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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to Dhanap膩la in the delineation of almost all the Rasas and
in the descriptions of cities, heroes and the heroines, as
it affords full freedom in varying the syntactical style
and length of the compounds in keeping with the form and
content of the poetic imageries and serves to relieve the
monotony natural in sustained series of a single manner.
The typical instances of this manner of composition may be
found in the descriptions of Ayodhy膩, 516 King Meghav膩hana 517
Tilakamanjar墨, and so on.
518 (6) M膩gadhi: The Magadhi R墨ti is a defective mode of
speech where uniformity is lacking throughout the composition,
i.e., where the composition begins with a particular Riti
but breaks in the interval, making place for some other R墨ti.
This type is generally illustrated when Dhanapala depicts
the agitated state of mind as in the case of Tarangalekh膩
520 or Mahodara.
Thus, it seems that though Dhanapala has tried hi's
519 hand at all the six styles mentioned by Bhoja, he has kept in
view the prescription of Rudra峁璦 about the use of particular
521.
R墨ti for delineation of particular Rasa. And, with Dhana-
p膩la, the Gu峁嘺s Slesa and Samat膩 arise from his consciousness
247.
516. TM(N),pp.7-12. /517.ibid., pp.12-16./518.ibid.,pp.245-
519. ibid., pp.335-336. / 520.ibid., pp.382-383.
521. KVL (R), XV, 20: 啶掂啶︵ぐ啷嵿き啷�啶ぞ啶炧啶氞ぞ啶侧啶 啶啶班啶じ啶� 啶曕ぐ啷佮ぃ啷� 啶く啶距え啶曕ぞ啶� 啶啶む啶啶� 啷�
[vaidarbh墨p膩帽c膩lyau preyasi karu峁噀 bhay膩nak膩ra bhutyo岣� |
] KVL(R),XV,
啶侧ぞ [濒腻] 鈥�啶ぞ 啶椸啶∴啶 啶班啶︵啶班 啶曕啶ぞ啶︵啶ぅ啷屶啶苦い啷嵿く啶 啷�
啶く啶距え啶曕ぞ啶︵ [y膩 gau岣嵞珁e raudre kuy膩dyathaucityam ||
产丑补测腻苍补办腻诲] 鈥�啶啶むく啷嬥
[产丑耻迟补测辞岣�
]
