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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喔� 436 preparatory to starting for the expedition, auspicious mo-
ment was carefully fixed by astrologers who utilized a cone
253 and observed its shadow for the purpose. Adhering to this
fixed auspicious moment was most essential and the astrolo-
254.
gers tried to dissuade if one neglected this aspect which
was deemed instrumental in attaining success of the mission,
while the failure of considering this aspect might adverse-
ly affect the prospects of victory, as in the case of Sama-
raketu's night-attack.255
On that day the prince took bath in the morning, offe-
red special worship to the favourite denty, honoured the
Brahmins by distributing clothes etc., to them and then
he stepped into the assembly-hall at the proper auspicious
moment. White colour being considered auspicious, the silk
garments of the prince were white, and the floral crest of
his head was also made of white flowers. The body was anno-
inted all over with sandal-paste. In the neck he wore a
256 single-stringed necklace of big spotless pearls.
The assembly-hall was also adorned with hanging gar-
lands of sandal leaves. The ground was sprinkled with
253. TM (N), p.114 (23拢f.) -- 啶啶班い啶苦啶侧ぞ 啶掂げ啷嬥啶苦い 啶多啷� [pratikal膩 valokita 艣a峁�] 鈥�啶曕啶氞啶涏ぞ啶 啶溹啶啶むた啶班啶椸ぃ啶苦い啶掂た啶︵啶た啶�
啶膏ぞ啶оた啶む 啶侧啷嵿え啷� --- [kucch膩yai jyotirga峁噄tavidbhi岣�
s膩dhite lagne ---] 1
254. ibid,p.95 (18-19). 唳�啶澿啶曕啶班た啶い啶距 啶ぞ啶む啶班ぞ啶侧啷嵿え啶た啶むた 啶ㄠた啶掂ぐ啷嵿い啷嵿く啶ぞ啶ㄠ 啶洁お啶�
啶啶灌啶班啶むた啶曕 -- [jh墨kriyat膩峁� y膩tr膩lagnamiti nivartyam膩no 'pi
mauh奴rtika岣� -- ] 1
1---1.
255. ibid., p.95(14-21).
256. ibid.,p.114(22ff.).
