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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啶ㄠぞ啶侧啶� 啶む啶侧た啶むざ啶傕啶距ぎ
( [n膩lena tulita艣a峁僰h膩ma
(] 160,20ff.), where the words
'Sudarsana', 'Vaikuntha' and 'Sankha' are all double-meaning.
Similarly, the port draws upon the R膩m膩ya峁嘺 story when he
compares the ocean to the life-story of Laksmana, as in
啶膏啶た啶む啶班た啶氞ぐ啶苦い啶た啶掂 啶掂た啶膏啶むぞ啶班た啶む啶啶た啶侧ぞ 啶膏啶ざ啷嬥き啶�
( [saumitricaritamiva峁� vist膩ritommil膩 sya艣obhama
(] 204,18ff.),.
where the latter compound has to be broken up as 'Vistrita-
-urmmi-l膩sya-sobham' with 'Ambhonidhi', and as 'Vist膩rita-
-urmmil膩-膩sya-sobham' with "Saumitri-caritam'
Saumitri-caritam'
. When the good
omens are compared to the Saivas, the simile is based on re-
ligion, as in 啶啶班い啶苦お啶ㄠ啶ㄠう啶｀た啶掂ぞ 啶ぎ啶距啶 啶ぐ啶� 啶多た啶掂 啶多啶膏う啶た啶班き啶�-
啶啶班啶むじ啶距ぇ啶曕 啶多啶掂啶班た啶� 啶啶班ぇ啶距え啶多啷佮え啶� 啶う啷� 啶う啷� 啶︵啶ㄠた啶班啶掂啶むた啶�
--
-( [pratipannada峁噄v膩 mam膩gama岣� para峁� 艣iva峁� 艣a峁僺adabhirabhi-
pretas膩dhaka岣� 艣aivairiva pradh膩na艣akuna岣� pade pade dacanirv峁泃i岣�
--
-(] 198,23ff.).
Similarly the instruction in Jainism is compared to the nym-
啶膏啶掂き啶距さ啶ぇ啷佮ぐ啶距き啶苦ぐ啷嵿く啶ムぞ啶� 啶掂ぐ 啶啶班ぅ啶苦い啶多啶多啶班啶粪ぞ啶班じ啶� 啶掂啶多ぞ啶た啶� 啶啶班啶距ざ啶苦い -
[svabh膩vamadhur膩bhiryath膩峁� vara prathita艣u艣r奴峁Ｄ乺as膩 ve艣膩bhi岣� prak膩艣ita -
] with
phs, as in
啶啶班啷佮ぃ 啶膏啶膏ぞ啶� 啶ㄠた啶班啶掂ぞ啶｀じ啶班ぃ啶苦き啶苦ぐ啶班啶ムじ啶距ぐ啶距き啶苦ぐ啶啶膏ぐ啷嬥き啶苦ぐ啶苦さ 啶溹た啶ㄠぎ啶むぞ啶ㄠ啶膏ぞ啶班た啶｀啶た-
啶掂ぞ啶椸啶た啶班ぞ啶掂啶� 啶溹啶掂ぞ啶︵た啶むい啷嵿い啷嵿さ啶啶班き啷囙う啶,
( [pragu峁嘺 sa峁僺膩ra nirv膩峁嘺sara峁噄bhirarthas膩r膩bhirapsarobhiriva jinamat膩nus膩ri峁嚹玝hi-
v膩gbhir膩vedha j墨v膩ditattvaprabhedam,
(] 411,20ff.).
While praising the valour of King Meghav膩hana, the poet com-
"
pares the total destruction of the king's enemies to the
negation of all external things of the world with reference
to the philosophical tenets of Buddhist Logic, as in
啶じ啷嵿く 啶︵啶粪啶｀た 啶膏啶啶班う啷囙い啶距 啶啶班い啷�啶 啶掂た啶啶о啶班啶о啶班啶掂 啷�
啶啶о啶�
啶灌さ啶距ぐ啷嵿ぅ啶距え啶距 啶ㄠぞ啶多 啶班ぞ啶� 啶ㄠた啶班え啷嵿さ啶 啷むイ ( [yasya do峁ａ箛i sphuradet膩峁� prat墨ye vibudhairdhruva岣� |
baudhda
hav膩rth膩n膩峁� n膩艣墨 r膩ma niranvaya岣� || ( ] 16,6ff..
The science of Erotics is tapped when the forest land is
compared to a beloved who has been guilty of committing some
啶粪啶犩啶ぞ
[峁ａ弓丑测腻
] fault, as in
--
啶膏ぞ啶ぐ啶距ぇ啶掂ぇ啷嵿さ啷囙さ 啶啶班た啶ぞ啶侧お啶ㄠじ啶げ啷�啶啶むお啶距う啶ぞ啶むえ啶�- [s膩par膩dhavadhveva priy膩lapanasaphal墨bh奴tap膩dap膩tani-] 1 (200,2011.),
