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 (“prose-romance�). 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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in charge of various tasks in the palace etc.; Pradhanan-
tarvaṃsika (72,15), Antarvansika (342,43), Kancukī (352,13),
Antaḥpurikā (301,4), Suddhācāradātikā (373,11), Suddhanta-
śayyā-pālikā (72,23), Suddhānta-dāsī (373,11) and Bāhya-
parijana (309,9).
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There were a number of officers and servants entrust-
ed with security duties in the palace and elsewhere. They
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were: Yamangarakṣaka (28,14), Angaraksa (15,2), Sakala-
kośāgāra-rakṣādhikāra-niyukta Pālikā (341,14ff.), Sarira-
rakṣādhikāra-nūjukta-puruṣa (80,7ff.), Aṅga-rakṣādhikāra-
niyuktā. Aṃganā (341,24) and Sthāpatya (15,1).
Chatradhārī (233,7ff.), Camaragrāha (15,2), Patad-
grahaka (233,15), and Vāri-karaka-vāhaka (233,16) were per-
sonal servants of the royal personages.
_ (9) THE COURT AND ITS ETIQUETTE :-
Dhanapala has given a brief picture of the court-
57 assembly of King Meghavahana. The court was held in the
Asthāṇa-maṇḍapa of the royal palace. The king would sit on
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a beautiful golden throne and preside over the assembly.
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On both of his sides, the body guards, with unsheathed ra-
ised swords in their hands, closely lined up. Courtesans
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constantly fanned him with waving of Camaras. The favourite
57. TM(N),p.80(6ff.).
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