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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period
Z both in the north as well as in the south India. In the
seventh century N膩rada in his Sik峁Ｄ� propounded the theory
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of Gr膩ma-r膩gas and in the eighth Matanga, the author of
Brhaddesi, gave the first definition of R膩ga. Bhoja, a
contemporary of Dhanapala, is credited with the authorship
of Sangita-prak膩峁, a treatise on music. It should be stran-
ge if one of his pricipal court-poets and a renowned pas脫
pundit like Dhanapala could ever remain untouched by the
influence. He, thus, gives ample references to various as-
pects of music.
'Sangitaka' consisted of singing to the accompaniment
265 of various musical instruments like Mrdanga etc..
The
term is once more used in the sense of dance accompanied by
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vocal and instrumental music. The professional singers
(Gathaka-jana) sung to the accompaniment of flute, lute
and tabor; the lute was played in the top scale while the
tabor was played in the lower scale; and the Pa帽cama and
the Sadja notes enjoyed the primary and the secondary pro-
267.
minence respectively in their singing. The minstrels
(Vait膩lika) sung in the top scale to the accompaniment of
265. PM (N), p. 34 (22. Y: -- 啶︵啶� 啶ぞ啶班啶溹え 啶啶︵ぁ啶� 啶膏啶むえ啶苦い 啶椸ぎ啷嵿き啷�啶班ぃ 啶膏啶掂ぐ啷囙ぃ 啶膏啷嵿啷�-
啶む啶た啶� 啶啶班じ啷嵿い啶距さ啶え啷� 啶膏啶む啶むた啶た啶�-- [deta bh膩rjana m峁沝a岣嵞� stanita gambh墨ra峁嘺 svare峁嘺 sa峁単墨-
takamita prast膩vayan stutibhi岣�--] 1
266. ibid., p.268(16): ---
啶呧き啶苦し啷囙 啶ぞ啶侧ぞ 啶溹え啷嵿い啶班ぎ啷囙さ 啶啶班さ啶班啶むく啶苦し啷嵿く啶ㄠ啶むた 啶膏啷嵿啷�
- [abhi峁ka m膩l膩 jantarameva pravartayi峁anti sa峁単墨
-] 1 Here the reference is to the
dance performances by various princesses.
574742 267. (P.T.O.)
