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 16 - The Tilakamanjari as a Sanskrit novel
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The picture of a brandishing sword, fatal like a cobra,
is drawn, as in :
啶溹啷嵿ぐ啶距す 啶曕啶ぞ啶｀ぎ啷�, 啷� 啶嗋ぎ啷囙啶曕ぞ啶多啶た啶� 啶掂た啶啶曕啶むお啶熰啶掂た啶粪啷嵿啷嵿啶距き啷�啶粪ぃ
啶� 啶掂た啶氞啶班啶� 啶膏啶曕ぐ啷嵿し啶｀ぞ啶ㄠ啶� 啶囙さ 啶曕げ啶苦え啷嵿う啶むえ啶ぞ啶むぐ啶傕啶距い啷嵿さ啶� 啶侧た啶ぎ啶苦え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶ㄠ啶�-
啶栢ぃ啷嵿ぁ啶栢啶苦い啶距啷嵿 啶ㄠ啷嬥ざ啶距い 啷�
( [jagr膩ha k峁沺膩峁嘺m, | 膩mecak膩艣umi峁嘺 vimuktapa峁璾vi峁cch峁乥h墨峁峁嘺
ca vicakar峁 sa峁僰ar峁峁嚹乶uja iva kalindatanay膩tara峁僩膩tv膩 liyamindran墨la-
kha峁囜笉akhacit膩cca nako艣膩ta |
(] 52,17ff.).
The gaze of King Meghavahana appreciative of the sharp-
ness of its blade is described thus :
啶ㄠた啶粪啶犩啶班啶班ぞ啶傕啷佮し啷嵿啶むぐ啷嵿啶ㄠ 啶曕啶熰た啶ぞ 啶溹啶班啶溹た啶むぞ 啶むた啶む啶粪啶� 啶多啶｀ぇ啶距ぐ啷� 啶�
啶むい啷嵿ぐ 啶啶班じ啶ㄠ啶ㄠ啶掂げ啶距く啶むぞ啶ぞ啶啶оぞ 啶氞た啶氞啶氞啶苦し啶啶� 啶掂た啶曕 啶掂た啶� 啶曕啶侧た啶ㄠ啷嵿が啶ㄠ啶о啶班ぞ
啶が啶ㄠ啶� 啶︵啶粪啶熰た啶�, 啷�
( [ni峁ａ弓hurakar膩峁僩u峁ａ弓hatarjan墨 ko峁璱m膩 jrjit膩 tit墨峁ａ箛a 艣峁嘺dh膩re ca
tatra prasannaghaval膩yat膩m膩yudh膩 ciccaci峁yeva vikaca vica klinagbandhur膩
babandha d峁涐梗峁璱ma, |
(] 52,20ff.).
A pale palm-leaf is likened to the cheek of a young love-
-lorn shephard girl, as in :
啶呧き啶苦ぎ啶� 啶掂た啶啶� 啶掂た啶о啶班ぞ啶 啶忇啶� 啶た啶ㄠ 啶曕お啷嬥げ啶ぞ啶｀啶∴啶むぞ啶∴ 啶い啷嵿ぐ啶�, --- ( [abhimata viyoga vidhur膩m墨 ek膩 min墨 kapolap膩峁囜笉ut膩岣嵞� patrama, --- (] 108, 22 ).
The foot-steps of an elephant on a river bank are pictu-
red thus :
啶掂え啶ㄠた啶啶ㄠ啶距さ啶むぞ啶� 啶曕す啶ㄠ 啶樴啶苦い啶ぐ啶苦お啶距啷�啶ㄠた 啶溹げ啶啶むぞ啶ㄠた 啶う啶啶︵啶班ぞ 啶ぃ啷嵿ぁ啶侧ぞ啶ㄠた
( [vananimnag膩vat膩ra kahane gha峁璱taparip膩峁玭i jalabh峁泃膩ni padamudr膩 ma峁囜笉al膩ni
(] 187,16ff.).
The sense of shame on failure in front of an anxiously
Bwaiting master is described in the following words :
啶呧き啶苦ぎ啷佮啶� 啶啶栢え啶苦啶距い啶︵啶粪啶熰た 啶ぞ啶班啶椸啶さ啶苦し啷嵿啶た啶粪啶熰じ啷嵿さ啶距ぎ啶苦啷佮ざ啶侧さ啶距さ啶苦ぃ-
啶ぐ啷嵿く啷佮い啷嵿じ啷佮啶� 啶班ぞ啶溹啶さ啶侧啶曕啶� 啶侧啷嵿啶ぞ 啶ぐ啶膏啶ぐ啶膏啶� 啶啶粪啶犩 啶ㄠた啶侧啶ぎ啶距え啶距 - ( [abhimukha峁� mukhanikh膩tad峁涐梗峁璱 m膩rgopavi峁ａ弓ami峁ａ弓asv膩miku艣alav膩vi峁嘺-
paryutsukara r膩jakamavalokya lajjay膩 parasparasya p峁涐梗峁環e nil墨yam膩n膩峁� - (] 189,6ff..
啶膏啶むぞ啶ㄠお啶多啶い 啷�
[st膩napa艣yata |
] The description of the way an elephant is made to sit
and again stand up is highly realistic, as in :
--- 啶曕啶啶お啷�啶犩お啶距い啶苦い啶距啶曕啶多啷� 啶熰た啶樴啷嵿え啷嬥お啶掂た啶粪啶熰ぞ 啶え啶掂ぐ啶� 啶ㄠた啶粪啶犩啶班ぞ啶曕啶班啶多啶班啶多た啶む -
啶む啶ムぞ啶ㄠく啶む啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶ぞ啶ㄠ啶溹さ啶多ぞ啶�
( [kumbhap墨峁環ap膩tit膩峁僰u艣ako 峁璱gha峁璶opavi峁ａ弓膩 manavarata ni峁ａ弓hur膩kro艣akar艣it墨 -
tth膩nayatn膩峁� y膩nagajava艣膩ma
(] 232,21ff.).
