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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only the thresholds, but even the wide platforms between
the pillars of the swing-couch in the courtyard of a tem-
ple was also purified by plastering it with cow-dung or
sandal-paste, and over the drawing of Svastika design on
it, multicoloured flowers were arranged for heightening
221 the beauty.
(6) PERSONAL DECORATIONS :-
Among the designs utilized for personal decoration,
Dhanap膩la has mentioned Pttr膩峁単uli, Tilaka, Vise峁ka, Pa-
ttraccheda, and Pattr膩vali.Of these, the details of each one
are very interesting.
The Pattranguli seems to have consisted of various
types of curved lines, or dots, arranged in curved lines,
forming leaf-motifs drawn on the surface of the breasts
and the cheeks of women, with a paste of fragrant substances
such as, sandal, saffron, camphor, musk and etc. 222 Pandit
Radhakantadeva is not sure when he gives two alternative
explanations of this term. ' However, Dhanap膩la's description
221. TM (N), p. 360 (6ff.)
啶ㄠ啶じ啷嵿い 啶啶粪啶じ啷嵿い 啶啶多が啶侧ぞ 啶
啶︵ 啶侧ぞ啶膏啶むぎ啷嵿き 啶う啶� 啶曕ぞ啶 ....
[nyasta pu峁asta baka艣abal膩 m
do l膩stambha yadi k膩m ....
] 222. cf. ibid., p.18 ( 23 ) ---
啶囙啶侧啶く啶�
[ikalpayala
] 223.
啶むい啷嵿啷嵿し啶｀ 啶げ啶苦お啷嵿い啶� 啶た啶むじ啷嵿い啶む 啶班啶苦い啶班啶氞た啶� 啶膏啶掂じ啷嵿い啶苦啶� 啶さ啶苦ぐ啶�-
啶嗋く啶むえ 啶ぃ啷嵿ぁ啶� 啶多ぞ啶侧ぞ 啶灌ぞ啶� 啶膏啶苦え啷� 啶 啶掂た啶啶侧ぞ啶た啶ㄠ啶︵え啷�啶�-
啶曕ぞ啶た啶ㄠ 啶曕啶啶き啶苦い啷嵿い啶苦し啷嵿さ啶ㄠ啶� 啶ぁ啷嵿ぁ啶�, 啶曕啶熰た啶侧ぞ啶�
- [tatk峁峁噊 palipt膩 mitastato racitarucira svastik膩 mavirala-
膩yatana ma峁囜笉apa 艣膩l膩 h膩峁嘺 sagin墨 m奴 vipul膩bhindan墨la-
k膩min墨 kumbhabhitti峁aneka bha岣嶀笉膩, ku峁璱l膩岣�
-] 1; 247(11)--- 啶曕お啷嬥げ 啶啶椸げ啷囙え
- -
啶い啷嵿ぐ啶多啶侧 啶︵啶掂す啶ㄠ啶む啶 ..
[kapola yugalena
- -
patra艣ul墨 dvahant墨m ..
] 223. SKD, Vol. III, p. 29, 001.1: 啶い啷嵿ぐ啶距啷嵿啷佮げ啶苦 - 啶い啷嵿ぐ 啶啷嵿啷佮げ啶苦啶�
啶呧え啷嵿え啷� 啶う啷嵿さ啶� 啶呧啷嵿啷佮げ啶苦き啶苦げ啶苦啶苦い啶� 啶班啶苦い啶� 啶い啷嵿ぐ啶� 啶い啷嵿ぐ啶距啷冟い啶苦ぐ啶む啶� 啶� 啶い啷嵿ぐ啶ぞ啶� 啷�
啶膏ぞ啶ㄠ啶啶侧ぞ啶︵ 啶曕じ啷嵿い啷傕ぐ啶苦啶� 啶︵た 啶班啶苦い 啶い啷嵿ぐ啶距さ啶侧 啶囙い啷嵿く啶ぐ啶� 啷� 啶班ぞ啶оぞ 啷оエ啷� -
啶い啷嵿ぐ啶距啶侧
啶曕啶班ぁ啶距ぎ啶�-
[patr膩峁単uli岣� - patra ma峁単ulikhi
anna| yadv膩 a峁単ulibhilikhita峁� racita峁� patra峁� patr膩k峁泃iratra na patrabh膩岣� |
s膩nakapol膩dau kast奴rik膩 di racita patr膩val墨 ityamara岣� || r膩dh膩 122 -
辫补迟谤腻墨濒墨
办耻谤补岣嵞乵补诲补-
]
