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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(vi) While consoling Malayasundari about the well-being
of Samaraketu, Hariv膩hana recounts in passing the incidents
of the night-attack by, and capture of, Samaraketu, his de-
jection on listening to the interpretation of the unidenti-
fied love-letter, his message to Malayasundari dispatched
through Gandharvaka (p.347,lff.).
(vii) The words of Hariv膩hana, retorting Tilakamanjar墨
(p.364,3ff.) are meant to recount the incidents connected
with his first encounter with her in the Cardamon-bower.
(viii) The report of Gandharvaka (pp.378-384) supplies
the missing links while linking in passing the past events
about his carrying the message to Vicitravirya, Samaraketu/
路 dispatching the letter through him, Gandharvadatt膩's esta-
blished identity, Malayasundari's transportation to a remo-
te hermitage, her attempt at suicide by eating the poison-
ous fruit, Harivahana being carried away by the flying ele-
phant, the incidents of the parrot, the attempts at suicide
by Samaraketu and Malayasundari and their rescue, and the
latter finding herself suddenly in the floating aeroplanen
inthe waters of the Ad峁涐梗峁璦p膩ra lake.
(ix) In the course of revealing the past births of the
heroes and the heroines, the poet summarizes, through the
medium of Mahar峁 (pp.41lff.), the past events about the
meeting of King Meghavahana with god Jvalanaprabha and Sum膩-
lf's dalliance with Svayamprabh膩.
