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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139 the significance of such closely woven passages. Simi-
larly, he had seen through the shortcomings of the ten-
dency towards too much of paronomasia, though it exhibi-
140 ted the cleverness of the author. He was again alive to
the boring effect of incessant prose, and the impediment
of interest in the story in the case of incessant versi-
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fication. "In his opinion a well-knit story full of
suspense was the first and foremost requirement, in the
absence of which all the varied descriptions and episodes
would be so much of dead weight. It is, thus, clear that,
though Dhanap膩la has chiefly Ba峁嘺's style in his view,
142 he wants to avoid the pitfalls of both of his predece-
B膩na and Trivikramabha峁弓a
ssors
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and tries to make
the prose-romance more listenable, easily understandable
and readily enjoyable, while at the same time not sacri-
ficing any of the standards of the then prevailing
literary taste of the elite.
1 V: THE POET'S DESIGN :-
We would now like to enquire about the actual motive
139.TM(N). Intro鈥s.15: 啶呧啶｀啶∴啶︵ぃ啷嵿ぁ啶曕ぞ啶班ぃ啷嵿く 啶ぞ啶溹 啶啶班啷佮さ啶班啶｀啶距い啷� 啶掂啶ぞ啶樴啶班ぞ-
啶︵た啶� 啶く啶距啷嵿ぐ啶距い啷� 啶椸う啷嵿く啶距う啷� [akha峁囜笉uda峁囜笉ak膩ra峁噛a bh膩ja岣� pracuvar峁嘺k膩t vy膩ghr膩-
diva bhay膩ghr膩to gady膩d] 鈥�啶︵啶掂啶ぞ啶掂ぐ啷嵿い啶む 啶溹え啶� [dvy膩vartate jana岣� ] 11 啷оエ啷� ||
[125 ||
] 140.茂产毛诲.惫蝉.16: 啶掂ぐ啷嵿ぃ啶啶曕啶むた 啶� [var峁嘺yukti da] 鈥�啶оぞ啶ㄠぞ啶た 啶膏啶ㄠた啶椸啶оぞ啶炧啶溹え啶え啷� 啶灌ぐ啶距ぎ啷� 啷� 啶溹ぞ啶むた
啶多啶侧啶粪啶ㄠぞ 啶多啶侧ぞ啶樴ぞ啶� 啶曕啶むた啶班啶侧た啶た啶班た啶掂ぞ啶多啶ㄠ啶侧 啷� 啷оガ啷�
[dh膩n膩pi snigdh膩帽janamano har膩m | j膩ti
艣le峁ghan膩 艣l膩gh膩峁� k峁泃irlipiriv膩艣nule || 16||
] 141.ibid.vs.17: 啶呧ざ啷嵿ざ啷嵿ぐ啶距え啷嵿い啶椸う啷嵿く啶膏え啷嵿い啶距え啶� 啶多啶班啶む啶｀ぞ啶� 啶ㄠた啶班啶掂た啶︵ 啶曕ぅ啶距イ 啶溹す啶距い啶�
啶う啷嵿ぎ 啶啶班啷佮ぐ啶� 啶氞ぎ啷嵿お啷傕ぐ啶た 啶曕ぅ啶距ぐ啶膏ぎ啷� 啷� 啷оゥ
[a艣艣r膩ntagadyasant膩n膩 艣rot峁濁箛膩峁� nirvide kath膩| jah膩ti
padma pracur膩 camp奴rapi kath膩rasam || 1||
] 142.ibid.vs.18: 啶膏い啷嵿啶ムぞ啶班じ啶掂え啷嵿ぇ啷嵿く啷囙し啷� 啶ㄠた啶え啷嵿ぇ啷囙し啷� 啶ㄠた啶啶溹た啶むぞ啶� 啷� 啶ㄠ啶氞啶氞た啶�
啶さ啶ㄠ啶む啶ぐ啷嵿ぅ啶距 啶啶班ぞ啶 啶掂啶班じ啷嵿く 啶灌啶むさ啶� 啷� 啷оギ啷�
[satkath膩rasavandhye峁 nibandhe峁 niyojit膩岣� | n墨ceciva
bhavantyarth膩岣� pr膩yo vairasya hetava岣� || 18||
]
