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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one of the most important sources for the study of his-
tory. Linguistic palaenntology throws a good deal of
light on the social and cultural history for which rea-
son also the study of literature is essential.
An attempt is here made to present a fairly faith-
ful picture of the social life on the basis of all the
available evidences - even the minutest one being sought
to be utilized from the text of the TM.
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I: PEOPLE, THEIR OCCUPATIONS, SOCIAL ENTERTAIN-
MENTS AND PASTIMES :
(A) RACE AND APPEARANCE :
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Dhanap膩la has scarcely referred to the deta-
ils of physical features of his characters, but his refe-
3.
rence to the fire-pit origin of the Param膩ra line has
raised a few doubts about their being of Aryan origin.
4 The same legend has been repeated by Padmagupta and
5 by the Udaipur Pra艣asti also." The Harsola Grant (949
A.D.) proves the close connection between the Param膩ras
and the R膩峁ａ弓rak奴tas. The Param膩ras were the feudatories
3. TM(N), Intro., vs.39 ab: 1:24 447 92214-
啶班じ啷嵿い啷嵿く啶椸啶ㄠた啶曕啶｀啶∴啶︵啶さ啷� 啶啶ぞ啶侧 啶ぐ啶ぞ啶� 啶囙い啷嵿く啶た啶оぎ啶� 啶栢啶ぞ啶む 啶す啷�-
啶ぃ啷嵿ぁ啶侧 啷�
[rastyagniku峁囜笉odbhavo bh奴p膩la岣� param膩ra ityabhidham膩 khy膩to mah墨-
ma峁囜笉ale |
] 4. NSC, XI,64鈥�72.
5. EI, Vol. XIX, pp.236ff., vss. 5-6.
