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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to attract the attention of Gandharvaka who was returning
in an aeroplane from the Suvela mountain.
259 Mahodara is again referred to as having assumed the
260 form of a Vetala' in order to remind the audience about
261 the identity of Mahodara, the Yak峁 attendant of the Goddess
Sri, and the Vet膩la who tested the devotion of King Megha-
v膩hana. The missing links as to the rescue of Samaraketu
(along with T膩raka) and Malayasundari after they tried to
drown themselves into the ocean, are supplied here by reveal-
ing that it was Mahodara who saved these desperate lovers and
reached them to their respective places safely. However,
the little doubt lurks in our mind as to why Mahodara shou-.
ld have taken this trouble. This doubt is also removed when,
in reponse to the request by Priyangusundari, the Goddess
Sri entrusts the task of guarding both the Jain temples,
viz., the one built by Priyangusundari at Mount Ekas峁涐箙ga
and the other by Priya峁僾ad膩 at Ratnakuta island, to the
262 care of Mahodara, who therefore was naturally interested
in averting the mishap in order to prevent the defilement
of the wh holy premises.
259. TM(N), p.378(16ff.).
啶嗋さ啶苦し啷嵿啷冟い 啶掂啶むぞ啶侧ぐ啷傕お啶�
[膩vi峁峁泃a vet膩lar奴pa岣�
] 1 260. ibid., p.382(4): 3 Halim Ray:... |
261. ibid.,p.382(11-17).
262. ibid.,p.410 (9-11) : 啶う啷嵿ぐ, 啶むじ啷嵿く 啶啶班た啶さ啶傕う啶� 啶曕ぞ啶班た啶むじ啷嵿く啶距じ啷嵿く 啶� 啶啶班た啶啷嵿啷�-
啶膏啶ㄠ啶︵ぐ啷� 啶啶班ぞ啶膏ぞ啶︵じ啷嵿く 啶啶班い啶ㄠ啶栢啶� 啶ぞ啶膏啶� 啶むえ啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啷囙ぃ 啶さ啶むぞ 啶班啷嵿し啶｀啶 啶涏啶︵啶班げ啷嬥啷� 啶う啷嵿ぐ啶掂 ... 啷�
[bhadra, tasya priyava峁僤膩 k膩ritasy膩sya ca priya峁単u-
sundar墨 pr膩s膩dasya pratanukhya p膩sta tandre峁嘺 bhavat膩 rak峁峁嚹珁a岣� chudraloko padrava岣� ... |
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