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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and 362 Fagno
a "Prizagafari" named 31431fur for becoming invisible in the sech second Act of
a charmed bracelet of a herb named Apar膩jit膩 (avar膩jid膩
峁嚹乵a osah茂) in the seventh Act of his Abhij帽膩na-s膩kuntalam.
Possibly it was due to the mystic formula called Apar膩jit膩
that the bracelet charmed with it was known by that name.
and Thakkar Feru
Monier-Williams/informs us that it is a class of divini-
ties constituting one portion of the Anuttara divinities
102.
of the Jains. The names Meghav膩hana and Hariv膩hana are
also to be found in the Pau.C.
103 (12) Haribhadrasuri :- The lord of Candr膩nana
Vim膩na descended into the womb of queen 艣r墨k膩nt膩 and she
saw a lion entering her womb. The son was to become an
104 There are at least two references to a wish-
emperor
.
-fulfilling precipice. The motif of a voyage is utilized
here. Dha峁嘺kum膩ra starts for a voyage, before which he
105.
goes to the sea-shore, worships the ocean and gets into
106 the boat. The motifs of throwing a Bakula garland into
107 the neck of the lover, of a magic cloak which when put on
108 makes one invincible, of a row of footprints which leads
109 the hero to an ascetic girl are noteworthy. Moreover,
the motifs of the 膧k膩艣ag膩min墨 Vidy膩, attempt at suicide
on the part of the heroine, her stay at a penance-grove,
102. SED(MW).p.51 a; cf. also VSP, p. 168-18:
啶多ぐ啶じ啷嵿ぅ啶距い 啶膏啶掂啶熰か啶侧ぞ啶膏た啶ぐ 啶灌ぐ啶� ||啷оォ|
[艣arabhasth膩ta sve峁璦phal膩siyara hari ||13|
] 103. Pau.C.40.15.4; 41.11.1;53.4.1;21.2.10;21.3.4;21.4.2.
104. Samar膩.II.pp.60ff.
ibid.II.p.87:
105. 1b1a.11.1.87: 啶膏啶膏啶溹ぞ啶班さ啶� 啶膏さ啷嵿さ啶曕ぞ啶た啶 啶ㄠぞ啶�, 啶ぁ啶｀ぎ啶むた [susuj膩ravara savvak膩miya峁� n膩ma, pa岣峚峁嘺mati ] v. p. 360:
啶呧い啷嵿ぅ啶� 啶班す啷囙さ 啶げ啶お啶掂 啶ぃ啶距ぐ啶灌ぞ啶啶班啶� 啶溹ぞ啶� 啶膏た啶灌ぐ啶� 啷� 啶む 啶� 啶曕た啶�. 啶曕ぞ啶た啶�
[atthi raheva malayapavae ma峁嚹乺ah膩p奴raca峁� j膩ma sihara峁� | ta峁� ca kila. k膩miya
] 106. ibid.IV.p.202.
108. ibid.V.p.329.
/ 107. ibid.p.303./
/ 109. ibid.V.pp.333-334.
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