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 army halted their march during the night-hours and
camped. 154 The march was commenced on an auspicious day, 155
on which the king rode the royal elephant, and an auspici-
156 157
ous pitcher was placed in his front. 'The feudatories then
mounted their horses' and, at the signal of the drum, the
158 foot-soldiers started marching.
When the rival forces were stronger and it was not
possible to fight single-handed, the kings preferred to
shut themselves in the forts situated on the tops of moun-
160 tains or in the midst of water 159 and tried to secure mili-
tary a reinforcements from neighbouring kings. Elabo-
rate precautionary and preparatory measures were taken
when the forces took refuge in a fort. Thus, the adjoining
villages were burnt away, probably after transferring the
population to a safer place; the reservoirs of water out-
side the fort were destroyed; profuse grains were stored
and large amonts of fodder and firewood were collected in-
u
h
side the fort; old wells and step-wells were renovated for
154. cf. TM(N),p.38(1)-
啶むた啶た啶班ざ啶苦が啶苦ぐ啷�
[迟颈尘颈谤补艣颈产颈谤别
] M
155. ibid,p.16 (3ff.) -- 啶う啷�啶� 啶膏啶ㄠ啶啶粪 啶膏啶侧お啶むた啶啷嵿し 啶侧啷嵿し啷嵿ぎ啷� 啶溹た啶樴啶曕啶粪く啶� 啶多ぐ啶む啶�-
啶く啷� 啶膏ぎ啶ㄠ啶むい啶冟 啶啶班啶侧た啶む啶粪... [yad墨ya sainye峁 sakalapatipak峁 lak峁墨 jigh峁沰峁y膩 艣aratsa-
maye samantata岣メ弗 pracalite峁... ] 1
156. ibid.',p.97 (9ff.) 啶呧ぇ啶苦ぐ啷佮う啷嵿ぇ 啶氞 啶啶班ぇ啶距え啶溹く啶掂ぞ啶班ぃ 啶ぞ啶班啶粪啶�
啶ぞ啶� 啶曕げ 啶多ぎ ---
[adhiruddha ca峁� pradh膩najayav膩ra峁嘺 m膩ro峁a
m膩la kala 艣ama ---
] 157. ibid.,p.232(2ff.).
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啶啶班...
[辫耻谤补岣�...
] 158. ibid.,p.153(10ff.); 321(23ff.).
159. cf. ibid.,p.142(22ff.); 276(7).
160. cf. ibid., p.82(22ff.)... 314fe54th &
啶膏さ啶苦ぇ啶掂ぐ啷嵿い啶苦え啶� 啶さ啶ㄠた啶ぞ啶侧ぞ 啶ㄠぞ啶え啷佮じ啶傕ぇ啶距え啶距ぎ 啶啶班ぇ啶距え 啶︵啶むぞ啶椸啶灌 啶啶班ぞ啶灌た啶｀啶む 啷�
啶呧お啶班た啶む啶啷嵿い 啶膏ぎ啶距き啶苦げ啶距し啶炧啶� 啶膏ぞ啶灌ぞ啶 啶оた啶ぞ
啷�
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