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 Mattakokila garden. The comic intention of Kamalagupta
440 is evident when the poet consciously reveals it thus:
啶啶班啷冟い啶苦お啷嵿ぐ啶椸げ啷嵿き啶掂ぞ啶曕啶曕ぎ啶た 啶曕啶掂た啶︵ 啶ぐ啶苦す啶距じ啶曕啶侧た啶粪 啶曕ぎ啶侧啷佮お啷嵿い啶ㄠぞ啶ぞ
啶曕げ啶苦啶椸う啷囙ざ啶距啷�啶多じ啷傕え啷佮 啶多え啷堗ぐ啷嵿さ啶苦す啶膏啶ぞ啶掂啶氞い 啷�
[prak峁泃ipragalbhav膩kkamapi kovida岣� parih膩sakeli峁 kamalaguptan膩m膩
kali峁僩ade艣膩c墨艣as奴nu岣� 艣anairvihasy膩vocata |
] Dhanap膩la has also tried his hand at humour based on in-
congruity of psychological situation. We have a fine example
of this type in Harivahana's reflections consequent to his
having seen the portrait of Tilakama帽jari. He wonders how
his mind is repeatedly attracted to different limbs of Ti-
lakama帽jar墨 while it should have been concentrated on the
path of emancipation: The psychological paradox is well
brought out by the poet in the following passage
441 啶呧じ啷� 啶啶ㄠぐ啶ぐ啶� 啶掂た啶∴ぎ啷嵿が啶ㄠぞ 啶う啶ぎ啶距い啷嵿ぎ啶� 啶う啶ㄠう啶距す啷嬥お啶多ぎ啶距く 啶啶班ざ啶ぎ啶距ぐ啷嵿-
啶さ啶むぞ啶班た啶むぞ啶洁お啷嵿く啶о啶椸い啶苦 啶班ぞ啶椸た啶� 啶膏啶掂う啶傕啷嵿ぐ啶苦く啷佮啶� 啶膏啶ぞ啶侧啶氞く啶むた, 啶� 啶啶班ぞ啶｀た啶溹ぞ啶�-
啶膏啶� 啷� 啶曕う啶侧啶膏啶むぎ啷嵿き啶む啶侧啶い啶距 啶むう啷傕ぐ啷佮お啶班た啶｀ぞ啶灌じ啷嵿く 啶掂た啶啶多い啶� 啶� 啶︵啶灌え啶苦啶膏ぞ啶班い啶距く啶距 啷�
啶灌啶︵く啶掂ぞ啶膏た啶た啶� 啶膏啶椸 啶︵啶冟啶灌啶む啶班た啶む啶げ 啶啶さ啶苦さ啶班 啶むい啷嵿お啶啶樴ぐ啶ㄠ啷嵿し啶さ啶оぞ啶班く啶むた
啶� 啶曕げ啶む啶班お啷佮い啷嵿ぐ啶距う啶苦さ啶班啶椸ぎ, 啷� 啶ぇ啷嵿く啶膏啶ムぞ啶� 啶むえ啷嵿え啶距き啶苦ぎ啷佮う啷嵿ぐ啶距ぎ啶た啶ㄠえ啷嵿う啶むた 啶� 啶ぞ啶掂え啶距ぎ啷� 啷�
啶ぇ啷佮ぐ啶� 啶啶栢 啶むう啶оぐ啶啶班さ啶距げ啶� 啶о啶ぞ啶い啶� 啶� 啶啶傕啶膏ぞ啶班啷嵿ぅ啶� 啷� 啶啶椸ぞ啶ㄠ啶むさ啶苦げ啷佮げ啶苦い啶啶�-
啶膏ぞ啶椸ぐ啶膏ぎ啶� 啶むう啶むた啶掂た啶膏啶むぞ啶班ぎ啷佮い啷嵿お啷嵿ぐ啷囙い啷� 啶� 啶膏啶膏ぞ啶班ぎ 啷� 啶嗋ぐ啷嬥お啶苦い啶距え啶傕啶氞ぞ啶き啶傕啷佮ぐ啶�
啶むう啷嵿き啷嵿ぐ啷傕げ啶むぞ啶侧げ啶苦い啶ぇ啷嵿く啷囙い啶� 啶� 啶掂た啶о啶班啶掂た啶侧じ啶苦い啶� 啷�
[aso punarapar膩 vi岣峚mban膩 yadayam膩tm膩 madanad膩hopa艣am膩ya pra艣amam膩rga-
mavat膩rit膩'pyadhogati峁� r膩gi峁嘺 svada峁僩hriyugala sy膩locayati, na pr膩峁噄j膩ta-
sya | kadal墨stambhatulyat膩峁� tad奴rupari峁嚹乭asya vim峁浥沘ti na dehani岣膩rat膩y膩岣� |
h峁沝ayav膩sibhi岣� sa峁僩o du岣haheturityala byavivara峁� tatpayogharanak峁mavadh膩rayati
na kalatraputr膩divargama, | madhyasth膩峁� tann膩bhimudr膩mabhinandati na bh膩van膩m |
madhura峁� mukhe tadadharaprav膩la峁� dhy膩yati na bho峁僩as膩rakhthama | yug膩ntavilulitap墨ra-
s膩garasama峁� tadativist膩ramutprete na sa峁僺膩rama | 膩ropit膩na峁僩ac膩pabha峁僩ura峁�
tadbhr奴lat膩lalitamadhyeti na vidhervilasitama |
] Dhanap膩la's consciousness about the quality of humour
is evinced when he specifically refers to the coarse humour
generated by ordinary unrefined people who take pleasure in
440. TM (N), p.
111 (9-11). / 441. ibid., p.176 (7-15).
