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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(2) YAMAKA (RHYME or CHIME) :-
Another figure of speech based on Rhyme and used
with equally pleasing effect is Yamaka, which is illustrated
in its varities like Sanyatāvṛtti, Asaṃyatāvṛtti in both
Madhya-yamaka and Antya-yamaka types, and they are usually
accompanied by alliteration. Though generally Yamaka would
need special effort and drag the poet away from his concen-
tration on Rasa, Dhanapäla is a happy exception in that it
comes with him easily and on proper occasions only so that
it never distracts the audience nor does it hinder the Rasa.
The following specimens illustrate the varieties employed w
by our poet:
(a) Samyatāvrtti Madhya-yamaka ; as in
अविलम्बतासमामस्य समयमस्� सामन्तलोकस्य
शोकलम्बालक बालकमादा� ..( [avilambatāsamāmasya samayamasya sāmantalokasya
śokalambālaka bālakamādāya ..(] 137,4),
(90,11ff.),
अत्र हि पद� पद�
क्रीडास्थानानि, स्थाने स्थाने सर्वर्तुकानि वनान� वन� वन� कल्पतर� -
गण्डान�, गण्ड� षण्ड� कांचनलतादोला [atra hi pade pade
krīḍāsthānāni, sthāne sthāne sarvartukāni vanāni vane vane kalpataru -
gaṇḍāni, gaṇḍe ṣaṇḍe kāṃcanalatādolā ] 4148, 1ff.) where the
Yamaka is interpenetrated with another figure of
speech called Ekāvalī, कर्णकोटराध्वनि ध्वनिविशेषान�-
घारयन्तम
( [karṇakoṭarādhvani dhvaniviśeṣānava-
ⲹԳٲ
(] 183,22);
(b) Saṃyatāvṛtti Antya-yamaka, as in
लंघिता सर्वद्वीपसायात्रिकाणाममार्गी मार्गः � समाक्रान्त�
भूमिगोचराणामभूमिभूमि� � आसादितमिदं सर्वसुन्दर पदार्थानामधि-
ष्ठानं स्थानम � कर्म अवलोकितं कौतुकाना - [laṃghitā sarvadvīpasāyātrikāṇāmamārgī mārga� | samākrāntā
bhūmigocarāṇāmabhūmibhūmi� | āsāditamida� sarvasundara padārthānāmadhi-
ṣṭhāna� sthānama | karma avalokita� kautukānā - ] / ( 158, 1811.);
मायतनमायतनम् �
[māyatanamāyatanam |
]
