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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: 732 路 Tilakama帽jati became love-lorn after seeing Hariv膩hana, as
has been conveyed to Malayasundari by Caturik膩.
cik
74 A beauti-
ful, though brief, picture of Tilakama帽jar墨 in this condi-
tion is drawn again by the poet when Gandharvaka reports
to Harivahana how she passed her time when the latter re-
75,
76 turned to Ayodhya. The following two verses
brilliantly
$
outline a beautiful picture of this type:
啶︵啶�
[诲峁涐笉丑补
] at煤 azafa ariketzuu sa cafsuutit 莽毛
啶︵啶掂啶掂ぞ啶多啶む啶曕げ啶苦啶� 啶︵げ啷囙ぐ 啶た啶ㄠさ啶� 啶啶啶溹た啶ㄠ啶ㄠぞ啶お啶� 啷�
啶げ啶距じ啶苦い 啶班す啶膏啶洁き啶苦じ啶班じ啶距ぎ啶距げ啷� 啶曕げ啶о啶掂ぞ啶ㄠた啶ㄠ
啶曕ぞ啶︵ぎ啷嵿が啶� 啶ㄠた啶い啶ㄠ啶むた 啶ぞ啶ㄠじ啶啶掂ぞ 啶掂啶椸ぞ啶︵啶啶む啶ぞ啶о啶ㄠぞ 啷むイ
[duvv膩艣etkalik膩 dalera minavara mbhojin墨n膩mapi |
pal膩sita rahaso'bhisaras膩m膩l墨 kaladhv膩nina岣�
k膩damb膩 nipatanti m膩nasabhuv膩 veg膩dupety膩dhun膩 ||
] "As with the end of the rainy season the heat spreads; the
uninterrupted budding of the lotus-plants with fresh petals
(also gathers momentum); the sweet-singing swans, born at
the M膩nasa lake, with their speed enhanced by spreading
wings sweep down speedily to a group of lakes; (so also in
the case of Tilakama帽jari) now, due to separation from you,
the end of the rainy season, Even the fresh pet褟脤s of 脤脴卤泻泻
*** enhances love-fever, even the fresh petals of lotuses
mik
si
generate irrestible longing, (and) Cupid's arrows, making
sweet sound (and) gathering speed due to the feathers, con-
verge to, and fall sharply on, her."
74. TM(N), pp.352-355.
75. ibid.,pp.390-391.
76. ibid.,p.391(15-22).
