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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There were astrologers, like Vasur膩ta, who predicted
futurity, were well-versed in the secrets of omen-reading
and whose predictions were corroborated by the subsequent
occurence of the predicted events in thousands of cases;
before pronouncing the prediction they calculated the ho-
445 roscope and aspects of Das膩s and would not mince words
They fixed up the Lagna, i.e. the point of ecliptic, by
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It was
putting a pipe into a caldron, and on that basis calcula-
ted the exact time of the events, e,g., the birth of a
child, and the position of the planets thereupon.
considered lucky if the child was born at an auspicious
moment on a ggod day when the planets be in ascendenc
' and aspected with beneficial ones and the hour be opportu-
ne.
447 woman
There were palmists also who could predict the futu-
rity about whether a mandon would bear a son or not, and
448 whose predictions invariably came true.
445. TM (N), p. 263 (2ff.) -- 啶膏ぎ啶膏啶� 啶︵啶� 啶溹啶炧ぞ啶椸啶班い啶� 啶膏ぐ啶� 啶膏啶� 啶ㄠた啶た啶む啶� 啶多ぞ啶膏啶む啶班い啶む啶む啶�-
啶掂啶︵た啶ㄠぞ 啶膏す啶膏啶班ざ啶� 啶膏啶掂ぞ啶︵た啶むぞ啶︵啶多い啶ぞ 啶ぐ啶� 啶膏啶椸い啶� 啶掂じ啷佮ぐ啶距い啶ㄠぞ啶啶ㄠぞ 啶膏ぞ啶掂い啷嵿じ啶班啶�
啶膏啶啶熰啶曕啶む啶� 啶むぞ啶む啶曕ぞ啶侧た啶� 啶椸啶班す啶距ぃ啶距 啶︵ざ啶距か啶侧ぎ啷� -... 啶膏啶し啷嵿啶距啷嵿し啶班ぎ啶苦う 啶ぞ 啶︵た啶多ぞ -- [samasta deva j帽膩grata岣� sara峁嘺 sakala nimitta 艣膩stratattva-
vedin膩 sahasra艣a岣� sa峁僾膩dit膩de艣atay膩 para峁� sa峁僩atama vasur膩tan膩mn膩 s膩vatsare峁嘺
sphu峁玨峁泃ya t膩tk膩lika grah膩峁嚹佱箖 da艣膩phalam -... spa峁ａ弓膩k峁ramida m膩 di艣膩 -- ] 1
446. ibid.p.76(21拢拢.)--啶溹げ 啶曕ぐ啶距す 啶曕啶� 啶ㄠた啶曕啶粪た啶啶� 啶ㄠぞ啶∴ [jala kar膩ha ko岣峚 nik峁pta n膩岣�] 鈥�啶苦啶� 啶ㄠた啶灌た啶� 啶氞啷嵿し啷佮し啶� 啶椸ぃ啶�-
啶ㄠた啶掂す啷囙え 啶ㄠた啶多啶氞た啶む啶�, 啶︵啶掂啶ぞ啶� 啶啶班じ啶掂げ啶椸啶ㄠぎ啷� 啶啶灌啶班啶啶灌啶班え啷� 啶� 啶啶班啶距ぐ啷堗 啶曕啶む啶� 啶掂ぐ啷嵿ぃ 啶曕ぞ啶�
[啶縦膩 nihita cak峁峁Ｄ� ga峁嘺ka-
nivahena ni艣citya, devy膩岣� prasavalagnam muhurmuhurane ka prak膩rai岣� k峁泃opa var峁嘺 k膩ra
] 447, ibid., p. 75 (21) - 啶膏ぞ啶� 啶むた啶ムた啶掂ぞ啶� 啶曕ぐ啶｀ぞ啶た啶侧 啶囙い啶� 啶多啶班啶じ啷� 啶洁す啶ㄠた
啶溹え啷嵿ぎ啶椸啶班す 啶げ 啶ぞ啶侧啶膏啶�
啶啶灌啶班啶む 啶ぅ啶距じ啷嵿ぅ啶距え [s膩ra tithiv膩ra kara峁嚹乵ile iti 艣reyase 'hani
janmagraha bala b膩lakasya
muh奴rte yath膩sth膩na] 鈥屸赌�啶啶氞啶氞じ啷嵿ぅ啶距え啶膏啶ムた啶�
啶夃ぐ啷嵿ぇ啷嵿さ 啶啶栢啶ぞ啶� 啶灌 啶班ぞ啶ぞ啶-- [尘耻肠肠补蝉迟丑腻苍补蝉迟丑颈迟补
urdhva mukhy膩峁� ho r膩y膩m--] 1
啶掂ぐ啷嵿ぃ啶ㄠぎ啷�
啶啶｀啶
:
啶多啶� 啶椸啶� [惫补谤峁嘺苍补尘
辫耻峁噛别
:
艣ubha gra] 鈥�啶灌啶� 啶侧 啶曕た 啶む 啶掂た啶多啶︵啶о 啶侧啷嵿え啷�..
[haikha lo ki te vi艣uddhe lagne..
] 448. ibid.,p.64(1211.) 啶呧さ啶苦い啶ムぞ 啶︵啶� 啶膏ぞ啶啶︵啶さ啶苦う啶距啷嵿く啶距い 啶啶班じ啶� 啶侧啷嵿し啶｀ぞ啶ㄠぞ
啶曕啶粪啶｀た啶啶傕げ 啶曕え啷嵿く啶距え啶距ぎ啷�- -- [avitath膩 de艣a s膩mudbhavid膩khy膩ta prasava lak峁峁嚹乶膩
k峁峁噄yo峁僱a kany膩n膩m- -- ] 1
