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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(v) The following seasons, situations and etc,, have
been described in the TM: the Rainy Season (179-180); the
Spring season (pp.297-298); early morning in the rural maun-
tanous area (pp.123-124); the day-break (pp.150-152 & 357-
358); the Dawn (pp.237-238); the Sunset (pp.350-351); the
ceremony before setting out on an expedition (pp.115-116);
earth as seen from the sky (p.242); dust-storm raised by
fighting forces (p.87); a battle (p.88); the shower of arrows
(p.90); and boiling butter and churning of curds (p.117).
(vi) The following are the moods, affections and the
like depicted by Dhanap膩la : mental agony of King Meghav膩ha-
na due to lack of son (pp.20-21); the devotion to Lord R峁-
bha Jina (pp.39-40); the effect of calamity on different ty-
pes of persons (p.41); the grandeur of the Goddess Sri (pp.
57-58); the effect of the divine ring on Vajrayudha and the
inimical forces (pp. 91-92); the effect of new environment
on Samaraketu (p.133); the effect of music on the mad ele-
phant (p.186); intensity of the feeling if soldiers pursuing
the mad elephant (p.187)%; dejected and tired soldiers (pp.
188-189); the effect of an unexpected good news on dejected
soldiers (p.192); the effect of bad news and change of atmo-
sphere in a military camp (p.193); experiences of Harivahana
during his ride on the flying elephant (p.242); the effect
of the advent of youth on different persons (p.264); the
