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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bringing the narrative uptodate by shifting the focus by
means of boxing technique.
The suspense is completely resolved by the revelation
289 of the riddle of past births by Maharsi, whose identity
with the Vidyadhara Muni introduced in the beginning of the
290 291
prose-r膿mance' is but slightly and carefully indicated.
The poet's skill at sustaining the interest in the
narrative right upto the last page of his novel is seen as
we notice how he keeps the audience oscillating between hope
and despair when just after the appearance of some bad
292 omens, Sandipana brings the sad news about the attempted
b suicide by Hariv膩hana and Tilakama帽jar墨's desperate resolve
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to follow suit. The element of accident in the timely arri-
val of Prakarsa with a message from Cakrasena urging Tilaka-
ma帽jar墨 to postpone her resolve of committing suicide for
294 six months serves to enhance our curiosity, though the
relavent events have already been described in detail only
295 recently.
The conscious art of Dhanapala is again seen when he
reminds the audience about the events right from the moment
289. TM(N),pp.406-413*
/ 290. ibid.,pp.23-25.
/ 294. ibid.,p.417.
291. see supra ft. nt. 94. / 292. ibid.,p.413(19ff.).
293. ibid., pp.415-416.
295. ibid., pp.398-402.
