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 (“prose-romance�). 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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when, as the Vidyādhara Emperor of the northern range of
the Vaitāḍhya mountain, he entered the capital city of
Gaganavallabha. There it was performed by the wives of
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prominent Vidyādhara citizens. Dhanapāla has given a
few details about the material used and the procedure
followed at this ceremony. Thus, the material seems to
have consisted of flowers, garland, Durvā-sprouts, rice
grains, curds and an auspicious flame burning in a tiny
receptacle made of cooked flour placed in a golden dish.
One was made to sit at that time of the ceremony and the
procedure called 'Ārātrika', i.e. waving of the lamp around
one's face, was a part thereof. 266
From the very nature of it, the ceremony seems to
265 be calculated to serve as an antedote to the bad effect of
evil eye which might affect the welfare of a person whose
extraordinary attractiveness on ceremonious occasions tho-
roughly exposes him to such an eventuality.According to
Tantric ritualism, it is the four 'Wicked-mothers' (Duṣta-
ṛk)
264. TM(N), p.237(1).
265. ibid. p. 72 (7-8) - संविधापि � कुसुमदाम दुर्वा क्षत दधिलवाभि� मलकाञ्चन-
स्थालविनिहितोच्छ� � ज्वल पिष्टम� मंडल प्रदीपाभि� -... [saṃvidhāpi ta kusumadāma durvā kṣata dadhilavābhira malakāñcana-
sthālavinihitocchi va jvala piṣṭamaya maṃḍala pradīpābhi� -... ] 1
266. ibid.,p.72(16)--34faced
स्थालनिहित दि� कस्प्रदीपे� प्रस्तुतारात्रिक�
[sthālanihita dina kaspradīpena prastutārātrikaṇa
] ; 161 ( 7 ) - गग� मरकत-
प्रस्तुतारात्रिकोण कृतोपस्थानाम�-
[gagana marakata-
prastutārātrikoṇa kṛtopasthānām-
] 1
