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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But the suspense really gathers strength with the su-
dden appearance of the Vet膩la who introduces himself as an
attendant of the Goddess Sri. 97 who could ever expect that
this same Mahodara would turn up again in the narrative to
rescue Samaraketu and Malayasundari and actually inform us
about it quite unexpectedly when he happens to exchange
words with the erring Gandharvaka
99 艢r墨
?
98 The words of Goddess SrI that the Candr膩tapa ne-
cklace,
and indirectly the B膩l膩runa ring too, was to be
presented to Prince Harivahana when he comes of age and
that it should always be kept with him during the battles
and calamitous situations, sound very innocent and natural
till we come to know quite unexpectedly that this ring en-
100 abled the commander Vajrayudha to win the losing battle
and to capture Samarak臈tu, the hero of the by-plot, to
unite him with Prince Hariv膩hana, the hero of the main
plot. The ring and the necklace later on remind Malayasun-
dari and Tilakama帽jar墨 respectively of their past births.
101 The sudden night-attack on Vajrayudha's forces by
102 Samaraketu further enhances the suspense which is resol-
ved only when we know that Vajr膩yudha had asked, as a price
97.cf.TM(N),p.49(9ff.):
98. ibid., pp.381-383.
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99. ibid., p.60(17-23); 61(15ff.).
100. ibid.,pp.81-95.
101. ibid.,pp.404-405.
102. ibid., pp.83-93.
