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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A couple of pathological symptoms are also noticed.
Thus, a disease of disturbed windy humour could be deduced
from such symptoms as numerous protuberances on the belly
accompanied by darkening of the skin. 452 The disturbance
of the Ud膩na humour was held responsible for causing one to
453 vomit.
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Various types of pathological treatment of wounds,
boils or ulcers (Dustavra峁嘺) are listed by the poet, such
as, neutralization by magical (Tantra) or mystic formula
(Mantra), surgery (Sastra-vy膩p膩ra), burning of a part of
it (Ekadesa-dahana), application of ointments (Ajya-d膩na)
and bandaging (Pa峁弓abandha). The first-aid in the cases
of poison effect consisted of annointment of the juice of
some wild medicinal plants and wipping off by mystic for-
455 mulae.
454 The references to Rasakupika, Rasa-siddhi-veda
and Dh膩tuv膩dika testify to the development of the science
of Alchemy in those days.
452. TM(N),p.211(13ff.)
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456 啶ぞ啶侧ぐ啷嬥啷嬥お啶膏啶むぎ啶苦さ
啶す啷� [产腻濒补谤辞驳辞辫补蝉迟补尘颈惫补
bahu] 鈥�啶椸啶侧啶� 啶膏啶曕啶侧啶熰ぐ 啶多啶ぞ啶げ啶むぞ-
[gulma sa峁僰ulo峁璦ra 艣y膩malat膩-
] 453. 161d.,p.23(14拢EO) -- 啶夃う啷嵿啶距ぐ啶た啶� 啶む啶掂啶班啶︵ぞ啶� 啶掂啶� 啶ㄠた啶班じ啷嵿い啶-- [udg膩ramiva t墨vrod膩na vega nirastam--] 1
454. ibid.,p.133(9ff.).
455. ibid., p. 378 (23) -- 啶啶班啶掂う啷冟し啷嵿 啶掂え啷嵿く啷屶し啶оた 啶囙じ 啶啶班げ啷囙お啶距う啶� 啶曕ぐ啷嵿ぎ啶｀ぞ -- 啶え啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ啶う啶�-
啶ぎ啶距ぐ啷嵿啶ㄠ啶� --. [p奴rvad峁涐梗峁璦 vanyau峁dhi isa pralep膩di karma峁嚹� -- mantrapad膩-
pam膩rjanena --. ] 1 :
456. ibid., p.235(19ff.); 22(10).
