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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the notes of Turya 268 548 much in the same fashion probably as
is done even today in the popular Gujarati folk-drama ca-
lled Bhav膩i. The special mention of the process of repi-
tition of the quarters or words of a stanza in the course
269 of singing, would testify to the prominence of the mu-
sical aspect as expressed in the effective use of the pa-
tterns of musical notes in their individual effect (膩l膩pa)
as well as in quick succession (t膩na) and smooth transi-
tional variations like minda and murcchan膩.Various styles
of vocal music, such as K膩kal墨-g墨ta sung by Kinnaras, 270
the songs sung in the ancient scale of Gandhara-gr膩ma with
271 m眉rcchanas, and the tragic strains of forest tribes who
272 utilized them to entice the deers for hunting them, are
mentioned. Of these the K膩kali-g墨ta refers to a musical
pattern in which the highest sharp of Ni note predominates
Gandh膩ra-gr膩ma corresponds to the Hanumatodi r膩ga of the
southern system, a typical minor r膩ga with sharpened fourth
273 The term 'M奴rcchan膩'signified the
instead of the fifth.
grace notes in various modes adding to the malady-form of
268. TM (N), p.17(7ff.) 啶む啶班啶� 啶班さ 啶膏啶掂ぐ啷嵿ぇ啶苦い啷堗じ啷嵿い啶距ぐ 啶むぐ啶掂た啶侧ぞ啶た啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶掂啶むぞ啶侧た啶曕啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶о啶掂え啶苦き啶苦-- [t奴rya rava sa峁僾ardhitaist膩ra taravil膩pin膩峁� vait膩lik墨n膩峁� dhvanibhi岣�--] 1
269. ibid.,p.232(10) 啶掂ぞ啶班 啶掂ぞ啶班ぎ啶距さ啶班啶むた啶� 啶う啶距ぎ啶距ぐ啷嵿く啶� 啶た啶ぞ啶啶氞啶氞 啶囙啶距く啶む ... |
[v膩ra峁� v膩ram膩vartita pad膩m膩ry膩 mim膩muccai ig膩yat ... |
] 270. ibid., p.169(1).
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啶多啶班さ啶｀ぐ啶ㄠ啶о啶班ぎ啶о啶班啶距え啷嵿ぇ啶距ぐ
[艣谤补惫补峁嘺谤补苍诲丑谤补尘补诲丑耻谤补驳腻苍诲丑腻谤补
] 271. ibid,p.42 ( 11 ) 啶む啶啶啶班啶啶栢え啷� 啶多啶班さ啶｀ぐ啶ㄠ啶о啶� 啶ぇ啷佮ぐ啶椸ぞ啶ㄠ啶оぞ啶� 啶椸啶班ぞ啶� 啶啶班啶氞啶涏え啶� -
啶多啶班さ啶｀ぎ啷�
[tumburumukhane 艣rava峁嘺randhra madhurag膩ndh膩ra gr膩ma m奴rcchan膩 -
艣谤补惫补峁嘺尘
] =
-5.
-
1; 57 ( 1 ) 啶曕た啶ㄠ啶ㄠぐ啶距ぐ啶啶о啶距え啷嵿ぇ啶距ぐ啶椸啶班ぞ啶啷�啶むた.... [办颈苍苍补谤腻谤补产诲丑补驳腻苍诲丑腻谤补驳谤腻尘补驳墨迟颈.... ] 1
272. ibid.,p.200 (5) 啶啶班い啶苦ぁ啶苦ぎ啷嵿き啶啶う啶苦ざ啷嵿く啶ぞ啶� 啶啶� 啶啶� 啶曕ぞ啶班た 啶曕ぐ啷佮ぃ啶椸啶むぞ啶た啶�
啶多が啶班お啶侧啶侧啶た啶� ...
[prati岣峣mbhamupadi艣yam膩na m峁沢a moha k膩ri karu峁嘺g墨t膩bhi岣�
艣abarapall墨bhi岣� ...
] 273. MOI,p.37.
