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.
Chapter 11 - Social Data
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(D) : LIFE IN HERMITAGE :-
From the stray references to various details rega-
rding the hermit life of Malayasundari both at the hermi-
tage of Kulapati s膩nt膩tapa at the foot of the Malaya moun-
tain and at the nunnery adjoining to the Jain temple on
h
Mount Ekasr氓ga on the Vaitaa ya range, we can compile a
picture of life in hermitage as it might have obtained in
those days.
The inmates of the Prasanta-vaira-膩srama consited
420 of hermits, old nuns and hermit girls. They lived in
thatched cottages Brahmins and others from the cities
421 often visited it, 422,
422 and brought the news about current
affairs.
Early in the morning the old hermits sang hymns to
the holy river Ganga, the forgotten verses whereof were
reminded to them by the parrots resting in their nests
423 on the nearby trees. Travellers used to lodge there for
sometime and recite verses revealing the message of the
424 morn. Shallow cups prepared from Pal膩sa leaves served
麓as containers of food which consisted chiefly of bukhaska
420. TM(N),p.331(1)--- m142THA IT
啶啶ㄠた啶曕啶ぞ啶班た啶曕ぞ 啶掂啶ㄠ啶�
[munikum膩rik膩 v峁沶da
] 331(11陇拢.) -- 啶膏啶ムさ啶苦ぐ啶むぞ啶じ啷�啶膏ぎ啷傕す啷囙え -- [sthavirat膩pas墨sam奴hena --] ; 358 (9) 啶掂啶︵啶оさ啷堗啶距え啶膏啶� --- [v峁沝dhavaikh膩nasai岣� --- ] 1
421. ibid., p.331(14) 啶ぐ啷嵿ぃ啶多ぞ啶侧ぞ --- [par峁嘺艣膩l膩 --- ] 1 ; 358 ( 9 ) -- 啶嗋ざ啷嵿ぐ啶啶熰 [腻艣谤补尘辞峁璦箩补 ] 1
422. ibid., p.331(15)- 啶曕ぞ啶炧啶氞た啶掂た啶粪く啶� 啶︵ぞ啶椸い啷囙え 啶︵啶掂た啶溹ぞ啶むた 啶ㄠぞ... [k膩帽civi峁y膩 d膩gatena dvij膩ti n膩...] !
423. ibid.,p.358 (6ff.) - 啶ㄠた啶曕ぐ 啶︵啶� 啶曕啶侧ぞ啶� 啶多ぞ啶た啶ㄠぞ 啶多啶曕啷佮げ啷囙 啶掂ぞ啶班啶掂ぞ啶� -
[nikara duma kul膩ya 艣膩yin膩 艣ukakulega v膩ra峁僾膩ra -
] 4810 啶ぞ啶掂啶оぎ啶距え啶掂た啶膏啶啶� 啶曕啶班ぎ啶距ぃ啶�
[m膩vedham膩navism峁泃a kram膩峁噄
] 424. ibid.,p.358(10ff).
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啶啶班ぞ啶ぞ啶むた 啶曕ぞ 啶嗋じ啷嵿い啷嬥い啷嵿ぐ啶椸啶� 啶曕ぞ啶ㄠた... |
[pr膩bh膩ti k膩 膩stotrag墨ta k膩ni... |
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