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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- 863 啶啶班い啷嵿く啶椸啶班お啶侧ざ啶曕げ啶ぞ啶熰ぐ啷嵿げ啶�, 啶ぞ啶ㄠ啶む啶むぐ 啶げ啷嵿げ啶掂お啷嵿ぐ啶むた啶た啶啶� 啶啶班げ啶啶ぎ啶距え啶啶椸啶�-
啶啶ㄠぎ,
[pratyagrapala艣akalap膩峁璦rlara, p膩nta峁僼ara pallavapratibimba pralabhyam膩namugdha-
尘墨苍补尘补,
] A
:
啶呧う啷冟し啷嵿啶ぞ啶班ぞ啶た啶оぞ啶ㄠ 啶膏ぐ啶� ----
( [ad峁涐梗峁璦p膩r膩bhidh膩na峁� sara岣� ----
(] 203,18ff.),
where the fish in the Ad峁沢峁璦p膩ra lake are poetically said
to have been deceived by the reflections of fresh red buds
of trees on the bank%; they take them to be red pieces of
fresh flesh :
(9) SANDEHA (DOUBT) :-
A most outstanding classic example of this figure
of speech in the TM is found in the description of Tilaka-
ma帽jar墨, as in :
啶椸啶班す啶曕さ啶侧え啶距う啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶粪啶熰ぞ 啶侧啷嵿し啷嵿ぎ啷�啶� 啶曕た啶啶距お啶む啶班た啶
啶ぅ啶ㄠ 啶曕た啶むぞ啶啷嵿ぐ啶距え啷嵿い啶距が啷嵿が啷囙ぐ啷佮い啶距ぎ啷冟い啶︵啶掂い啶� 啷�
啶椸た啶班た啶多え啶え啷嬥う啶距啷嵿啶椸啶оぞ啶ㄠ啶え啷嬥き啶掂お啶距う啶ぞ-
啶︵啶掂た啶︵た啶むぎ啶ムさ啶� 啶溹ぞ啶むぞ 啶膏啶班た啶 啶ㄠさ啶曕え啷嵿う啶侧 啷むイ
( [grahakavalan膩ddra峁ａ弓膩 lak峁墨岣� kim峁涏ぞpateriya峁�
mathanaca kit膩pakr膩nt膩bberut膩m峁泃adevat膩 |
驳颈谤颈艣补苍补测补苍辞诲腻肠肠补驳诲丑腻苍尘补苍辞产丑补惫补辫腻诲补辫腻-
dviditamathav膩 j膩t膩 suriya峁� navakandal墨 ||
(] 248,3ff.),
鈻� where the poetic doubt is of the Niscayanta type.
(10) ATISAYOKTI (HYPERBOLE) :-
A fine instance of Atisayokti is found in the
description of King Meghav膩hana, as in:
啶ㄠた啶班啶い啷嵿え啶樴啶むじ啶じ啷嵿い啶啶掂え啶ぞ啶班い啶ぞ 啶� 啶む 啶︵啶掂た啶む啶 啶多啶粪 啶む啶む啶ぎ啶距う啶苦さ啶班ぞ啶灌う啶傕し啷嵿啷嵿ぐ啶距-
啶曕啶班ぎ啶粪啶熰ぎ啶� 啶曕啶侧ぞ啶氞げ啶� 啶ㄠさ啶ぎ啶距ざ啶距啶溹ぎ啶え啷嵿く啶ㄠ啶� 啶溹え啶距 啷�
( [niryatnagh峁泃asamastabhuvanabh膩ratay膩 ca ta峁� dvit墨ya峁� 艣e峁峁� t峁泃墨yam膩divar膩hada峁冡梗峁璻膩峁�-
kurama峁ａ弓ama峁� kul膩cala峁� navamam膩艣膩gajamamanyanta jan膩岣� |
(] 15,19ff.).
The denseness of the night during the night-attack is re-
presented in the following pieces of exaggerations :
啶呧い啶苦じ啶傕す啶むい啶ぞ 啶� 啶む啶｀ぞ啶え啷嵿い啶班た啶む啶む啶班た啶ㄠ啶︵啶班た啶ぞ啶� 啶啶班啶掂ぐ啷嵿い啶苦え啶距ぎ啶た 啶掂啶班ぞ啶｀ぞ啶�
啶班ぃ啶い啷�啶ㄠ啶︵啶班た啶啶� 啶氞啷嵿し啷佮し啶距う啷嵿ぐ啶距じ啷佮ぐ啶ぐ啶啶氞く啶� 啷� 啶膏ぎ啷�啶啶洁お啶� 啶む啶班た啶︵ざ啶むぞ啶� 啶啶溹え啶啶ぞ-
啶椸い啶� 啶� 啶膏啶掂く啶距え啶ぞ啶班啶く啶苦い啷佮ぎ啶ぞ啶班く啶ㄠ啶� 啶啶膏ぐ啶膏 啷�
[atisa峁僪atatay膩 ca tai峁嚹乵antaritacaturindriy膩岣� purovartin膩mapi v墨r膩峁嚹佱箖
ra峁嘺mat墨ndriye峁嘺 cak峁峁Ｄ乨r膩suramarapa峁僣aya岣� | sam墨pe'pi trida艣at膩峁� bha峁璦janamup膩-
gata峁� na svay膩nam膩ropayitumap膩rayanna psarasa岣� |
] K
(89,20ff.).
