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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A pitcher full of water and probably smeared with five fin-
ger-marks made of flour or lime paste, was held auspicious,
164 and was, therefore, saluted while starting on a journey.
Instantaneous throbbong of the left eye in the case of a
165 man made him apprehensive as it portended evil.
166.
People often became desperate when they thought that
their misfortunes were due to the inescapable effect of
evil stars. Dhanap膩la has referred four times to the be
prevalent belief in the efficacy of suicidal fall from an
auspicious precipice of a mountain, as a guaranteed means
of getting rid of their miseries of the present birth and
securing happy fulfilment of one's desires in the next
.167
one.
774 (9) POPULAR MYTHOLOGICAL BELIEFS AND LEGENDS
168 Any great mythology, says C.Kerenyi, might be sty-
led a 'collective psychology', a common domination by the
supra-individual in the form of images that are directly
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164. cf, TM(N), p. 198 ( 19ff.) 啶膏啶оぞ啶啷� [蝉耻诲丑腻辫补峁�] 鈥�啶曕お啶距ぃ啷嵿ぁ啷佮ぐ 啶啶班啶� 啶曕啶啶ぎ啶苦さ 啶溹ぎ啷嵿き啶距ぐ啶�-
啶曕啷佮き啶� 啶啶班じ啷嵿い啶距う啷佮お啶︵ぐ啷嵿ざ啶苦い 啶曕ぐ 啶掂え啷嵿う啶ぞ啶� 啶膏啶む啶灌た啶� 啶曕ぐ 啶た啶啶ぎ啷� ---|
啶むい啷嵿啷嵿し啶｀啶啶距い 啶掂ぞ啶啷嵿し啶苦じ啷嵿お啶ㄠ啶︵え啷囙え 啶呧じ啷嵿さ啶膏啶� 啶氞啶むじ啶� -- [kap膩峁囜笉ura p奴r峁嘺 kumbhamiva jambh膩ri-
kakubh膩 purast膩dupadar艣ita kara vandam膩na stuhina kara bimbam ---|
tatk峁峁噊paj膩ta v膩mak峁spandanena asvastha cetas膩 -- ] 1
啶膏ぎ啶椸啶� 啶ぞ啶啷嵿ぐ啶� [samagra p膩pagraha] 鈥�啶啶∴ぞ 啶た啶班た啶� 啶曕啶∴啶曕啶むぞ--- [p墨岣嵞� bhiriva ko岣嵞玨峁泃膩--- ] 1
啶班じ啶距い啶� 啶膏す啷嬥う啶班啶� 啶い啶ㄠ 啶︵ぐ啷堗 ---
啶呧え啷囙啶�-啶む啶掂お啷嵿ぐ啶侧く 啶灌啶む啶た啶� 啶啶班啶距え啶む 啶灌啶�
[ras膩tala sahodarai岣� patanaka darai岣� ---
anekasa-tvapralaya hetubhi岣� praj膩nat墨 hai岣�
] 165. ibid., p.396(17).
166. ibid., p.40(23)
167. ibid.,p.235 (19)
; 320(1)-
; 397(13ff.)...37fortafief-
啶膏ぞ啶о 啶啶班お啶距い啶む啶班啶ムぎ啷�-- [s膩dhaka prap膩tat墨rtham--] ; 415 (22)-- 啶膏ぞ啶班啶掂啶距ぎ啶苦 啶掂た啶溹く啶距ぐ啷嵿ぅ 啶ぐ啷嵿さ啶むじ啷嵿く 啶啶班ぇ啶距え
啶多た啶栢ぐ啶-----
[s膩rvak膩mika vijay膩rtha parvatasya pradh膩na
艣颈办丑补谤补尘-----
] 168. cf. The Gods of the Greeks, p.3.
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