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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665 91
accompanying princes followed him on horse back. There
is a reference to beating the drums in front of the ele-
92 phants when they were taken for bath, though this pra-
ctice is not referred to in connection with the royal
procession.
The procession was longer and larger on the occasions
93 of a royal dignitary's starting on an expedition. The
prince rode the royal elephant, on which he was accompa-
nied by a servant who waved Camara. The soldiers proudly
marched in front of him with thumping steps. The bards
shouted the '模aya Jaya' exclamation. The Vijaya-mangala
trumpet was loudly blown. Servants, mounted on elephants,
loudly beat large drums. Around the white parasol with
pendant pearl-strings and golden handle-staff, numerous
feudatories marched with their banners bearing various
signs like elephant, boar, Sarabha, lion, crocodile, fish
and etc., The Brahmins showered their blessings, and citi-
zens and city-damsels gathered in the streets to see the
procession.
91. TM(N),p.68(10ff.).
92. ibid.,p.67(7)
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啶啶班い啶膏啶ムた啶班 啶溹げ啶距さ啶椸ぞ啶灌ぞ啶�
[pratasthire jal膩vag膩h膩ya
] 1 啶膏げ啶ぎ啶椸啶班い啶� 啶啶班す啶むお啶熰 啶啶︵啶∴ぞ-
啶啶侧ぞ [salayamagrata岣� prahatapa峁璾 m峁沝岣嵞�-
辫补峁璦濒腻] ? 啶う啷嵿ぇ [paddha] 鈥�啶灌じ啷嵿い啶苦え啶� ...
[hastina岣� ...
] 93. ibid., pp.115-116.
