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.
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course, a foregone conclusion as can be deduced from the va-
rieties of his syntactical structures, his effective use of
pithy idiomatic and proverbial usages, his vast vocabulary
derived from a deep study of various Kosas, social as
well as positive sciences, fine arts and keen observation
of life around him. Grammatical ab aberrations are
rare in Dhanap膩la as is evident from Appendix R.
So far as vocabulary is concerned, Dhanapala seems to
have normally preferred familiar words using them in widely
popular senses. But when he uses familiar words in unusual
senses and some unfamiliar words like (= atribe of
'啶氞た啶灌啶ㄠ
啶曕 啶曕ぐ
[cihnaka
k墨 kara
] Magadha region), '' (= a type of red jewel), '14
啶ぐ啷嵿く啶距ぃ
( [辫补谤测腻峁嘺
(] = insignia; crest), for (= mount of a horse or an ele-
啶啶椸ぞ啶傕さ啶侧
啶啶班啶侧ぞ啶曕た
[产丑辞驳腻峁僾补濒墨
辫谤补肠补濒腻办颈
] phant), (= a peacock), 'stant) (= a panegyric),
and so on, he seems to have drawn them from the Trik膩峁囜笉ase峁嘺-
400 ko峁 of Purusottamadeva, since they are not found in the
Amarako峁 nor in the Nama-m膩l膩鈽� of Dhananjaya nor in that of
Bhoja. His fondness for coining new words seems to have a鈻�
won him encomiums from Hemacandra who acknowledges to have
drawn upon him in his Abhidhana-cintamani.401
P
There has been a marked influence of local Erakrit or
Apabhramsa on Dhanapala's vocabulary in the TM; we come acro-
ss word like '啶氞た啶灌啶班啶� [cihuracaya ] '
enix 400. See Appendix Q.
'' and others which are found
401. cf. ACH, Intro. vs.3b of his own Vrtti:
啶掂啶啶む啶い啷嵿い啶苦ぐ啷嵿ぇ啶ㄠお啶距げ啶むぞ |
[vyutpattirdhanap膩lat膩 |
]
