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.
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being, as an artist usually is, he cannot but help imbibe
the spirit of his age and culture. This was more so in the
case of Sanskrit literary geniuses, who were, so to say,
the veritable living symbols of the highest possible deve-
lopment of the intellectual, artistic and aesthetic aspects
of the then prevalent Indian culture. Dhanapala's work,
thus, amply reflects the culture of his age. It should,
however, be noted that as the heroes of the TM came from
the topmost strata of the society of the times, the data
derived from it cocerns mostly to the elite and the royalty,
and gives a cross-section of the highest possible level of
the learning of the age as is evidenced in the references
to various arts and sciences, the vast technical vocabulary
of which has been utilized by Dhanapāla. This technical
vocabulary has been separately listed in Appendix U.
I:LEARNING AND LITERATURE:-
(1) CURRICULUM :-
The king used to be well-versed in Political Science
and in all its four auxiliaries and in practical politics.3
He generally specialized in all the systems of philosophy
and took special trouble in mastering the science of admi-
nistration and statecraft. 4 His personality was fortified
3. TM(N), p. 13 (1ff.) षाड्गुण्यप्रयो� चतुर�, चतसृष्वप� विधासु लब्ध� वर्ष� ---
[ṣāḍguṇyaprayoga catura�, catasṛṣvapi vidhāsu labdhaya varṣa� ---
] 4. ibid., p.13(3ff.)stforfatt
अनायास गृही� सकलशास्त्रार्थयापि
नीतिशास्त्रेषु खिन्नय�
-..
व्यक्तविवेकय�
-- प्रज्ञया... [anāyāsa gṛhīta sakalaśāstrārthayāpi
nītiśāstreṣu khinnayā
-..
ⲹٲ첹
-- prajñayā... ] 1
