Tilakamanjari of Dhanapala (study)
by Shri N. M. Kansara | 1970 | 228,453 words
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. Alternative titles: Dhanap膩la Tila...
18. Description of the Ornaments of transport animals
The animals of transport, such as the elephant, the horse, the bull, and etc., were decorated on special occasions with various types of ornaments, a few references to which are found in the Tilakamanjari of Dhanapala 4.4 The ornaments of the elephant were: (i) Pratima (or Pratima); (ii) Naksatra-mala; and (iii) Kadalika-kanakaVaijayanti. Pratima,or Pratima, was a ring fitted around 385 the tip of the tusks of an elephant, The Nakgatra-mala was a big necklace, presumably with many types of jewels corresponding to all the signs of the zodiac; it was suspended on to the temple of the female elephant guarding the 386 portals of the royal palace. Kadalika-kanaka-vaijayanti 384. cf.TH(N),p.246(12) napura padmaragakara ; 301(19ff.) -- nupuraya krsteh prsthatah pradhavadbhirvilasadirghika hamsamithunai anupadamunmadhya- ; 302 (19拢拢.)- atiyatnavaritacarana mani- napuraravani niksipantim mandamanda padani - 1 manahrdaya 385. ibid., p. 386 (20) - sapratima danto mahakaya kari ; also cf. Trikanda-shesha-kosa of Purusottama, III,iii,300 STUTTOT FOTOsts for aft--| 386. ibid., p. 361 (4ff.) ... ananu natra mala kalita kumbha ajinim -- yama - gajavasam--- |
572 seems to have consisted of a cloth woven with golden tinsels and having golden tinklers on strings strung along its borders. 387 The horses and other such transport animals were fitted with golden saddles studded also decorated with 388 with precious stones. Similarly, bulls were/various types of covering-cloths resembling ornamented saddles.