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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also listed, the last one, viz., to rid one off a curse,
253.
being skillfully put at the end of the list. We are ra-
ther amused when the poet expresses through Hariv膩hana his
satisfaction at the narrative purpose served by the magic
254 mantle in the narrative, and skillfully utilizes it to
255 introduce the tragic account of Gandharvaka as he now ga-
thers the threads of the narrative.
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Dhanapala is very particular about minor details. Thus,
he informs us that Gandharvaka had tried tied the mesage
256 to the skirt of his upper garment before he set out for
the Suvela mountain after meeting Harivahana at Ayodhy膩.
The srat strategic importance of this detail is realized
when we are told by Gandharvaka how he spread his upper gar-
257 ment over the unconscious body of Malayasundari, since it
is now only that we know how Malayasundari accidently found
the message tied to the skirt of her garment, and that the
seeming accident was after all no accident at all:
The lamentation of Tarangalekha when Malayasundar墨
ate the poisonous fruit and swooned, is skillfully utilized
253. TM(N),p.376(2-17).
258 254. ibid., p. 377 (17拢拢): 啶む啶掂い啷嵿お啷嵿ぐ啶膏ぞ啶︵啶曕啶む啶� 啶︵た啶掂啶お啶� 啶班い啷嵿え啷囙え 啶啶ㄠぐ啶膏啶ぞ啶掂た啶� -
啶︵ぐ啷嵿ざ啶ㄠ 啶曕啶む啶洁お啷嵿く啶距え啷�啶� 啶︵ぐ啷嵿ざ啶い啶� 啶ぐ啶� 啶え啷嵿ぇ啷佮啶侧啶� 啶啶� 啶ㄠ 啶椸え啷嵿ぇ啶班啶掂 啶き啶苦お啷嵿ぐ啷囙い啶距ぐ啷嵿ぅ 啶む 啶� [tvatpras膩d墨k峁泃ena divyapara ratnena punarasa峁僢h膩vita -
dar艣ana峁� kuto'py膩n墨ya dar艣ayat膩 parama bandhukalpa me峁� na峁� gandharvaka mabhipret膩rtha to a] 鈥�啶оた啶�
啶澿ぞ啶灌た啶む啶� 啶� 啶啶� 啶膏啶ぞ啶︵た啶むぎ啶た啶侧し啶苦い啶 --
[dhika
jh膩hitya va me峁� sa峁僷膩ditamabhila峁tam --
] 255. ibid.,pp.378-384.
256. ibid., p.378(15):313941492252....etc.
257. ibid.,p.380 (13拢拢.): -- 啶掂た啶оぞ啶� 啶� 啶啶班ぅ啷�啶じ啶� 啶ㄠた啶溹お啷嵿ぐ啶距さ啶距ぐ啶� 啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啶距啷嬥し啷�-- [vidh膩ya ca prath墨yas膩 nijapr膩v膩ra峁嘺 sarv膩ko峁--] 1
258. ibid.,pp.334-337..
