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.
Chapter 15 - The Tilakamanjari as a Prose Poetic work
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(ii) The sudden appearance of the Vaimanika god Jva-
lanaprabha in front of King Meghav膩hana at the Sakr膩vat膩ra
462 temple;
(iii) The instantaneous apparition of the Vet膩la and
King Meghav膩hana's prolonged attempt at severing his own
head and the sudden appearance of the Goddess Sri; 4
463 (iv) The night-attack by Samaraketu and the magic effect
464 of the B膩l膩ru峁嘺 ring;
(v) The friendship of Samaraketu and Hariv膩hana; 465
(vi) The episode of the unidentified
love-letter
466 and its effect on Samaraketu;
(vii) The love-episode of Priyadarsana and T膩raka;
467 (viii) The mysterious divine music from the island, the
group of flying Vidyadharas, the divine temple and the beau-
tiful girl on the rampart;
468 (ix) The introduction of the portrait of Tilakama帽jar墨
469 and her aversion for males%;B
(x) The episode of pacifying the mad elephant and the
470 latter kidnapping the prince;
(xi) The wonderful episode of the appearance of Hari-
v膩hana's message and of the a parrot carrying the reply back
462. TM(N),pp.35-39.
464. ibid.,pp.83-93.
466. ibid., pp.108-111.
470. ibid., pp.184-186.
to him; 471
/ 463. ibid.,pp.46-55.
/ 465. ibid., pp.102-103.
/ 467. ibid., pp.127-129.
468. ibid., p.147;152-153;155;161. / 469. ibid., pp. 163-164;
/ 471. ibid., pp.
192-195
168-169.
