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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of their future prospects and responsibilities as queens.
But Dhanapalaas mentioned but once the dance-teacher
(Nartakopadhyaya) and that too in connection with the des-
cription of the love-sports of King Meghav膩hana. 192
(C) FREEDOM TO YOUNG GIRLS :-
193 On attaining youth, the girls were allowed to
move freely in company of cultured female companions,
and enjoy swimming in ponds, roaming on sea-shores, play-
ing with birds and tame animals in gardens, and singing
194 songs. Falling in love was deemed natural on the part
of young girls and, on the contrary, the parents would
worry if their girls did not seem to be interested in
though it could not have
males on attaining puberty, 195.
been rare so far as the Jain society was concerned. We
do have faint glimpses of young girls taking to asceticism
196 and references probably to old Jain nuns in the TM.
Various techniques were employed to attract the attention
of a young girl to boys in order to find out a suitable
192. TM(N),p.18(16).
193. ibid.,p.168 (15-16) 啶呧え啷佮ぎ啷嬥う啶苦い啶� 啶� 啶膏啶掂啶氞啶涏ぞ啶掂た啶灌ぞ啶班ぞ啶� 啶о啶むさ啶苦う啶椸啶�-
啶掂啶粪さ啶苦う啷嵿く啶距ぇ啶班 啶掂啶︵啶ぐ啶苦さ啷冟い啶�
[anumodit膩 ca svecch膩vih膩r膩ya dh峁泃avidagdha-
ve峁vidy膩dhar墨 v峁沝pariv峁泃膩
] ; p.264 (15-16 ) 啶膏う啷冟ざ啶掂く啶膏ぞ
啶膏う啷冟ざ 啶班啶� 啶侧ぞ啶掂ぃ啷嵿く啷囙え
啶膏啶︵啶� 啶掂じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ啶啶粪ぃ啶� 啶︵た啶掂啶� 啶ぐ啶苦啷嵿啷嵿う啷囙え 啶啶班た啶さ啶距う啶苦え啶� 啶掂た啶︵ぞ啶оえ
啶膏啶ㄠた啶椸啶оえ 啶膏ぇ啷嵿ぐ啷�啶氞 啶溹え啷� 啶ㄠぞ啶啶曕啶むじ啶傕え啶苦ぇ啶苦
[蝉补诲峁浥沘惫补测补蝉腻
sad峁浥沘 r奴pa l膩va峁噛ena
sa峁僤峁浥沘 vastrabh奴峁峁嚹� dive峁 paricchdena priyav膩din膩 vid膩dhana
snigdhana sadhr墨c墨 jane n膩muktasa峁僴idhi岣�
] 194. ibid., p.168(18ff.).
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1 195. ibid.,p.169 ( 15ff.) : 啶ㄠぞ啶た啶侧お啶むた 啶ぞ啶｀た啶椸啶班す啶｀ぎ啶距げ啶 啷� 啶︵啶粪啶熰啶掂ぞ 啶� 啶むじ啷嵿ぅ啶�-
啶膏啶むさ啶距さ啶苦ぇ 啶氞た啶む啶む啷囙し啷嵿啶� 啶う啷冟し啷嵿 啶啶班い啶苦さ啶苦ぇ啶距え啶� 啶啶班 啶掂た啶粪ぞ啶︵ [n膩bhilapati p膩峁噄graha峁嘺m膩lam | d峁涐梗峁璿膩 ca tasth膩-
stav膩vidha cittace峁ａ弓膩 mad峁涐梗峁璦 pratividh膩n膩 p奴ra峁� vi峁Ｄ乨] 鈥�啶啶啶むぞ 啶︵啶掂 ---
[mupagat膩 dev墨 ---
] P.258 (13-14) 啶曕た啶� 啶氞啶� 啶掂た啶粪ぎ啶膏ぞ啶� 啶曕 啶曕ぞ啶оた啶掂ぞ啶膏 啶掂啶じ啶� 啶掂た啶粪く啷嬥お啶啶�-
啶掂た啶︵啶掂啶粪 啷�
[ki峁� cai峁 vi峁mas膩tha kai k膩dhiv膩sai vyasi vi峁yopabhoga-
vidve峁岣� |
] 196. ibid.,p.258(4)-- 5471971 th... ; p.331(11ff.)...
啶膏啶ムさ啶苦ぐ 啶むぞ啶じ啷� 啶膏ぎ啷傕す啶�--- [sthavira t膩yas墨 sam奴ha岣�---] 1
