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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(324,6ff.), where the word 'Cita-hutavaha' is awkward since
it combines the inauspicious 'cita' with auspicious 'Huta-
vaha' :
(iii) Anyartha, i.e., having unconventional meaning:
has in,
啶掂え啷嵿う啷� 啶掂ぞ啶侧啶啶曕た啶曕ぞ啶ㄠ啶ㄠぞ啶�
[vande v膩lm墨kik膩n墨n膩峁�
] 路(3,12),where the word 'K膩-
nina' is used to signify 'Vy膩sa', the author of the Mah膩-
bharata !
(iv) Apus峁璦 or useless addition of qualifying words:
as in,
--啶掂た啶氞た啶む啶班啷�啶ㄠぞ啶傕ざ啷佮啶掂啶� 啶о啶掂啶距え
-
( [vicitrac墨n膩峁兣泆kavaj膩 dhvaj膩na
-
(] 263,13), where
the word 'Vraj膩n' is quite redundant as it does not add to
the meaning of the compound in any way and is unnecessarily
used for the sake of bringing in alliteration.
(v) Asamartha, i.e., incapable of giving the sense
in which it is used: as in,
啶呧え啶距う啶班お啷嵿ぐ啶距お啷嵿く啶膏啶ㄠ啶︵ぐ 啶膏啶掂ぞ啶︵啶げ啶啶侧啶ㄠ啶︵
啶оぎ啷嵿ぎ啶距く啶�
( [an膩darapr膩pyasundara sv膩duphalam奴lakanda峁�
诲丑补尘尘腻测补尘补
(] 182,2ff.), where the word 'An膩dara' is meant to
indicate the sense of 'Aprayatna' or 'An膩y膩sa', but it cannot
give this sense without farfetchedly streching it; here also
it is the poet's fondness for alliteration that is responsi-
ble for the defect.
(vi) Gudha, i.e., use of a word in a less known sense:
as in,
啶︵啶灌え啶粪啶� 啶灌啶︵啶粪啶熰啶班ぞ啶多啶�. 啶囙さ 啶ㄠた啶多ぞ啶曕ぐ啶� ( [dehana峁ａ弓a huda峁冡梗峁璻膩艣akala. iva ni艣膩kara岣� (] 27,7).
