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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(3) COOKERY AND DINING ETIQUETTES :-
The cooks (Supak膩ra) employed in the royal mess
(Mah膩nasa) were well-trained in the science of cookery
(S奴pak膩ra-s膩stra) and cooked many kinds of preparations
profusely utilizing a variety of spices. The resultant
delicacies, some of them to be masticated, some to be shana
lapped and still others to be sipped, were treated with
pleasing colours, perfumes and tastes. 457 A few of such
dainties mentioned by Dhanap膩la are D膩岣峣mab墨ja-p膩ka, 艢膩li-
458 ta峁囜笉ula, Fenik膩, Asokavartti, Kan Kha峁囜笉ave峁ａ弓a and Modaka.
In the forest of the Vaitadhya mountain, the travellers
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cooked their rice by dipping them in the hot-water streams
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Among the utensils for cooking, serving and etc.,
the following are mentioned, viz., K膩峁ａ弓hap膩tr墨, Lohakarpara,
460 Ka峁乭a, K膩帽cana-sth膩l膩, Padmar膩ga-ca峁ka and Patraputa.
Before the lunch the prince took bath and put on their
best dress; everybody had a fixed seat for dining. 461 "After
washing the hands and having rinsed the mouth, the prince
smoked a scented cigarrette of spices, besmeared his face
457. TM (N), p.178 (1ff.) - 啶呧い啶苦す啷嵿く 啶掂お啷傕ぐ啷嵿ぃ 啶椸え啷嵿ぇ 啶班じ啶啶む啶曕啶粪啶熰ぎ啷傕げ啷嵿く 啶膏啶う啷嵿ぇ啶苦 啶膏啶�-
啶曕ぞ啶� 啶多ぞ啶膏啶む啶班啶� 啶げ啶啶оく啶ムぞ 啶掂じ啶班ぎ啷佮お [atihya vap奴r峁嘺 gandha rasamutk峁涐梗峁璦m奴lya sa峁僷addhi岣� s奴pa-
k膩ra 艣膩stro峁� palabdhayath膩 vasaramupa] 鈥�啶曕げ啷嵿お啶苦い啷堗ぐ啶� 啶むく 啶す啷佮き啶苦ぐ啷嵿え 啶掂啶︵啶掂啶さ啶苦ざ啷囙し啶班啶�-
啶膏啶曕啶むぞ啶掂啶� 啶膏啶曕啶むぞ啶ㄠえ啷� 啶� 啶啷嵿し啷嵿く 啶侧く 啶啶� 啶啶班啶距ぐ啶ぞ 啶膏啶掂ぞ啶� 啶ぞ啶傕啶曕ぞ啶�
[kalpitairana taya bahubhirna vaidvyavi艣e峁r奴pa-
sk峁泃膩veja sk峁泃膩nane ka bhak峁a laya peya prak膩ram膩 sv膩da y膩峁僣ak膩ra
] 373(12) - 啶呧え啷囙啷堗 啶膏啶啶距ぐ啷堗 啶啶班い啷嵿く啷囙啶ぞ啶班啶た 啶むさ啶苦ざ啶苦し啷嵿 啶むぐ 啶膏啶膏啶曕ぞ啶班ぞ啶ㄠ-- 啶呧い啶苦き啷傕ぎ啶膏
啶く啶啶班啶距ぐ啶距え啷�
[anekai岣� s奴pak膩rai岣� pratyekam膩ropi tavi艣i峁ａ弓a tara sa峁僺k膩r膩n-- atibh奴maso
产丑补测补辫谤补办腻谤腻苍
] 458. ibid.,p.238(1); 305(1); 305(12).
459. 1bid.,p.235 (3拢f.) 啶曕う啶距啶� 啶む啶ぞ 啶ㄠ啶�. 啶むぃ啷嵿ぁ啷佮げ 啶啶班じ啷嵿ぅ 啶啷堗 啶啶班い啶苦啶班啶� 啶ぞ 啶掂ぐ啷嵿い啷嵿い啶苦え啶�
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啶曕さ啶︵え啷囙え 啶曕ぇ啷嵿く啶ぞ啶� 啶啶班啷冟い啶苦き啶苦ぐ啷嵿う啶灌え啷嬥う啶曕啶�
[kad膩ci ty膩 ndha. ta峁囜笉ula prastha pacai岣� pratigarta m膩 varttin膩
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kavadanena kadhyam膩na prak峁泃ibhirdahanodakai岣�
] 460. Ibid.,p.124(16); 76(21); 69(11); 10(6); 214(3);48(16).
461. ibid.;p.237(4ff.).
