁ka岣�...
preyas墨岣� s膩nunayama p膩yaya峁僼... ] 1.
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157. ibid., p.61(12)--| 4|13|| 4101) (21): --l
158. ibtd., p.51 (3-4) 啶曕た啶え啷囙え 啶曕ぐ啷嵿ぃ啷嬥う啷嵿さ啷囙 啶溹え啶曕啶� 啶︵啶掂た啶溹じ啷嵿く啷� 啶� 啶啶︵た啶班ぞ 啶膏啶掂ぞ啶�
啶膏啶ㄠ啶︵ぐ啷嵿く啶� 啶оえ啷囙え ---|
[kimanena kar峁噊dvega janakena dvijasye va ma峁僤ir膩 sv膩da
saundaryaka dhanena ---|
]
