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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St HANSA MEHTA LIBRARY MAPVERSI) 1. 751 Gandharvaka relates as to how he was transformed
rrot and how he carried the messages.
I
142,
"The self-conscious-
ness of the poet is evident in the remarks which indirectly
draw our attention to the effect of the incident (of myste-
rious taking away of the message by a parrot) on the audience
and, at the same time, the solution of the riddle is sugges-
143 ted in the last alternative of the remarks. 'And the poet
again drives at his ingenuity as displayed in this wonderful
144 parrot-episode.
To heighten the suspense about the neighing of horses
heard by Samaraketu, Dhanap膩la utilizes the former's curio-
sity and poses a number of alternative possibilities of ga-
thering so many horses in a place nearby. The poet's consci-
145 ous art unfolds itself as he gives the last alternative.
out
The conscious artist in the poet again peeps in when
Samaraketu happens to see the Prasasti engraved in the Jain
temple at Mount Ekasriga, and recapitulating the strange ex-
perience that he underwent and strange places that he reached,
proclaims the uniqueness of the situations so far, thus
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142. TM(N),p.384(9-13).
143. ibid.,p.195(2-7): 啶膏啶ㄠ啶お啶むた啶班お啶� 啶溹ぞ啶むさ啶苦じ啷嵿ぎ啶 啶膏す啶距え啷嵿い啶苦啶膏啶ム啶� 啶ぞ啶班啶ムた啶� -
啶膏ぎ啶距啷囙え [sainyapatirapi j膩tavismaya岣� sah膩ntikasthena p膩rthiva -
蝉补尘腻箩别苍补 ] '啶曕啶洁く啶� 啶多啶曕 啶曕た啶ぐ啷嵿ぅ啶き啷嵿く啶班啶ムえ啶距え啶ㄠ啶むぐ啶啶� 啶むぐ啷佮ざ啶苦啶班ぞ啶︵た啶む 啶曕啶粪た啶むぞ啶掂さ啶む啶班啶｀,
啶曕た啶� 啶ㄠた啶た啶む啶む 啶� 啶侧啶栢 啶洁く啶ぎ啷佮え啶� 啶椸啶灌啶む, 啶曕た啶� 啶掂ぞ 啶掂た啶侧ぎ啷嵿が啶苦い啶椸い啶苦ぐ啷傕う啷�啶氞た啶啶� 啶︵た啶�-
啶ぞ啶多啶班た啶む啶� 啶啶班じ啷嵿ぅ啶苦い啶�, 啶曕た啶� 啶ぐ啶ぞ啶班啶ムい啶� 啶多啶� 啶忇さ啶距く啶啶� 啶多啶� 啶掂啶ぞ啶溹啶� 啶曕ざ啷嵿啶苦う啷嵿う啶苦さ啷嵿く啶� [ko'ya峁� 艣uka岣� kimarthamabhyarthan膩nantarameva taru艣ikhar膩dita岣� k峁t膩vavat墨r峁嘺岣�,
ki峁� nimitta峁� ca lekho 'yamamun膩 g峁沨墨ta岣�, ki峁� v膩 vilambitagatir奴d墨cimeva di艣a-
m膩艣ritya prasthita岣�, ki峁� param膩rthata岣� 艣uka ev膩yamuta 艣uka vy膩jena ka艣ciddivya岣� ] ' 啶囙い啶�
啶曕啶むぞ啶ㄠ
啶曕さ啶苦啶侧啶 啷�
[iti
办峁泃腻苍别
kavikalpa岣� |
] 144.ibid.,p.195(13) :- 啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ 啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啶溹え 啶掂た啶膏啶く 啶曕ぐ啷囙 啶多啶曕さ啷嵿く啶むた啶曕ぐ啶 -- [sarva sarvajana vismaya kare峁� 艣ukavyatikaram -- ] 1
145. ibid., p.208(12-18): - 啶嗋す啷嬥じ啷嵿さ啶苦く啶啶ぐ啶距い啷嵿じ啷嵿さ啶ぎ啷囙さ啶距さ啶む啶班啶｀ 啶膏啶ㄠぞ啶む啶� 啶膏お啷嵿い-
[膩hosviyambar膩tsvayamev膩vat墨r峁嘺岣� sn膩tu峁� sapta-
] 1 --
啶膏お啷嵿い啶� 啶膏啶ム啶ㄠ啶оぐ啷嵿さ 啶膏啶班さ啶苦う啷嵿く啶距ぇ啶班ぞ啶｀ぞ啶え啷嵿く啶むぎ啶� 啶曕い啶啶洁お啶� 啶曕ぎ啶ㄠ啶 啶︵啶� 啶︵ぐ啷嵿ざ啶� 啶曕 啶む啶灌げ啷�
啶掂た啶灌ぐ啶むた 啷�
[sapti sthagandharva suravidy膩dhar膩峁嚹乵anyatama岣� katamo'pi kaman墨yo de艣a dar艣ana ku t奴hal墨
viharati |
]
