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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* * * * 881 (vi) Aslila, i.e., indecorous : as in,
啶椸ぐ啷嵿き啶ぞ啶むぎ啶苦さ 啶膏啶掂ぐ啷嵿い啶曕ぞ啶啶班さ啶苦う啷嵿く啷佮い啶距ぎ,
( [garbhap膩tamiva sa峁僾artak膩bhravidyut膩ma,
(] 154,5ff.),
where, in this strange Utprek峁Ｄ�, the divine temple of L酶rd
R峁bha is sought to be described:
(vii) Viruddha, i.e., contradictory : as in,
啶呧さ啶多啶ぞ啶啶侧が啶苦え啷嵿う啷佮啶距げ啶た啶� 啶ㄠぞ啶む啶班え啶苦さ啶灌ぎ啶溹え啶啶溹啶澿い啷� 啶掂ぞ啶多ぞ啶侧い啶距じ啷�
--( [ava艣y膩yajalabinduj膩lamiva n膩tranivahamajanamujjhat墨 v膩艣膩lat膩su
--(] 74,211.),
where the vast directions are identified with tiny 'Lat膩'
in a Metaphor :
(D) MISCELLANEOUS DEFECTS :-
Over and above these poetic defects, there are a few
blemishes comprising strange comparisions or imageries in fi-
gures of speech like Upam膩, Utprek峁Ｄ�, R奴paka and others. Mo-
reover, there are a few more faults which can be classified
as Prabandha-do峁s or defects of the composition as a whole,
as for instance :
(i) The improper and unnecessary details, as in,
-(29,4), especially
啶膏ぎ啶距ざ啷嵿げ啶苦し啷嵿く 啶︵啶掂 啶た啶︵ 啶膏う啷佮啶栢ぎ啶掂う啶�,
[sam膩艣li峁a dev墨 mida峁� sadu岣hamavadama,
] when the words are addressed to the Vidyadhara Muni.
(ii) Loose ends of the story mentioned in Chapter VIII.
(iii) The unimaginative description of the red foot-
on the Ratnak奴ta island
prints of the courtezans on the floor of the temple/(157,19ff.),
as they could not possibly be seen by Samaraketu who was
sailing below in a ship in the ocean!
