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...
15.2. Uniform of soldiers and their equipments
Soldiers covered up their heads with a long piece of cloth on which they wore various types of helmets, and the trunk proper was protected by different types of steel arUsual auspicious marks, such as, a Tilaka of Rocana and Durva sprouts were of course to be put on. mours 141 ly : 142 Among the military weapons, sword, spear, and bow predominated, though other weapons like mace, discus, dart, firemissile 137. cf. ibid, p. 242 (3ff.) prsthato vahagi rana varata tarjita, jatyava hai vahini - pratibhiranyai srabaddhaparikaraih parikara mentha vanthaprayah prajavibhih sainthyodhairanu ba- dhyamanah ..-1 138. cf. ibid., p.86(16) agatya karidharabhih samantatah etc.; 215(21ff.) -- 'cakravarti sainya mivane ka ratna sari krta mattavarana parikara 227 (22) bhuvanavijaya pravrtta makaradhvaja gajanika 139. ibid., p.83(2); 242,(3). 140. ibid., p.187(12); 242(3). 141. ibid.,p.85 (11) 41414431; (P.T.O.) 1;
679 are also mentioned. mentioned.143 Drums and trumpets were principal 144 equipments for military band.