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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such princes for criticism and appreciation.
186 Long hours
were spent by the princes in discussing, with expert tea-
chers and others well-versed in the art, the aesthetic be-
187 auty (c膩rutvatattva) of pictures. So great was the pa-
ssion for art that whole days were sometimes spent by the
princes in looking at beautiful pictures of extraordinary
beauties of the day, setting aside all other daily routines.
The art had advanced to such an extent that nature was bro-
188 ught out alive on the canvass. 189 Infinite modes and vari-
eties had developed in the art of painting. 190
186. TH (N), p.163 (18ff) 啶忇え啶ぞ啶椸い啷嵿く 啶ㄠ啶� 啶ㄠた啶掂ぞ啶膏た啶ㄠ 啶掂啶︵啶多た啶曕ぞ啶� 啶侧啶曕ぞ
啶曕げ啶距じ啷� 啶啶班啶距ざ啶た啶む啶ぞ啶む啶え啷� 啶掂た啶氞啷嵿し啶｀い啶距ぎ啶ㄠ啶曕啶粪ぃ 啶ざ啷嵿く啶ㄠ啶むた 啷�
[enam膩gatya nagara niv膩sino vaide艣ik膩dha lok膩
kal膩su prak膩艣ayitum膩tmano vicak峁峁嘺t膩manuk峁峁嘺 pa艣yanti |
] ;
also cf. p.164, where Gandharvaka asks the prince to
pass his judgment on a picture.
187. ibid.,p.177 (14拢f.) 啶氞た啶む啶班さ啶苦う啷嵿く啷嬥お啶距く啷堗ぐ啶ㄠ啶啶多啶� 啶溹え啶ぐ啶啶ぐ啶距啶ㄠた啶� -
啶曕啶む啶灌げ啷堗ざ啷嵿啶苦い啷嵿ぐ啶さ啶侧啶曕く啶� 啶む 啶ぞ啶椸げ啷� 啶班ぞ啶侧啶栢啶ざ啶距じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ啶掂た啶︵啶た 啶ㄠ啶班げ啷� 啶曕啶� 啶膏す 啶掂た啶氞ぞ啶�-
啶え啷嵿え啶掂た啶氞ぞ啶班啶啶距ぐ啷佮い啷嵿さ 啶むい啷嵿い啷嵿さ啶� 啶むじ啷嵿く啶距ぇ啶� 啶掂お啶︵ [citravidyop膩yairanyai艣ca janaparampar膩janita -
kut奴halai艣citramavalokayi tu bh膩gale r膩lekhya艣膩stravidbhi nagaral墨 kai岣� saha vic膩ra-
yannavic膩ryac膩rutva tattva峁� tasy膩dhi vapad] 鈥�啶啶む啶班た啶曕ぞ啶ぞ啶� 啶班啶き啶� 啶膏ぞ啶班た啶むぞ 啶ぐ 啶掂た啶ㄠ啶︵
啶啶班啶掂ぞ 啶灌啶ぞ啶え啶え啷� 啷�
[putrik膩y膩岣� r奴pabhaya s膩rit膩 para vinoda岣�
p奴rv膩 hy膩manayan |
] 188. ibid.,p.18 (10)-- 啶曕啶掂啶苦う啶權啶椸え啶距げ啷嬥げ 啶囙い啶� 啶え啷嵿く啶� 啶ㄠた啶啶｀啶苦い啷嵿ぐ啶曕ぞ啶班 啶氞た啶む啶�-
啶啷囙啷嵿さ啶距ぐ啷嬥お啷嵿く 啶膏ぞ啶︵ぐ [kvacida峁単an膩lola iti many膩 nipu峁嘺citrak膩rai citra-
pa峁璭jv膩ropya s膩dara] 鈥�啶啶ぞ啶え啷� 啶曕啶むぞ啶ㄠた 啶班啶ぞ啶むた啶多く啶多ぞ啶侧た啶ㄠ 啶ㄠぞ啶さ 啶ㄠ啶ぞ啶� 啶曕え啷嵿く啶曕ぞ啶ㄠぞ
啶啶班い啶苦さ啶苦ぎ啷嵿が啶距え啶� 啶ぐ啶苦い啷嵿く啶曕啶むぞ啶掂啶啶班啶ぞ 啶︵た啶掂じ啶ぞ啶侧啶曕く啶ㄠ啷�
-
[mup膩yan墨 k峁泃膩ni r奴p膩ti艣aya艣膩lin墨 n膩mava n墨p膩la kanyak膩n膩
prativimb膩ni parityakt膩vyakarm膩 divasam膩lokayan|
-
] 189. ibid.,p.166 (13ff.) -- 啶忇い啶距え啶� 啶� 啶むぐ啶侧た啶むぞ啶ㄠた 啶ㄠぞ啶膏ぞ啶︵啶掂た啶灌ぞ啶� 啶忇く啷佮ぁ啷嵿ぁ啷�啶�
啶膏ぞ啶曕啶粪ぞ啶む啶膏啶氞げ啶ㄠぞ啶ㄠ啶� 啶啶班啶距ざ啶苦い啶距え啶� 啶啷嵿し啶苦ぎ啷冟 啶た啶ム啶ㄠぞ啶ㄠた 啷�
啶ぞ啶ㄠぞ啶ㄠ啶啶∴ 啶ぞ啶ㄠた
啶�
[et膩ni ca taralit膩ni n膩s膩dvih膩ya eyu岣嶀笉墨ya
s膩k峁Ｄ乼sa峁僣alan膩n墨ca prak膩艣it膩ni pak峁m峁沢a mithun膩ni |
m膩n膩nyu岣嵞� m膩ni
ca
] 1901b1d.,p.171(17) 啶夃お啶︵ぐ啷嵿ざ啶苦え 啶す啷佮さ啶苦啶侧啶啶苦い啷嵿ぐ啶多た啶侧啶啶�....
啷�
[upadar艣ina bahuvikalpacitra艣ilpena....
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