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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(5) LIFE IN A ROYAL PALACE :-
The retinue of a royal personage, like a king, qu-
een, prince or princess, consisted of caveliers who rode
in the front, foot soldiers, courtesans holding items of
royal insignia, chamberlain and harem-maids. 32 The servants
were divided into two categories, viz., internal and ex-
ternal. The internal servants (antarva峁僺ika) were autho-
rized to enter into the innermost apartments of the harem,
while the external servants (bahya-parijana) were confined
to the first external hall of the palace and were not allo-
wed to enter beyond those limits.33
When the king returned to the royal palace with his
retinue, the soldiers, along with their transport animals,
stopped at the main gate%3B at the signal from the king the
feudatories lined up in rows on both sides of the path to
the interior%3B the king then proceeded on his royal ele-
phant upto the second gate and thence went further on foot,
while only trusted and closes and relatives were
34 allowed to follow him inside. Similarly, Prince Hariv膩-
hana is said to have dispersed his servants at the door of
32. TM(N),pp.152-153.
33. cf. ibid., p.68 (19ff.)
309 (9)-- 啶ぞ啶灌啶お啶班た啶溹え啷� - [b膩hyaparijane - ] 1
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啶ㄠた啶掂ぞ啶班た啶むお啶班た啶掂ぞ啶班げ啷嬥 啶�...
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[niv膩ritapariv膩raloka dha...
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] 34. ibid.,p.68 (17拢拢) 路 啶班ぞ啶溹啷佮げ啶ぞ啶膏じ啶距う 啷� 啶︵啶掂ぞ啶班う啷囙ざ啷� 啶� 啶むじ啷嵿く 啶掂た啶︵啶啶� [r膩jakulam膩sas膩da | dv膩rade艣e ca tasya vidyuta] 鈥�啶掂ぞ啶灌え
啶膏啶むた啶た啶むぎ啶距さ啶距じ啶� [惫腻丑补苍补
蝉迟颈尘颈迟补尘腻惫腻蝉补驳补] 鈥�啶え啶距く 啶ㄠた啶班啶啷佮え啷嵿え啶た啶� 啶啶栢じ啶傕啷嵿啶ぞ 啶啶班じ啷嵿ぅ啶距お啷嵿く啷嬥き啶い啶� 啶ぞ啶班啶ムた啶掂
啶�
啶膏ぎ啷傕す啶え啷嵿い啶� 啶曕た
啶啶班さ啶苦ざ啷嵿く 啶︵啶掂た啶む啶 啶︵啶掂ぞ啶班 啶掂ぞ啶班ぃ啶� 啶︵ [man膩ya niryagunnamita mukhasa峁僯帽ay膩 prasth膩pyobhayata岣� p膩rthiva岣�
va
sam奴hamanta岣� ki
pravi艣ya dvit墨ye dv膩re v膩ra峁嚹� de] 鈥�啶掂い啶むぞ啶� 啷� 啶ㄠた啶掂ぞ啶班た啶� 啶ぐ啶苦さ啶� 啶多啶侧啶曕 啶︵啶掂ぞ啶班お啶距げ啷堗 啶ぐ啶苦啷嵿し啶苦い啷�
啶啶� 啶班ぞ啶溹お啷佮い啷嵿ぐ 啶ぐ啶苦さ啷冟い啶多啶氞ぐ啶｀ぞ啶啶ぞ啶啶� 啶啶� 啶むぅ啶� 啶椸い啷嵿さ啶� 啶ぇ啷嵿く啶ぞ 啶ぃ啷嵿ぁ啶た啶曕ぞ ---|
[vatat膩ra | niv膩rita pariv膩 艣lokaca dv膩rap膩lai岣� parik峁t墨
pta r膩japutra pariv峁泃a艣cara峁嚹乥hy膩meva me峁� tath膩 gatv膩 madhyam膩 ma峁囜笉apik膩 ---|
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