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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Kahala, Jhallari, Muraja, Pa峁璦ha, Tantr墨, V墨峁嚹�, T奴rya and
Ve峁噓 are also mentioned.
279 Peculiar interest attaches to a few details, such as,
280 the sweet notes aroused on striking a lute with a lotus,
281 reference to playing on the lute with the right hand;
the special sympathetic strings tuned to the higher scale
868 registers and wearing of gem-studded plectrum on the
index finger of the left hand and its use for touching the
282 285
frets; tuning of the strings of the lute; the flute-
284 -players sitting in front of the singers; and the reed
285 case for preserving the flutes.
286 As has been noted by Shri Projesh Banerji, we find
from documentary evidence that the Sangita Sastra of India,
inwhich are included dancing, acting, singing, etc., reached
its height some time in the first or the second century,
and remained so for nearly one thousand years.
Dhanapala has depicted that the kings sometimes po-
ssessed so much knowledge of the dancing lore that it was
279. cf.TM(N), pp.34(21); 41(13); 76(8ff.); 199(21 & 23);
158(15); 186(3ff.); 236(23); 264(20); 360(16); 372
(17); 391(3); 395(1).
280. ibid, p.153 (15) 啶ㄠげ啶苦え 啶侧ぞ啶∴た啶� 啶むえ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ啷�啶曕げ啷囙え啷� 啶す啶侧た啶む --- [nalina l膩岣峣ta tantr墨kalene bahalita岣� ---] j
281. See infra.
282. ibid.,p.186(3拢f.)
... 啶嗋じ啶ぞ 啶侧啶ぞ 啶ぞ啶� 啶曕啶侧た啶む啶距え啷嵿い 啶班い啷嵿え 啶曕啶赤啶ぞ
啶掂ぞ啶お啶距ぃ啶苦お啶侧啶侧さ 啶啶班う啷囙ざ啶苦え啷嵿く啶� 啶膏啶ムぞ啶ㄠじ啷嵿ぅ啶距え 啶膏啶啶粪啶熰げ啶距ぐ啶むえ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ啷�啶椸啶｀ぞ啶� 啶︵啷嵿し啶苦ぃ 啶曕ぐ啶�
啶掂啶｀ぞ啶啷�
[膩sam膩 ly膩 p膩sa kelitak膩nta ratna ko岣穣膩
v膩map膩峁噄pallava prade艣iny膩 sth膩nasth膩na sp峁涐梗峁璦l膩ratantr墨gu峁嚹佱箖 dak峁峁嘺 kara峁嘺
惫墨峁嚹乵触
] 283. ibid,p.269 (3) 啶掂啶ぇ啷�啶え啷嵿い 啶掂啶椸た啶曕啶班た啶むじ啷嵿い啶む 啶啶班す啷佮い 啶むえ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ啷� 啶ぐ啶苦啷嵿し啶苦い-
啶曕げ 啶о啶掂え啶苦き啶苦ぐ啷嵿え啶苦ざ啷嵿啶侧ぞ啶� 啶曕げ啶距 啶掂げ啷嵿げ啶曕啶粪, 啶掂た啶む啶む啶班啶� 啶掂た啶掂た啶оぎ啶距ぐ啷嵿啶ㄠぞ啶ㄠた
啶膏啷嵿啶距え啷嵿く啶曕啶班啶え啷嵿い 啶ㄠぞ啶ㄠぞ啶掂ぞ啶︵た啶む啶班ぞ啶｀た 啶ぐ啶むお啷佮い啷嵿ぐ啷堗
[vyadh墨yanta vaigikairitastata岣� prahuta tantr墨 parik峁ta-
kala dhvanibhirni艣cal膩岣� kal膩岣� vallak墨峁, vitt墨r峁嘺 vividham膩rjan膩ni
sajj膩nyakr墨yanta n膩n膩v膩ditr膩峁噄 bharataputrai岣�
] the
:
284. 1b1d.,p.269 (7) 啶呧啷嵿ぐ啷� 啶椸ぞ啶え啷�啶� 啶椸ぃ 啶啶ぞ啶掂た啶多え啷嵿く啶距啶多た啶曕ぞ啶�,
[agre g膩yan墨ya ga峁嘺 mup膩vi艣any膩峁兣沬k膩岣�,
] 285. ibid: 啶ㄠた啶氞啶侧啶� 啶曕啶粪啶� 啶啶班啷冟し啷嵿 啶掂啶椸さ啶� 啶掂ぞ啶傕ざ啶苦啶距 啷�
[niculak膩 k峁涐梗峁璦 prak峁涐梗峁璦 vegava岣� v膩峁兣沬k膩岣� |
] /286.DOI,p.44.
