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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in the following verse : 868 啶溹ぞ啶ㄠ啶ム 啶多啶班啶むた啶多ぞ啶侧た啶ㄠぞ 啶栢げ啷� 啶啶掂ぞ啶ぞ啶掂ぞ啶� 啶啶班啷冟い啷嵿く啶班啶溹啶ㄠ
啶む啶班啶侧啶曕啶 啶掂お啷佮ぐ啷�啶︵啶椸え啷嵿く啶啶曕啶む啶� 啶膏啶ぞ啶掂啶い啷� 啶曕た啶� 啶曕啶掂啶苦い 啷�
啶膏啶むい啷嵿お啷嵿ぐ啶粪啶熰啶お啶� 啶膏啶むえ啷�啶侧え啶侧た啶ㄠざ啷嵿ぐ啷囙ぃ啷� 啶掂た啶曕ぞ啶多ぃ啷�
啶多啶曕 啶膏啶ぞ啶� 啶膏ぎ啷佮お啶距啶む 啶啶椸う啷冟ざ啶� 啶曕ぐ啷嵿ぃ啶距え啷嵿い啶苦啶� 啶侧啶氞え啷� 啷むイ ( [j膩n墨tha岣� 艣ruti艣膩lin膩 khalu yuv膩m膩v膩峁� prak峁泃yarjun墨
trailokye vapur墨d峁沢anyayukte岣� sa峁僢h膩vyate ki峁� kvacita |
statpra峁ａ弓umap膩 stan墨lanalina艣re峁嚹� vik膩艣a峁嚹�
艣a峁僰e sy膩岣� samup膩gate m峁沢ad峁浥沘岣� kar峁嚹乶tika峁� locane || (] 248,7-10),
where the basic Pary膩tokta is interwoven with Pratipa, K膩vya-
linga and Utprek峁嚹�. In the misery of the rival kings of Ha-
riv膩hana graphically depicted, as in :
啶椸啶灌 啶︵啶掂啶ぞ 啶膏啶｀た啶� 啶ㄠた啶い啶ㄠ啶ぞ啶班啶む 啶︵ぞ啶ㄠさ啷囙ぃ啶�
啶樴啶む啶掂ぞ 啶曕啶｀ 啶掂た啶班啶苦い啶侧く啷嬥 啶掂ぞ啶︵く啶ㄠ啶︵え啷嵿い啶掂啶｀ぞ啶�, 啷�
啶班ぞ啶む啶班 啶︵啶掂た啶む啶班啶� 啶膏す 啶膏す啶氞ぐ啶� 啶膏啶い啷� 啶む啶掂う啷嵿さ啶苦お啶距
啶曕た啶� 啶膏啶椸啶む 啶� 啶灌た 啶� 啶灌た 啶す啷�啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶灌啶え啷嵿い啶多啶むぎ, 啷むイ ( [gehe devy膩 su峁噄ra nipatanm膩ruto d膩nave峁嚹�
gh峁泃v膩 ko峁嘺峁� viracitalayo峁� v膩dayandantav墨峁嚹乵a, |
r膩trau dvitrai岣� saha sahacara岣� sebate tvadvip膩岣�
ki峁� sa峁僩墨ta峁� na hi na hi mah墨n膩tha hemanta艣墨tama, || (] 358, 13ff.),
the Paryayokta is based on R奴paka the imagery whereof is
drawn from music.
(18) VIRODHABHASA (APPARENT CONTRADICTION)
Dhanapala's skill in the use of the figure of
speech called Virodh膩bh膩sa or apparent contradiction can be
seen in the following noteworthy specimens. The temple of
Lord Mah膩v墨ra is toptado described in a series of three
phrases, viz.,
啶呧え啷囙啶ぃ啶苦ぎ啶距げ啶距げ啶傕啷冟い啶お啶� 啶班い啷嵿え啶氞い啷佮し啷嵿啶班ぞ啶溹た啶む, 啶о啶掂啶距ぇ啶苦し啷嵿啶苦い啶お啶� 啶膏た啶傕す啶�-
啶曕啶班ぞ啶ㄠ啶むぎ, 啶呧啶椸啶曕啶むさ啶苦ぎ啶距え啶距啶距ぐ啶お啶� 啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啷嵿さ啶む啶う啷嵿ぐ啶�
( [anekama峁噄m膩l膩la峁僰峁泃amapi ratnacatu峁ar膩jita峁�, dhvaj膩dhi峁ａ弓hitamapi si峁僪膩-
kr膩ntama, a峁僩墨k峁泃avim膩n膩k膩ramapi sarvvatobhadrama
(] 215,23ff.),
where, in the first compound the words 'Mala' and 'Catuska'
1 are double-meaning, while in the latter two the knowledge of
architectural details serve to resolve the contradiction. In
