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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oral imparting of the Vidya is considered to be the first
and foremost prerequisite in the matter of mystic worship,
since a Mantra is, to a Sadhaka, a very mass of radiant
339 Tejas or energy.
340 The daily routine of King Meghavahana's worship is
described in detail. Thus, the king got up early in the
morning and went to the garden, rinsed his mouth and fini-
shed his bath and daily Japa, put on silk garments, cove-
red his mouth and bathed the image of the goddess with
water poured from golden pitchers. Then he annointed the
image with sandal paste mixed with camphor, adorned it with
garments, pearl ornaments, and crest garland as well as
ear-ornaments of flowers After offering aromatic incense
and powder of black-Aguru, the king sat at a distance and
sang prayers for a long time and performed the Japa of the
Apar膩jit膩 Vidy膩. Finally, he saluted the elders. This pro-
cedure was repeated in the evening alsp. It was elaborated
further on auspicious days.
341 In times of emergency, when all this was not possi-
ble, the ceremony was abridged. Even then it did consist
of bathing the image, and offering garments, unguents and
339. SFSR,pp.29鈥�33.
340. TM(N),pp.34-35.
341. ibid,p.35 ( 14 ) - 啶ぐ啷嵿さ啶︵た啶掂じ啷� 啶掂た啶多啶粪ぃ 啶ㄠた啶班啶掂ぐ啷嵿い啷嵿く 啶︵啶掂啶ぞ啶� 啶多啶班た啶 啶膏ぞ啶-
啶むえ啷�啶ぞ啶い啶� 啶啶溹ぞ啶--- [parvadivase vi艣e峁峁嘺 nirvartya devy膩岣� 艣riya岣� s膩ya峁�-
tan墨m膩yatana p奴j膩m---] 1
