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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Herein she outlined the salient features of the would-be
personality of the hero, who was predicted to be a famous
king capable of affording due protection to the torment-
ed people, duly obeyed by the feudatories, being served by
princesses of various countries, extending his suzerainty
in the whole world and ruling over the earthly as well as
the Vidyadhara kingdoms. On another occasion, wailing Sama-
raketu refers to four outstanding qualities of Harivahana,
when the latter was kidnapped by the mad elephant and cou-
ld not be traced. Here Harivahana is addressed in absentia
as
啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啶椸啶｀え啶苦ぇ啶� 啶啶о啶ㄠ啶掂げ啷嵿げ啶� 啶啶班啶距が啶ㄠ啶о [sarvagu峁嘺nidhi budhajanakavallabha praj膩bandhu ] and 啶膏ぎ啶膏啶む啶侧ぞ 啶曕啶多げ
[samastakal膩 ku艣ala
] 64 Malayasundari qualifies Hariv膩hana with the following adje-
65 ctives, viz., Paaraatiafautureggat 鈥� 啶曕た啶お啶� 啶曕啶多げ啶� 啶曕げ啶距じ啷�
啶呧さ啶膏ぞ啶ㄠき啷傕ぎ啶苦 啶膏ぎ啶膏啶むぞ 啶た啶さ啶膏啶む啶掂た啶膏啶むぐ 啶曕ぅ啶距く啶距
[kimapi ku艣ala岣� kal膩su
avas膩nabh奴mi岣� samast膩 bhimavastuvistara kath膩y膩岣�
] when she declines the invitation from Tilakamanjari on the
ground that an extraordinary guest had arrived at her place.
Again, she introduces the prince to Tilakamanjari with the
66 following qualifying words, viz., aandag: offendant
agjutatfan: antatfeaut谋gacy Mate脌zyaqrayta:
1 The poet, thus, fully reveals the qualities that have gone
in the making of the personality of the hero.
The actions and the incidents in the TM, bring out all
64. TM(N),p.190(2ff.).
66. ibid., p.362(5ff.).
/ 65. ibid., p.356(lff.).
