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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(v) Attainment of the Result (Phalagama):
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The betrothal and marriage of Hariv膩hana and
Tilakama帽jar墨 after the revelation of their trans-existen-
tial love marks the final stage of Attainment-of-Fruition.
(C) THE FIVE JUNCTURES (SANDHIS):-
The interaction of these five Artha-prak峁泃is and
and Avasth膩s brings about the five Sandhis as shown below:-
The Opening (Mukha):-
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(i) /The narrative commencing with the account of
King Meghav膩hana's lack of a son, and ending with the acc-
ount of Hariv膩hana's
-sandhi.
childhood and education the Mukha-
(ii) The Progression (Pratimukha):-
The narrative from the presentation of Tilaka-
ma帽jari's portrait to the disappearance of the mad ele-
phant with Hariv膩hana forms the Pratimkha-sandhi.
(iii) The Development (Garbha):-
The narrative from the friendship of Hariv膩hana
with Samaraketu to the former's transportation to the Vidya-
dhara region and meeting with Malayasundari forms the Gar-
bha-sandhi.
(iv) The Pause (Vimarsa):-
The narrative from Harivahana's
arrival at
Rathanupuracakrav膩la to the attainment of the emperorship
of the Vidy膩dharas forms the Vimarsa-sandhi.
