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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tying silken flags to all shops, houses, quadrangles and
temples of the city, singing of auspicious songs by city
women in general, public recitation by caraṇas accompanied
by blowing of trumpets, and public dancing by parasites
320 and harlots in front of the royal palace.
(10) ṢAṢTHĪ JĀGARAÑA :- �
A special ceremony has been mentioned with regard
to the sixth day from the birth of a child. It is called
321 'Ṣaṣṭhī-jāgaraṇa as the people auspicious waking during
the night. Dhanapāla has not given any more details about
the rites performed at that time. But it is popularly
believed that the goddess, entrusted with the task of lay-
ing out the future of the just-borns, comes during that
nigh and writes the future of the child on its forehead.
A special pen and ink are placed in the lying-in chamber
near the mystic design and a sesame-oil lamp is put on
the stool near by.
(11) NAMAKARANA :-
In keeping with the Brahmanical tradition, this ce-
remony was performed on the tenth day from the birth of
322 a male child. All the deities in all the temples of the
320. TM(N), p.263(12-17).
321. ibid.,p.78(1).
322. ibid. समाजते � दशमेऽह्न�... [samājate ca daśame'hni...] 1
