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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M 454 (7) CO SUMATION of MARRIAGE (RTUSANGAMANA AND
GARBH膧DHANA) :*
As Dr. P.N.Prabhu puts it, the 'garbh膩dh膩na' or
the 'foetus-laying ceremony' is performed at the comsumma-
tion of marriage and the mating of husband and wife as
identified with the foetus-laying ceremony suggests that
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mating is conceived as a part of the obligations of the
307 married couple towards the family and the community.
This spirit if fully reflected by Dhanap膩la, though it
cannot be strictly said that he has described this very
ceremony, as the union between Meghavahana and Madir膩vati,
as referred to by the poet, was not the very first one a
after their marriage. However, it was definitely as good
as that due the intervening period of long separation
during which they lived thoroughly to themselves and obse-
rved the vows and penances, while the king on his part
propitiated the goddess Sri. This ceremony may be called
'峁歵usangamana' which is regarded by some as distinct from
308 the one called 'Garbh膩dh膩na' proper.
The details of this ceremony, as described with
309 utmost decorum by the poet, consisted of adorning of the
307. HSO,pp.223-224.
308. Hist. Dh. Vol.II, pt.I,p.195.
309. TM(N),p.73(1-18).
