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 8 - The Plot and the Motifs
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Dhanap膩la has hinted at the poetic importance of the
necklace as the factor instrumental to bringing about
the union of Jvalanaprabha and Priyangusundari when they
are born as Harivahana and Tilakama帽jar墨 respectively
later on. It is this divine necklace which precipitates
the fulfilment of Meghavahana's worship of the goddess
艢r墨 to whom the ornament originally belonged. It is
again this same necklace which enables Tilakama帽jar墨 to
remember her past birth as Priyangusundari and her love
with Jvalanaprabha and prepares the ground for the
final revelation of the identity of her lover with Hari-
vahana, by the Mahar峁. The necklace is thus a divine
instrument of attaining the fulfilment of Meghav膩hana's
wish and a cementing force for eternal love of the cele-
stial lovers.
(4) THE WORSHIP OF DEITIES AND TIRTHANKARAS:-
11 As a poet who has declared his intention of
composing a fiction conforming to the teaching of the
Jain Canons, it is but natural that Dhanap膩la should
allot a prominent place to this motif in the story of
the TM. In all, Dhanap膩la has taken the opportunity of
describing the worship of deities twice and that of the
10. T陇(N) 鈥.44: 啶椸啶灌啶むじ啷嵿い啷� 啶曕う啶距啶苦え啷嵿ぎ啶ㄠ啶粪啶げ啷嬥啷� 啶侧が啷嵿ぇ啶溹え啷嵿ぎ啶ㄠ 啶啶溹ぐ啶距え啶ㄠ啶︵く啶むた
啶︵啶粪啶熰た啶た啶粪啶熰い啶� 啶︵ぐ啷嵿ざ啶� 啶氞啶ㄠぎ啷� 啷� 啶呧ぎ啶班げ啷嬥啶氞啶啶むぞ 啶曕ぞ啶侧啷嵿ぐ啶啶� 啶︵啶掂啶お啶� 啶啶�
啶啶班た啶啷嵿啷佮じ啷佮え啷嵿う啶班 啶曕う啶距啶苦う啶距げ啷嬥啶い啶� 啷� 啶︵ぐ啷嵿ざ啶ㄠぞ啶啶ぞ啶膏啶距い 啶啶班啶� 啶溹ぞ啶むた 啶膏啶啶むた啶多啶�
啶膏啶ぐ啶むた 啶班い啶苦啶班ぞ啶｀啶じ啶曕啶ㄠ啶く啶� 啶膏す啷嬥お啶啶曕啶むぞ啶ㄠた 啶膏啶掂ぐ啷嵿啶掂ぞ啶� 啶曕啶班啶∴ぞ啶膏啶栢ぞ啶ㄠた 啷� [g峁沨墨tastu kad膩cinmanu峁aloke labdhajanmana岣� pujar膩nandayati
d峁涐梗峁璱mi峁ａ弓atama dar艣ana cainam | amaralokacyut膩 k膩lakrame峁嘺 devyapi me峁�
priya峁単usundar墨 kad膩cid膩lokayati | dar艣an膩bhy膩saj膩ta p奴rva j膩ti sm峁泃i艣va
smarati ratikar膩峁噛asak峁沶may膩 sahopabhukt膩ni svargav膩sa kr墨岣嵞乻ukh膩ni | ] etc.
1 1.ibid.Intro銆倂s.50:.. 啶溹た啶溹ぞ啶椸ぎ啷� 啶むぞ啶� 啶多啶班啶む啶� 啶曕ぅ啶� 啶膏ぎ啷佮お啶溹ぞ啶� 啶曕啶む啶灌げ啶膏啶� 啷�
啶掂た啶ㄠ啶� 啶灌啶む啶�
啶班ぞ啶溹啶炧 - 啶班啶苦い啶� 啶曕ぅ啷囙く啶 啷� 啷ウ 啷�
[jij膩gamo t膩岣� 艣rotu峁� kath膩 samupaj膩ta kut奴halasya |
vinoda heto岣�
r膩j帽a岣� - racit膩 katheyam || 50 ||
]
