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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base of the walls and were lined with emerald. The sho-
kings.362
wer-baths were situated along the banks of the river in
the city gardens which abounded in sport-bowers and sport-
hillocks. 361 public tanks were built by the kings. 362 The
ground of the palace gardens was levelled and paved with
363 pearl-powder, and many types of trees were grown therein.
Lighting arrangements consisted of hand-born torches and
glowing rubies also served as lamps, though without flame.
The bed was covered with clean white bed-sheet and a white
pitcher with water trickling from its pores was placed at
the head of the bed, near the pillow which was stuffed
365 with soft filaments of the feathers of swans.
364 Among the
alchoholic drinks, Dhanap膩la has mentioned 'K膩pi艣膩yana'
366.
and 'Phalaras膩sava' Fob painting and colouring, the
367.
liquids of Kusumbha, Y膩vaka and N墨li are noticed. Fans
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360. TM (N), p.158 (4ff.) 啶曕啶粪ぐ啶ㄠ啶むた啶曕啶權 [办峁谤补苍迟颈办耻峁�] 鈥�啶曕啶ぞ啶班啶� 啶曕 啶侧た 啶啶粪啶曕ぐ啶苦ぃ啷�啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶掂ぞ啶班た
啶啶班ぞ啶曕ぞ啶班ぎ啷傕げ 啶ぐ啶曕い啶ぃ啶距げ啶距え啶� --- [kum膩r奴峁嘺 ke li pu峁ari峁嚹玭膩峁� v膩ri
pr膩k膩ram奴la marakatapa峁嚹乴膩ni --- ] 1
361. ibid.,p.180 (11ff.) 啶膏ぞ啶曕啶むお啷佮ぐ啶ぐ啶苦じ啶班 啶班ぎ啷嵿く 啶むげ啶曕啶熰啶熰た啶啶粪 啶侧啶侧ぞ啶侧い啶� -
啶ㄠ啶� 啶ㄠた啶啶ㄠ啶� 啶曕啶侧啶粪 啶え啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ啶оぞ啶班ぞ啶椸啶灌啶粪 啶啶班さ啷囙ざ啷囙し啷�-- - 啷�
啶ぃ啷嵿ぁ啶啶粪
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啶曕啶む啶班た啶ぞ啶氞げ 啶多た啶栢ぐ啷囙し啷�
啶膏啶掂啶距え啶苦い啷囙し啷�
啶膏ぐ啶冟じ啷�
[s膩ketapuraparisare ramya talaku峁弓ime峁 l墨l膩lat膩 -
nagara nimnag膩 k奴le峁 yantradh膩r膩g峁沨e峁 prave艣e峁-- - |
尘补峁囜笉补辫别峁
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k峁泃rim膩cala 艣ikhare峁
蝉惫补办丑腻苍颈迟别峁
蝉补谤补岣耻
] 362. ibid., p.66(17) Fazalling 42:23
啶栢ぞ啶掂た啶む 啶膏ぐ啶� |
[kh膩vita峁� sara岣� |
] 363. ibid.,p.212 ( 10 ) -- 啶啶曕啶むた啶� 啶氞啶班啶� 啶掂ぞ啶侧啶曕ぞ啶啶班啶班ぃ
啶す啶� 啶膏啶ㄠた啶椸啶� 啶ぞ啶︵お啶距き啶苦ぐ啶距ぎ 啶ぞ啶班ぞ啶ぎ啷� .....
[mauktika c奴r峁嘺 v膩luk膩prakara峁嘺
bahala snigdha p膩dap膩bhir膩ma m膩r膩mam .....
] 364. ibid., p.159(5ff.) 啶灌じ啷嵿い啶︵啶た啶曕ぞ
啶溹啶掂げ啶︵啶た啶班啶ぞ啶｀た啶曕 啶︵啶啶� ... [丑补蝉迟补诲墨辫颈办腻
jvaladbhirm膩峁噄kaca d墨pai岣� ... ] 1
; 181 ( 22 ) 啶︵啶掂啶�
啶膏ぎ啶膏啶曕啶ぞ啶� 啶啶むげ 啶い啶� -
[devena
samasukum膩ra bh奴tala mati -
] ;
174 (12) -- 啶呧啶曕啷嵿啶侧-
[补峁僰补箩箩补濒补颈-
] 365. ibid.,p.174 (17ff.) 啶嗋く啶むさ啶苦ざ啶距げ啶� 啶灌啶� 啶涏啶� 啶囙じ 啶掂た啶多う 啶啶班啷嵿啷嵿う 啶ぐ啶距啷嵿啶� -
啶︵た啶ㄠぎ啶氞啶涏 啶溹げ 啶膏啶班ぞ啶掂た啶｀ぞ 啶膏啶оぞ 啶оさ啶侧啶�
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啶溹え啶苦い 啶膏ぞ啶傕え啶苦ぇ啷嵿く 啶ㄠた啶︵啶班ぞ啶曕げ啶多啶� 啶多く啶ㄠぎ啷�--- [膩yatavi艣膩la峁� ha峁僺a cha峁僤a isa vi艣ada pracchda par膩cch膩 -
dinamaccha峁� jala sr膩vi峁嚹� sudh膩 dhavalena
---
janita s膩峁僴idhya nidr膩kala艣ena 艣ayanam---] ;
ibid.,p.270(10ff.) 啶啶︵ 啶膏啶ム啶� 啶灌啶� 啶む啶侧啶ぇ啶距え啶 --- [m峁沝u sth奴la ha峁僺a tulopadh膩nam --- ] 1
366. ibid., p.18(7); 169(5).
367. ibid., p.157(21); 214(16); 227(21).
