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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(ii) The Expansion (Bindu):-
The boon conferred by the goddess Sri on King
Meghavahana, granting him a son who would become an emperor
of the Vidyadharas and whom she would herself serve with
her two eight-handed forms, is the further development of
the 'Seed' leadind to the birth of god Jvalanaprabha as
Harivahana 26
(iii) Episode (Pat膩k膩):
The introduction of the story of Sumali, his
sensuousness, and a suggestion about his fall from the hea-
ven is the episode (pat膩k膩) which also informs us about his
friendship with Jvalanaprabha, with whom he is going to be
united in their next birth. This episode sows the seed of
the Prasangika-vastu which runs parallel to the Adhik膩rika-
-vastu and ends just before the conclusion of the story.
(iv) Episodical Incident (Prakari):
The interludes about the Candr膩tapa necklace,
the Vet膩la, the Bal膩ru峁嘺 ring, the capture of Samaraketu,
Hariv膩hana's meeting with Gandharvaka, seeing the portrait
of Tilakama帽jar墨, identity of Gandharvadatt膩, incident of 鈻�
the mad elephant that flew in the air, the naval expedition
of Samaraketu, Harivahana's transportation to the region of
the Vidyadharas, his mystic penance and consequent attain-
26. TM(N),p.60(6-13).
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