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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365 134
taming of a mad elephant, despatching a message through
135 a parrot, throwing from distance a garland into the
136 137
neck of a lover, appreciation of a love-letter, and
138 all these motifs,
union of lovers of past births
each of which has a corresponding similar one in the TM,
are to be found in this work.
Thus, Dhanap膩la has started a fresh tradition of
gathering beautiful motifs from varied sources and uti-
lizing them in his tightly woven texture of the story
in quite a different context to serve a totally unfore-
seen purpose in his plot-construction.
IV: THE SOURCE OF HIS STYLE :-
Since Dhanapala wanted to compose a prose-romance,
his model in the matter of style is certainly none else
than B膩峁嘺, who seems to have left an indelible influence
on the author of the TM. But Dhanap膩la is no longer a
blind imitator of Bana. He seems to have realized the
drawbacks of Bana's overfondness for incessant series
of long-drawn descriptions both in the KAD and the HC.
He felt that the indulgence in such fondness on the part
of an author of a prose-romance serves to discourage, and
bore, the listeners who hardly have time to understand
134.KUIM.p.154.
135.ibid.p.134.
136.ibid.
138 137.ibid.p.160.
138.ibid.p.157.
