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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啶ぐ啶苦さ啶班啶むぎ啶距え啷� 啶す啶むた 啶膏啶膏ぞ啶班啶曕啶班 啶曕啶多げ啶曕啶侧ぞ啶侧お啶班た啶椸啶灌啶� 啶囙さ 啶啶む啶た啶｀啶∴啶�
啶膏啶ムぞ啶侧啷嬥ざ啶曕げ啶多ぞ啶︵啶ㄠた 啶膏啶啶多い啶� 啶掂た啶掂た啶оぞ啶ㄠ啶さ啶膏啶ムぞ啶ㄠ啶むぐ啶距ぃ啶� 啷�
( [parivartam膩no mahati sa峁僺膩racakre ku艣alakul膩laparig峁沨墨ta iva m峁泃pi峁囜笉a峁冡弗
sth膩lako艣akala艣膩d墨ni sp峁浥沘ti vividh膩nyavasth膩ntar膩峁噄 |
(] 406 B,3ff.);
啶膏啶溹ぞ啶むじ啶傕さ啷囙啶� 啶膏ぎ啶椸啶班啶洁お啶� 啶ぐ啶苦し啶溹啶溹え啶� 啶啶班ざ啶距え啷嵿い啷囙え 啶え啶膏ぞ 啶掂た啶氞ぞ啶班く-
啶掂た啶班じ啶むぞ啶� 啶膏啶膏ぞ啶班じ啷嵿ぅ啶苦い啷堗 啶膏啶ムぞ啶膏啶ㄠ啶粪 啶曕啶侧啶多ぞ啶ぞ啶膏が啶灌啶侧啶粪 啶︵啶班啶樴う啷佮 啶栢啶︵啶椸う啶距く啶苦し啷�
啶啶灌い啷嵿じ啷嵿さ啶た 啶膏啶掂ぐ啷嵿啶啶椸啶粪啶掂お啶苦げ啶距ぃ啶ざ啷嵿げ啶ム啶い 啷�
[sa峁僯膩tasa峁僾ega岣� samagro'pi pari峁jjana岣� pra艣膩ntena manas膩 vic膩raya-
virasat膩峁� sa峁僺膩rasthitai岣� sth膩snu峁 kle艣膩y膩sabahule峁 d墨rghadu岣� khodegad膩yi峁
b峁沨atsvapi svargabhoge峁apil膩峁嘺ma艣lathyata |
] E
}
(413,6ff.).
The theme is thoroughly human and widely appealing as
it fully corresponds to the daily common experience of an
average human being in any corner of this wide earthly pla-
net. The hard fact of human unhappiness has been the ta鈥�
constant topic and source of philosophical discussion both
inthe Orient and the Occident, and it is to point out a way
out of this miserable state of transitory human happiness
invariably mixed with unending unhappiness that all saints
both in the East and the West have endeavoured. Dhanapala's
choice of this classic theme is quite unexceptionable and
thoroughly fits in with the literary classic that he has
undertaken, since a great piece of art must embody an equa-
lly great theme.
III: THE STORY AND ITS
CONSISTENCY :-
In the eighth chapter we have already seen how
the poet has skillfully blended the main plot with the by-
-plot and how the latter serves as a contrasing background
of the former. We have also seen therein how different motifs
