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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the fugure of speech is supported by R奴paka ans Slega. The
Vait膩岣峢ya mountain is described as :
啶掂た啶多ぞ啶侧啶熰啶� 啶掂し啷嵿啶啶оき啷傕い啶侧 啶啶班い啶苦お啶︵ぞ啶た啶� 啶灌た啶さ啶む
( [vi艣膩laka峁璦k膩 va峁ａ弓abdhabh奴tala峁� pratipad膩miva himavata岣�
(] 239,11),
where another picture of an enemy king ready with his army
emerges from the pun on the morda 'Kataka ' (= ridge; army ) .
Similarly, a picture of an old man emerges from the description
of the setting Sun, as in :
00 啶膏ぎ啶距え啶膏ぐ啶侧ぐ 啶掂た啶曕ぐ 啶多た啶� 啶膏啶むい啶苦 啶膏啶掂じ啷嵿ぅ啶距え啶氞げ啶苦い 啶溹た啶膏ぎ啷傕す 啶掂た啶掂ぃ啶膏た啶傕啷佮啶苦い-
啶氞啶涏さ啶苦 啶啶班ぞ啶啶� 啶ぐ啶苦ぃ啶むた啶啶班啶班啶｀ぎ啶膏啶む啶ㄠ啶啶栢 啶き啷傕さ 啶︵た啶掂じ啶� 啷�
( [sam膩nasaralara vikara 艣ira sa峁僼ati岣� svasth膩nacalita jisam奴ha viva峁嘺si峁僰ucita-
cchavi岣� pr膩pya pari峁嘺tiprakar峁嘺mastonmukho babh奴va divasa岣� |
(] 17) PARYAYOKTA (CIRCUMLOCUTION) :
1 -(350,13ff).
Sanaraketu 1sanana indirectly praised by King
Meg岣v膩hana 鈻� who apparently extolls his father, as in :
啶む啶曕ぎ啷佮お啶溹え啶い啶� 啶さ啶ㄠ啶むぎ啶膏啶む啶曕じ啶傕啶苦い啶膏啶曕啶むじ啶傕き啶距ぐ啷囙ぃ 啶樴ぞ啶班た啶む 啶樴啶班た 啶膏ぎ啶膏啶むぞ啶ㄠぞ啶�
啶啶む啶班た啶｀ぞ啶ぞ啶む啶ぞ 啶す啶距い啷嵿ぎ啶ㄠぞ 啶膏た啶傕す啶侧啶多啶掂ぐ啷囙ぃ 啷�
( [tokamupajanayat膩 bhavantamastokasa峁僣itasuk峁泃asa峁僢h膩re峁嘺 gh膩rito ghuri samast膩n膩峁�
putri峁嚹乵膩tm膩 mah膩tman膩 si峁僪ale艣vare峁嘺 |
(] 101,19ff.),
where the Pary膩yokta is intertwined with Anupr膩sa. The fact
of the rising Sun being reflected in the ocean is beautifu-
11y depicted, as in :
'啶曕た啶� 啶掂啶ムぞ 啶ㄠう啶膏た, 啶ぅ啶ㄠ 啶う啶� 啶く啶� 啶班い啷嵿え啶距え啶� 啶む 啶曕ざ啷� 啶曕啶むぞ啶ㄠた 啶むう啷佮お啶距い [ki峁� v峁泃h膩 nadasi, mathane yadi may膩 ratn膩ni te ka艣墨 k峁泃膩ni tadup膩ta] '
啶囙い啷嵿く啶掂い啶距ぐ啷嵿く 啶多た啶班じ啶� 啶啶班 啶え啷嵿う啶� 啶多た啶むた啶啶むぞ啶啶むた啶啶ぐ啷�啶｀ぞ啶ぎ啶苦さ 啶た啶｀啶∴啶曕啶�-
啶た啶ㄠ啶︵啶ぃ啷嵿ぁ啶侧ぎ啶距啷佮げ啶距啷佮げ啶啶班じ啶距ぐ啶苦い啷嬥す啶苦じ啷嵿い啷� 啶溹啷嵿ぐ啶距す 啶溹げ啶оた啶� 啷� ( [ityavat膩rya 艣irasa岣� puro mandara 艣itibh峁泃膩ptimupar墨峁嚹乵amiva pi峁囜笉墨k峁泃a-
minduma峁囜笉alam膩kul膩kulapras膩ritohisto jagr膩ha jaladhi岣� | (] 150,15ff.),
where the basic Paryayokta is highly supported by a graphic
Sam膩sokti based on common life, and by Hetutprek峁Ｄ� and R奴pa-
ka. When, in the course of the description of Tilakama帽jar墨,
Harivahana refers to the extraordinary length of her eyes
