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.
Chapter 11 - Social Data
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The temple was surrounded by trees like Tilaks,
Campaka, Asoka, Punn膩ga, N膩gakesara, and others. A red
banner marked with the figures of crocodile emroidered
on it fluttered on its top. In the adytum of the temple
oil lamps all around illumined the image of the Love-
-god, flanked on both sides with those of Rati and Pr墨ti.
It was annointed with sandal paste all over from top to
toe. Moist wreaths covered all the limbs of the image.
The sanctum was adorned with arches of suger-cane stalks
and pending garlands of flowers and leaves of Asoka tree.
Filaments of Ketaka flowers were fashioned into Camaras
for the god. Offerings of flowers, of various vegitables
like pumpkin, TundIraka, cucumber, v膩rt膩ka, of fruits
like orange, wood-apple, citron, of sweets like Fenik膩,
A艣okavarti, Khandamodaka etc., were lying in front of
the image.
286 287
There is a reference also to a private image
of god Pradyumna, i.e. Cupid, in the harem-garden of
King Kusumasekhara of Kanci. It was stationed on the
platform under the Raktasoka tree, and was duly bathed a
and adorned with ornaments and bright red upper garment.
It was to this image that Malayasundari虈 offered her
286. TM(N),pp.303-305.
287. ibid.,pp.300-301.
