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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662 75
local princes when he arrived at the Pr膩gjyotisa region;
similarly, Samaraketu was duly presented with clothings
and ornaments by queen Madiravati;
76 'so again was Gandha-
rvaka honoured by Harivahana with presents of ornaments,
77 clothings and Tamb奴la. A friend was at times led by the
hand as a mark of affection. 78
(10) SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS
The castle was vigilantly being guarded by hundreds
79 of soldiers from the guard-posts in the castle-gates, and
it is natural that the regular sentinels and contingents
were detailed gor guard-duty in the guard-posts of the
gates, and the lanes leading to them. Similarly, guard-
duties, changing at an interval of every three hours, seem
to have been regularly arranged, particularly during the
night hours which were heralded by a flourish of trumpets,
The contingents deployed for the purpose consisted of a
number of elephants and armed soldiers who guarded differe-
nt parts of the royal palace; the elephants also seem to
have been changing with the change in the duties of the
75. TM(N),p.182(18ff.)
啶夃い啷嵿い啶班ぞ啶溹ぇ啶ㄠた啶掂ぞ啶膏た啶ㄠ啶� 啶︵ぐ啷嵿ざ啶ㄠぞ啶班啶ムた啶ㄠ 啶ぞ啶班啶ムた啶曕ぞ啶�
啶膏ぎ啶距啶椸啶啶� 啷� 啶夃お 啶ㄠた啶ㄠ啶啶多啶� 啶掂た啶多啶掂え啶苦え 啶掂啶多く啶� 啶ㄠた啶溹え啶苦啶︵啶多啶距い啶距え啶� 啶溹ぞ啶むお啷嵿ぐ啷�啶むく啶�
啶啶班ぇ啶距え啶距え啶� 啶むじ啷嵿ぎ啷� 啶啶班ぞ啶啶むぞ啶ㄠた 啷�
[uttar膩jadhaniv膩sino峁� dar艣an膩rthina岣� p膩rthik膩岣�
sam膩jagmu岣� | upa ninyu艣va vi艣vanina ve艣ay膩 nijanijade艣aj膩t膩ni j膩tapr墨taya岣�
pradh膩n膩ni tasmai pr膩bh峁泃膩ni |
] 76. ibid.,p.103(3ff.)
啶曕ぐ啷� 啶椸啶灌啶む啶掂ぞ 啶膏ぎ啶啷囙い啷佮 啶う啶苦ぐ啶距さ啶む 啶さ啶ㄠく啶椸啷嵿啶む 啷�
啶むい啷嵿ぐ 啶� 啶呧さ啶距お啷嵿い啶掂じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ 啶啶粪ぃ啷囙え 啶膏啶ㄠぞ啶ㄠ啶椸ぎ啷嵿く啶ぞ啶ㄠ : [kare g峁沨墨tv膩 samayaketu峁� madir膩vat墨 bhavanayagacchat |
tatra ca av膩ptavastra bh奴峁峁噀na sen膩nugamyam膩na岣� : ] 1
77. ibid.,p.173 (3)- 啶︵た啶掂啶ぞ啶ぐ啶� 啶掂じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ 啶むぞ啶啶啶� 啶︵ぞ啶ㄠ啶� 啶むじ啷嵿ぎ啷� 啶啶班じ啶距う啶啶� 啶︵ぐ啷嵿ざ啶い啷� 啷�
[divy膩bhara峁嘺 vastra t膩mb奴la d膩nena tasmai pras膩damupa dar艣ayat |
] 78, see supra ft.nt. 76.
79. TM(N),p.41(14) 啶呧お啷嵿ぐ啶い啷嵿い啶掂た啶啶� 啶啶� 啶多い 啶膏啶班う啶ぎ啶距ぃ 啶椸啶啶班お啷嵿ぐ啶距啶距ぐ啶 -- [apramattavibudha yodha 艣ata sa峁價adayam膩峁嘺 gopurapr膩k膩ram -- ] 1
