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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know for certain whether the ink referred to was prepared
from gold partcles dissolved in some suitable base or
from red mineral chalk. But the fact that finely pow-
dered gold dust was applied over the the writing to en-
250.
hance the beauty of the letters' indicates to the possi-
bility of the ink being prepared from red mineral chalk;
otherwise gold dust would be a superfluous duplication.
Sammaraketu's
message to Malayasundari was written with
an ink which seems to have been soluble in water, as some
of the letters in it were partly washed away due to their
getting wet with water.
251 The anonymous love-letter deci-
phered and interpreted by Hariv膩hana in the Mattakokila
garden was written with an ink prepared from liquid musk;
the borders of the letter were decorated with leaf-motif
designs drawn with saffron ink; camphor powder was besmea-
red over the letter so that the letters would shine as if
written with pearl powder; and the whole letter was fur-
ther perfumed with aloe-wood incense. 252 There is a re-
253 The letters
ference also to the use of collyrium as ink.
250. TM (N), p. 196 (12) - 啶呧さ啶氞啶班啶｀た啶む 啶曕啶粪啶︵啶じ啶� 啶膏啶掂ぐ啷嵿ぃ 啶班啶｀啶ㄠた啶曕ぐ啶� -- [avac奴r峁噄ta岣� k峁d墨yas膩 svar峁嘺 re峁噓nikara峁嘺 -- ] 1
251. ibid.,p.339(9掳掳 ) 啶� 啶� 啶侧啶栢 啶膏げ啶苦げ啶� 啶掂ぞ啶侧啶侧ぞ啶︵ぞ啶� 啶むぅ啶� 啶膏啶ムぞ啶�-
啶膏啶ムぞ啶ㄠ啶粪 啶︵啶班啶掂た 啶啶︵啶� 啶ぞ啶掂ぞ啶班啶ム 啶洁お啶� ... [sa ca lekha岣� salilala v膩lul膩d膩ra tath膩 sth膩na-
sth膩ne峁 durvi bauddha bh膩v膩rtho 'pi ...] 1
252. ibtd.,p.109 (4拢拢.) -- 啶膏ぞ啶ㄠ啶︵啶班ぎ啷冟啶� [蝉腻苍诲谤补尘峁沢补尘补] 鈥屶う鈥�啶ざ啷嵿ぐ啷� 啶啷� [ma艣r墨 pa峁�] 鈥�啶曕げ啶苦啶苦い啷堗 啶啶班い啷嵿く啶� 啶曕啶權啶曕啶� -
啶い啷嵿ぐ 啶啷嵿啶� 啶多啶た啶班啶た啶� 啶曕啶粪啶｀ぞ啶椸啶班 啶о啶さ啶距じ 啶膏啶啶むじ啷屶ぐ 啶ぞ啶むた啶班啶曕 啶班き啶苦え啶� 啶啶侧た啶� -
啶曕啶粪啶む啶� 啶掂た啶多う 啶掂ぐ啷嵿ぃ啷囙え 啶啶｀啶� 啶ぐ啶苦ぎ啶� 啶啶氞ぞ 啶曕ぐ啷嵿か啷嵿く啷� 啶� 啶氞啶班啶｀啶� 啶膏ぎ啶ㄠ啶むぞ啶︵さ啶曕啶班啶｀啶�
啶呧啷嵿し 啶灌 [kalikhitai岣� praty膩 ku峁卥uma -
patra bha峁単膩 艣obhirbhi岣� k峁涐梗峁嚹乬uru dh奴pav膩sa sa峁僢h峁泃asaura bh膩tirekai rabhinava maulika -
k峁tra vi艣ada var峁噀na pu峁噛a parimala muc膩 karphy奴 ra c奴r峁噀na samant膩davak墨r峁嘺i岣�
ak峁 hai] ? -----
啶膏啶ㄠた啶椸啶оぞ 啶溹え啶え啷� 啶灌ぐ啶距ぎ啷� 啷�
[snigdh膩 janamano har膩m |
] 253. cf.ibid., p.3,vs.16b: --E I
