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.
Chapter 15 - The Tilakamanjari as a Prose Poetic work
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749 129
forget the brief acquaintance is related to the task of
carrying messages by the parrot.
130 The hidden purpose of the letter of Samaraketu addre-
ssed to Malayasundari and handed over by Harivahana to Gan-
dharvaka 131
131 is disclosed when Malayasundari suddenly finds it
tied to her garment, and consequently gives up the idea of
committing suicide again.
132 Dhanap膩la betrays his consciousness as an artist when
he seeks to enhance the suspense by drawing our attention
to the inherent difficulties in the path of love of Hariva-
hanaq毛鈻爊d忙kkes忙phan hana for Tilakama帽jar墨, and almost
challeges us to exercise our imagination as to the manner
in which Hariv膩hana can be made to reach the remote region
133 of the Vidyadharas.
By introducing the incident of the mad elephant to be
pacified by the musical powers of Hariv膩hana, and the elepha-
nt suddenly flying and kidnapping the prince away, the
poet catches us by surprise, and leaving us bewildered and
129. TM(N),p.173(1-2).
131. ibid., p.173(4-8%.
132. ibid.,pp.338-339.
ibid.,p.176(20ff):
134 / 130. ibid., p.384(9-10).
133. ibid鈥�,p.176 (2011): 啶曕じ啷嵿く 啶曕啶班ぎ啶苦し啷嵿く啶む 啶むう啷嵿う啷囙ざ啶椸ぎ啶ㄠ啶ぞ啶啶粪 啶啶︵啶оた啶� 啷� 啶曕じ啷嵿く
啶膏ぞ啶灌ぞ啶啷囙え 啶膏啶む啶膏啶い啶� 啶むぅ啶� 啶膏す 啶膏ぎ啶距啶お啷嵿ぐ啶距お啷嵿い啶苦啷�
[kasya krami峁ate tadde艣agamanop膩ye峁 buddhi岣� | kasya
s膩h膩yakena setsyati tath膩 saha sam膩gamapr膩pti岣
] 134. ibid., pp.184-187.
