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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Inspite of his very young age he is quite shrewd enou-
gh to infer the reason why Hariv膩hana did not indicate the
location of his stay and promptly undertakes a hazardous
130 journey to the north. He intelligent enough to determine
the auspicious hour by himself in times of emergency.
131 He
would make sure of his route by breaking the journey for
three or four days to inquire with aged people of the inter-
132.
vening cities. "His practical outlook is well brought out
when he advises Harivahana not to stake too much for an in-
significant cause. 133
Thus in Samaraketu we have a fine young boy, an undau-
nted warrior, a highly devoted shrewd friend, a passionate
lover, and a devout worshipper of the family deity as well
of Lord Jina.
(iv) T膧RAKA :-
1 In T膩raka we a have a Bania youth who has taken
to the profession of a sailor and has naturalized in it.
the circumstances which almost compelled him to take up the
avocation were quite unusual and accidental, viz., his fri-
endship with Jalaketu and the surrender of the latter's dau-
ghter when he innocently caught her by hand in order to sa-
134 ve her from a fall as she slipped on the smooth pavement.
But his youthful manliness coupled with Priyadar艣an膩's be-
witching
130. TM(N),p.197(8ff.)/ 131. ibid., p.198(9)/132.ibid., p.201
133. ibid.,p.185(21)../ 134. ibid., p.127(22ff.). / (22ff.).
