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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(8) LITERARY
CRITICISM :-
Literary criticism generally keeps pace with the de-
velopments in literature. The various assemblies royal,
scholarly or amateurish - were meant for critical appre-
ciation of all sorts of literary compositions from stray
Subh膩sitas to full-fledged treatises. An instance of one
of them is afforded in the appreciation of the enigmatic
love-letter by Prince Hativ膩hana, 49 when he was enjoying
the discussions of various types of poetic pieces, like
Prahelik膩, Prasnottara, Satprajnaka-g膩th膩, and verses de-
50.
liberately dropping Bindu, M膩tr膩 or Ak峁ra. The companions
actively participated in it and applauded the performance
and its excellence, while the ignorant ones, geigning them-
selves wise, were laughed at as they had to keep mum for
a long time due to apparently deep but unsuccessful thinking.
The Subh膩峁tas were expected to have uncommon form,
charm, grace, liveliness and sprightly mode as well as
52 topic of narration. The skillfully lucid pattern of sy-
llables (snigdh膩 var峁嘺yukti) was a desirable quality in
49. cf. TM(N), pp.109-110.
50. ibid.,p.108(3ff.) - 啶氞た啶む啶班お啶� 啶ぞ 啶膏啶氞た啶むぞ 啶ㄠ啶� 啶膏啶ㄠ啶︵ぐ啷嬥う啶距ぐ啶距ぐ啷嵿ぅ啷�
啶啶た啶粪啶犩ぞ 啶曕ぞ啶掂啶啷嬥し啷嵿啷� [citrapada bh膩 s奴cit膩 neka sundarod膩r膩rth墨
bh奴mi峁ａ弓h膩 k膩vyago峁ａ弓h墨 ] 1--啶啷嵿く啶ぞ啶ㄠぞ啶膏
啶粪啷� [辫补峁环测补尘腻苍腻蝉耻
峁峁�] 鈥�啶啶班い啶� 啶椸ぞ啶оぞ啶膏
--
啶氞た啶む啶班ぞ啶侧啶曕ぞ啶�-
啶啶班す啷囙げ啶苦啶� 啶溹ぞ啶むた啶粪 啶啶班ざ啷嵿え啷嬥い啷嵿い啶� 啶啶班き啷囙う啷囙し啷�,
- 啶た啶ㄠ啶︵啶� [prataka g膩dh膩su
--
肠颈迟谤腻濒补峁僰腻谤补-
prahelik膩 j膩ti峁 pra艣nottara prabhede峁,
- binduma] 鈥屶ぞ鈥�啶む啶班ぞ 啶曕啶粪ぐ啶氞啶啶む 啶多啶侧啶曕啶粪... [tr膩 k峁racyutaka 艣loke峁... ] 1
51. ibid.,p.108拢8H) 啶灌ぞ啶膏啶ぎ啶距え啷囙し啷� 啶︵啶班啶樴啶距げ啶距え啷� 啶啶� 啶ㄠた啶粪啶げ啶氞た啶ㄠ啶むぞ 啶啶ㄠ啶粪 啶啶班ぞ啶溹啶�-
啶え啷嵿く啷囙し啷�, 啶啶班啶距ざ啷嵿く啶ぞ啶ㄠ
啶膏ぞ啶о啶掂ぞ啶� [h膩syam膩ne峁 d墨rghak膩l膩nu bh奴ta ni峁halacint膩 maune峁 pr膩j帽a-
manye峁, prak膩艣yam膩ne
蝉腻诲丑耻惫腻诲补] 鈥�啶掂た啶оた啶ㄠぞ 啶啶оぞ啶ㄠ啶� 啶啶оぐ啶じ啷�, 啶掂た啶溹啶啶ぎ啶距ぃ啷�
啶多た啶粪啶ぞ啶｀ぞ啶� 啶曕啶む啶曕ぐ啶膏-- [vidhin膩 budh膩no峁� bodharabhase, vij峁沵bham膩峁噀
艣i峁膩峁嚹佱箖 kautukarase--] 1
啶ㄠた啶班啶ぐ
[nirbhara
] 52. ibid.,p.419 (10), 啶呧え啷佮お啶� 啶班啶� 啶侧ぞ啶掂ぃ啷嵿く 啶膏啶ぞ啶椸啶� 啶掂た啶曕ぞ啶� 啶掂ぐ啷嵿ぃ啶ぞ啶掂た啶粪く啶距ぃ啶�--
啶膏啶ぞ啶粪た啶むぞ啶ㄠた - [anupama r奴pa l膩va峁噛a saubh膩gya vik膩sa var峁嘺m膩vi峁y膩峁噄--
subh膩峁t膩ni -] 1
