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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In another place the poet has casually alluded to
298 the 'Vedibandha' in the 'Viv膩ha-ma峁囜笉apa', to the decora-
299 tion of the courtyard of the marriage-hall, as also to
the ceremony of holding the right hand of the bride by
the bridegroom.
300 After the marriage the royal son-in-law stayed at
the place of his father-in-law for a few days during
which he enjoyed the hospitality extended by the bride's
relatives in a variety of ways, and in turn gave bounties
to all and sundry without making any distinction between
related and unrelated, desirous and undesirous, qualified
and unqualified, unmindful of the quantity or amount expe-
301 nded in the process.
A few details of the procession of the bridegroom
302.
returning with his bride are also given. The bride was
lavishly adorned and was seated in the forefront on the
elephant. The body of the bridegroom was annointed with
sandal-paste mixed with camphor. The head of the elephant
was painted red with red chalk (gairika) mixed with oil.
A white parasol was held oner the heads of the couple.
298. TM(N),p.175(16).
299. ibid, p. 371 (23) -- 啶掂た啶掂ぞ啶灌ぎ啶｀啶∴お啶た啶�
啶︵啶多啶ぎ啶距え啶距き啶苦え啶� 啶多ぞ啶侧ぞ啶溹た啶� 啶膏啶膏啶曕ぞ啶班ぎ啷�--
[惫颈惫腻丑补尘补峁囜笉补辫补尘颈惫补
d峁浥泍am膩n膩bhinava 艣膩l膩jira sa峁僺k膩ram--
] 300. 1bid, p.175 (16-17) 啶曕 啶膏啶� 啶侧き啶苦さ啷嵿く啶曕啶むた 啶ㄠう啷�啶� 啶曕ぐ啶げ啷嵿げ啶掂 啶侧啶苦し啷嵿く啶むた ...
[ke sya labhivyakti nad墨ya karapallave lagi峁ati ...
] 301. ibid.,p.425(15-19).
302. ibid., pp.425-426..
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2--啶︵啷嵿し啶苦ぃ啶ぞ啶｀た啶冟イ
[诲补办峁峁嘺辫腻峁噄岣
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