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 (“prose-romance�). 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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परस्परवघनिबध्दकपायोश्च तयोस्तत्वाणमाकुलितसकलजी वलोक�
युगपदेकी भूतोदारवारिर� शिरनजल विसर � धनपदातिघोर� मुदि�-
योगिनी मृग्यमाणलोकपालकपालचणकः
[parasparavaghanibadhdakapāyośca tayostatvāṇamākulitasakalajī valoko
yugapadekī bhūtodāravārirā śiranajala visara va dhanapadātighoro mudita-
yoginī mṛgyamāṇalokapālakapālacaṇaka�
] 100000 निपीतन� वश� विस्वर-
[nipītanara vaśā visvara-
] 458 विसारिशिवार्फत्कारडामर� (समरसंघट्टः)
-- [visāriśivārphatkāraḍāmara� (samarasaṃghaṭṭa�)
--] 1- प्रभूतपिशिता-
भ्यवहारजनिततीव्रोदन्येन कर्द्दमप्रायमपीयत पोतजाएगाम्बु कारणपगणे�
[ūٲ辱ś-
bhyavahārajanitatīvrodanyena karddamaprāyamapīyata potajāegāmbu kāraṇapagaṇena
] 459 Thus, Dhanapala seems to have taken great care in pre-
senting the picture and in intensifying the Terrible senti-
ment as it afforded him full opportunity to show in one pla-
ce his workmanship in many ways.
(8) ADBHUTA-RASA or THE MARVELLOUS SENTIMENT :
Dhanapāla is a pastmaster in the depiction of the
sentiment of the Marvellous which permeates the very stru-
cture of the whole story of the TM.IT has been used most
e
effectivly to generate a sense of surprise and thereby sus-
tain the element of suspense throughout the narrative. And
the poet is quite conscious about this aspect as is evident
a
from * number of remarks scattered all over in the TM460
The principal points and incidents where the Marve-
llous has been prominently utilized in the narrative apart
from the wonderful nature of the descriptions and imageries,
are listed below as specimens :
461 (1) The unexpected arrival of the vidyādhara Muni ;
460. TM(N), Intro vs. 50 d'-- स्फुटाद् [ṭād] �भुतरसा रचित� कक्ष्यम् [bhutarasā racitā kakṣyam ] 1; 99 (16ff,
एतां � दिव्याङ् [etā� ca divyā�] �गुलीयक प्रभावावर्दे� प्रसङ् [gulīyaka prabhāvāvardena prasa�] �गा गताम� निपतिराकर्ण्� पर� विस्मय -
मगच्छत� [gā gatāmava nipatirākarṇya para� vismaya -
magacchat ] 1; 161 (20) युवराज वातद्भुत श्रवणे� पीतमतिथि� कर्णामृतम् [yuvarāja vātadbhuta śravaṇena pītamatithira karṇāmṛtam ] 1;
सर्वजनविस्मयकर शुकव्यतिकरम्-- [sarvajanavismayakara śukavyatikaram--] 1; 216 (11) तर� तथ� -
विद्यमपत्र कुत्रचिददृष्� पूर्वमपूर्वी का� विशे� � शेषा धेर्� पर्यन्�- ( [taraca tathā -
vidyamapatra kutracidadṛṣṭa pūrvamapūrvī kāra viśeṣa ma śeṣ� dherya paryanta- (] p. t... )
458. & 459. (See p. 810 for these ft.nts.)
195(13)
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