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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(B) P膩dalipt膩c膩rya:- The whole of the Tarangavati-
kath膩 is narrated by a nun named Suvrat膩 as an illustra-
tion of the unhappiness in this world and the inevita-
bility of the consequences of past deeds. Tarangavati
waits since seven years in expectation to fulfil her
wish to be united with the lover of her past birth.
Similar is the case with both Malayasundari and Tilaka-
ma帽jar墨, though the period of separation is not specified.
Tarangavati undertakes a vow of performing one hundred
and eight '膩ya峁僢ilas' for getting united with her lover!
P膩dalipt膩c膩rya uses the motif of a long period of sepa-
ration in order to show the greater degree of unhappiness,
as compared to happiness in life. Such is the case with
Malayasundari and Samaraketu and Dhanap膩la's motive also
is similar. A mendicant lectures to the hero and the
heroine on the concept of Karma, its types and their re-
.72.
sults in the TRNG.
71 (7-8) Jinasena and Gunasena:- The idea of divine
Munis approaching a human being from the sky is utilized
in the Mah膩pur膩na, where two Munis approach the minister
73 Svaya峁僢uddha on the Meru mountain. Goddess Svaya峁僷rabha
70.TRNG.p.18.
71.ibid.p.22:
73.MPJ.V.283.
72.ibid.pp.64-67.
