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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outskirts of the city, as the city-guards would not allow
379.
them inside the city limits. Rich merchants kept their
heards of live-stack outside the city.
380 381
The citizens of Ayodhyā are said to be generous
in charity in expectation of enjoyments; they obeyed due
to the fear of the state, observed etiquette purposefully,
earned without satisfaction, and honoured old people just.
as an exercise in learning courtesy.
Dhanapāla has drawn a fine picture of the peculiari-
ties of the life in South Indian cities in his description
of Kanci. The rich citizens of Kanci̇ are said to be very
much absorbed in physical pleasures. The city-dwellers
in general were learned and Brahmins in particular felt
their lives fruitful. The couttezans and parasites were
an important section of the city population and their
sole interest in life centred around sensual enjoyments.
The students begged their alms and roamed everywhere re-
383 citing their lessons aloud. The general food of the
382 cultured citizens of Kañci consisted of fruits like orange,
bread-fruit, and banana, and the drink consisted chiefly of
379. TM (N), p.116 (22ff.) -- अप्रमत्तरक्ष� पदात� वार्यमाणाः
--- आधोर� गणेन --- [apramattarakṣaṇa padāti vāryamāṇāḥ
--- ādhoraṇa gaṇena --- ] 1
तृणकुटी� को�
[tṛṇakuṭīra koṇa
] 380. ibid., p.117(2ff.)
381. ibid.,p.12(16ff.)
382. ibid., p.260(16ff.).
383. ibid., p.68(1-2).
पर्यन्� रचित-
[paryanta racita-
]
