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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satire and sometimes on incongruity.
Humour in wit and jest is found when King Meghavahana
deliberately teases Queen Madir膩vat墨 as he assures the Vidya-
dhara Muni that he need not ask the queen to observe absti-
nence since he would send her away to a forest so that there
would not be any scope for interference from her nor would
his worship schedule be interrupted !
437 Dhanap膩la's sense of subtle humour with atinge of irony
or mild satire is beautifully represented in the reply of
King Meghavahana to the Vet膩la who claimed first preference
in the matter of being offered obeisance by the king, who
in his turn directs with dignity a few sallys as
438 follows:
啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啶啶お啶ㄠ啶ㄠぎ啶た啶灌た啶むぎ, 啷� 啶夃お啶︵た啶粪啶熰ぎ啶曕啶侧た啶粪啶熰く啶� 啶啶曕啶む啶ぞ 啷� 啶啶班が啷嬥ぇ啶苦い啶�
啶掂く啶� 啷� 啶ぅ啶� 啶ㄠた啶︵ぐ啷嵿ざ啶苦い啶� 啶膏啶曕啶粪啶う啶班啶多た啶ㄠぞ 啶むぅ啷堗さ啷堗し 啶膏啶掂ぞ啶ぞ啶班啶椸 啷� 啶ぐ啶苦啷嵿ぐ啶灌啶ㄠ 啶膏啶ㄠた啶о
啶膏い啶� 啶曕啶洁ぇ啶苦啶距ぐ啶� 啶啶班き啷傕ぃ啶距ぎ啶椸啶班お啷傕啶距く啶距ぎ, 啷� 啶す啶む 啶啶⑧い啶� | 啶椸ぞ啶⑧ぎ啶た啶掂啶曕さ啶苦げ啶膏た-
啶むぎ, 啷� 啶呧お啷嵿ぐ啶むた啶掂た啶о啶ぞ 啶掂啶оい啷囙く啶啶�, 啶う啶膏啶ぞ啶た啶� 啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啶膏 啶掂啶啷佮ぃ 啶膏啶う啷佮お啷囙い啶� 啶さ啶ㄠ啶むぎ啶�-
啶灌ぞ啶� 啶啶班ぎ啶距う啶距う啶苦う啷嬥し啷嬥お啶灌い啶氞た啶む啶むさ啷冟い啶苦き啶苦ぐ啶苦く啶啷嵿ぐ啶� 啶忇さ 啶︵啶掂い啶� 啶膏啶掂た啶む啶啶啷嵿啶距え啷嵿い啶� 啷�
啶曕啶むざ啷嵿 啶啶溹ぞ啶掂た啶о啶� 啶曕ぐ啶｀啶� 啶曕た啶ぞ啶ㄠお啷嵿く啶す啷佮ぎ啶距え啶� 啷�
[sarvamupapannamabhihitama, | upadi峁ａ弓amakli峁ａ弓ay膩 yukty膩 | prabodhit膩
vayama | yath膩 nidar艣ita岣� s奴k峁adar艣in膩 tathaivai峁 sev膩m膩rga岣� | parigrahajane sa峁僴idhau
sati ko'dhik膩ra岣� prabh奴峁嚹乵agrap奴j膩y膩ma, | mahat墨 m奴岣峢at膩 | g膩岣峢amabivekavilasi-
tama, | apratividhaiy膩 vaidhateyamuca, yadasm膩bhi岣� sarvasai vyagu峁嘺 sa峁僷adupeta峁� bhavantamapa-
h膩ya pram膩d膩dido峁pahatacittav峁泃ibhiriyamagrata eva devat膩 sevitumupakk膩nt膩 |
k峁泃a艣ca p奴j膩vidhai啶� kara峁噀na kiy膩napyabahum膩na岣� |
] Humour in jest and jocular verbosity is illustrated when
,439 who unexpectedly co-
Kamalagupta tries to humour Samaraketu
llapses into despondency as Harivahana reveals the signifi-
cance of the unidentified love-letter found by Ma帽jiraka in
437. TM(N); p.32(20-23).
438. ibid., p.50(5-11).
439. ibid., pp.111-113.
