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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 (“prose-romance�). The author, Dhanapala was a court poet to the Paramara king Munja, who ruled the Kingdom of Malwa in ancient west-central India.

Chapter 12 - Cultural Data

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External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)


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were so transparent that the harem-maids often dashed th
their heads against them. Various types of interior bui-
ldings are mentioned, such as Adarsa-bhavana, Padmarāga-
and
86 sadma,ДIndranila-mandira. The walls of the dining-hall
were studded with jewels.
87 88
Gardens formed an invariable feature of the pala-
ces and the temples, and every garden had a step-well and
possibly a sport-pool; the foot-paths were strewn with
the flour of sawed elephant tusk and powder of pearls.
The steps of the stair-cases of the palaces and tanks were
89 lined up with precious slabs of jewel-stone and etc.,
A canopy was built to serve as a bath-room, while the
bath-rooms for the royal ladies were lined with curtainsā
90 for privacy.
(c) PLANS OF RESIDENTIAL HOUSES OF CITIZENS
The Saudha type of multi-storeyed mansions were
conspicuous by their high compound-walls and tall gates
with alligator-architraves, by the swing-couches suspen-
ded on to a pair of pillars by the platsorm in the court-
yard,
1 86. TM(N),p.373(7); 373(19)
87, ibia, p. 374(11.) -- रुचिरं मणिभित्तिचित्र� ... भोजन भव� मण्डपम�... [rucira� maṇibhitticitra� ... bhojana bhavana maṇḍapam... ] 1
88. ibid., p.37(24); 41(15); 301(20); 307(21); 212(9ff.)
क्रक� क्षेत्� करिदन्� क्षो� पाण्डुरे� क्षोदीयस� मौक्ति� चूर्� वालुका प्रकरण
[krakaca kṣetra karidanta kṣoda pāṇḍureṇa kṣodīyasā mauktika cūrṇa vālukā prakaraṇa
]
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समझकुमार भूतलम् ऑरामम् [samajhakumāra bhūtalam ऑrāmam ] 1
89. ibid.,p.300(10)
स्ना� मण्डपिका... [snāna maṇḍapikā...] 1
90. ibid, p. 300 ( 1111.) -- समन्तत� स्रंसितवित� काण्डपरकायाम�-
गन्धोदके� यक्ष विधि कृताभिषेका--- [samantata� sraṃsitavitata kāṇḍaparakāyām-
gandhodakena yakṣa vidhi kṛtābhiṣekā---
]
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