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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started to the river for mid-day bath. Attendants accompa-
nied them with oil, Embatic Myrobalan fruits and combs.
Women started taking bath at their domestic wells. Brahmin
girls poured water into the cisterns for birds. Old women
went to the temples. Beggars roamed from house to house
for food. Government also ran some inns where the destitu-
tes were provided with food, drink, bed and medicines. 387
The citizens enjoyed themselves in public parks.
Royal palace had, adjoining to it, an extensive garden
having trees like Lavanga, Punnaga, Candana and Aguru, and
388 members of the royal family entertained themselves therein.
The usual means of transport for royal personages
was elephant, particularly the female one, which was duly
389.
decorated and faced to the east before starting. White
Camaras were waved on their either sides and a white para-
sol was held over their heads. The body-guards of the royal
personages rode the horses. 390
Royal processions were common,
and they generally comprised soldiers, bards and royal
attendants. The procession moved to the accompaniment of
387, TM(N), p.66(15ff.).
388. ibid., p.303(2ff.); 315(10).
389. ibid., p.330(llff.).
390. ibid., p.419(3ff.).
