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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but an entertainment for them to critically discuss the
fine points concerning the excellences and shortcomings
of the performances by the dancers presented before them
287 by the dance-masters well-read in Dramaturgy. The actors
288.
assisted in dancing. There is a reference to Natyaveda,
289.
Kara峁嘺prayoga, Ranga, Angah膩ra and Natyakarman, all of
which have technical significance in the science of dancing.
Among the styles of dancing only two are mentioned,. viz.,
290,
Lasya and Ta峁囜笉ava, both of which were counted among the
arts to be mastered by princesses. The dancers and actre-
sses of the royal court were specially honoured by prese-
291 ntation of a Patta, possibly a gold fillet, to them.
The royal coronation ceremony, attainment of divine powers
or successful completion of mystic penance by the king or the
the prince, the marriage of a princesses, and popular
festival connected with some deity, were some of the pro-
per occasions on which music and dancing found a prominent
292 place.
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287. TM (N), p.18 ( 16 ) : 啶曕う啶距啶苦う啶距さ啷� 啶︵た啶� 啶ㄠた啶栢た啶侧え啶距啷� [kad膩cid膩ve dina nikhilan膩峁�] 鈥�啶さ啷囙う啷� 啶え啶苦し啶︵啶た啶班啶� 啶班啶� 啶曕啶｀ぞ 啶樴啶ぞ啶�
啶班啶う啶班啶多た啶むぞ啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶ㄠぐ啷嵿い啶曕 啶ㄠぞ啶啷嵿し啷佮ぃ啷嵿ぃ啷囙え 啶多ぞ啶班き啶掂ぐ啷嵿い啷嵿ぎ啶ㄠぞ 啶曕啶むじ啷傕啷嵿し啷嵿ぎ 啶椸啶｀う啷嬥し啷嬥お啶ㄠ啶ぞ啶膏
啶ざ啷嵿く啶� 啶侧啶侧ぞ啶膏啶さ啶苦ぇ啶苦ぎ啷� --
--
[yavedo pani峁dbhirna rta ko峁嚹� ghy膩ya
rupadar艣it膩n膩峁� nartak墨 n膩mak峁峁囜箛ena 艣膩rabhavartman膩 k峁泃as奴k峁a gu峁嘺do峁pany膩sa岣�
pa艣ya峁� ll膩syavidhim --
--
] 288. ibid.,p.122 (11): 啶曕啶多啶侧く啷� 啶ㄠぐ啷嵿い啷嵿く 啶ぞ 啶ㄠぎ啷�
[ku艣墨layai nartya m膩 nam奴
] 289. ibid.,p.18(15); 270(11-15).
啶曕ぞ啶啷嬥啷� 啶啷嵿 [k膩mako峁璭 pa峁弓a] 鈥�啶掂え啷嵿ぇ啶啷�
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] 290. ibid., p.268(20); 342(12); 363(11). /
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291. cf. ibid., p.372 (11ff.): 45134 structuf_2517241: L
啶え啷嵿う啶距ぐ啶苦, 啶椸え啷嵿ぇ啶班啶掂お啶むた啶班す啶距え啶啶� [mand膩rika, gandharvapatirah膩nayo岣� ] h
292. cf. ibid., p.142(14ff.).. taifa Mutz mot at
啶啶む啶� 啶� 啶曕啶掂ぞ啶た 啶ㄠ啶班 啶ㄠ啷� 啶掂ぞ
( [ya峁僼ra ca kv膩pi nagare nage v膩
(] P.T.O.)
