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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connected with the incident of the siege of Kanci by Vajr膩-
209.
yudha. It is now only that we gather the purpose of Vajr膩-
dha's episode, viz., to bring out the mahan martial nature
of Samaraketu and his love for Malayasundari for whose sake
210 he mounted the night-attack. The incident is recollected
again in the form of the news brought by a Brahmin at the
笔谤补蝉腻苍迟补惫补颈谤腻艣谤补尘补.211
212 The poet's minute care for gathering the threads of the
narrative is evident when we notice how Gandharvadatt膩 is
made to know about her father Vicitravirya, the Vidy膩dhara
emperor, through Bandhusundari when the latter reports to
her how her daughter Malayasundari tried to commit suicide.
Dhanap膩la's skill is again evident when he cuts short
the narrative on linking the threads of it and also echoes
the curiosity of the audience about the part of the narrati-
213 ve now left untold.
The element of suspense is again introduced when Mala-
yasundari, who swooned on the sea-shore near Pra艣膩ntavair膩-
suddenly found herself in a wooden aeroplane floating
in the waters of the Ad峁涐梗峁璦p膩ra lake situated thousands of
srama,
209. TM(N), p.82ff.
210. ibid., pp.325-326; also p.339(5-8):
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212. ibid., p.327(1-3)..
213. cf. ibid., p. 332 (1-2): 啶曕た啶班啶ぞ [办颈谤尘腻 ] '啶曕た啶い啶� 啶ぐ啶� 啶多啶班啶むさ啷嵿く啶 啶囙い啶� 啶氞た啶ㄠ啶�
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[kimata岣� para峁� 艣rotavyam iti cinta
yitv膩 vadharitatad膩rabdha v膩rt膩 parisam膩pti岣� .... |
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