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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Tilakamanjar墨 saw the necklace to the last day of six monthly
296 postponement of her resolve to commit suicide, and brings the
suspense to a final end by using it as a means to rouse the
memories of Harivahana about his past birth. The poet aga-
in points out to the past events beginning with the question
put by Samaraketu to Hariv膩hana and ending with his meeting
the latter sitting with Tilakamanjari, just before his cere-
monial entrance into the Vidyadhara city called Gaganavalla-
297 bha.
unt
298 Samaraketu's sorrow on listening to Harivahana's acco-
still leaves the audience curious. The curiosity is
heightened when Malayasundari is introduced to Samaraketu
299 as a beloved of two births (janma-dvaya-pra峁嘺tini) and
Samaraketu refers to some injustice done by him to her
without specifying what it was, also leaves us rather guess-
ing, till we remember how, as Sum膩l墨, he had fled to Nandi-
301 svara-dvipa to flirt with Svayamprabh膩,
vad膩 in the lurch.
302 300
leaving Priya峁�-
And lastly, the poet is quite a conscious artist when
he poses the question about the possibility of Samaraketu
296. TM (N), p. 418 (18ff.) :- 啶囙い啶� 啶ㄠた啶掂啶︵く啶むた 啶灌ぞ啶班う啶班啶多え啶距い啷嵿お啷嵿ぐ啶啶むた 啶啶班啶掂さ啷冟い啷嵿い啶� 啶むた啶侧-
啶啷嵿啶班 啶掂啶む啶むぞ啶ㄠ啶むぎ啶椸啶班い啷� 啶掂た啶溹く啶� 啶椸え啷嵿ぇ啶班啶掂
啶椸啶班啶掂ぞ啶� 啶膏う啶ㄠぞ啶傕さ啶距じ 啶膏啶栢ぎ啶膏啶ぐ啶 啷�
啶膏す啶膏啶�
啶啶班啶掂啶ㄠ啶ぞ啶ㄠ啶啶む 啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啶お啶�
[iti nivedayati h膩radar艣an膩tprabh峁泃i p奴rvav峁泃ta峁� tilaka-
ma帽jar墨 v峁泃t膩ntamagrato vijayakha gandharvaka
g墨rv膩峁嘺 sadan膩峁僾膩sa sukhamasmaram |
sahasaiva
p奴rvajanm膩nubh奴ta峁� sarvamapi
] 297. ibid.,p.420(8-10) :- 啶囙い啶� 啶ㄠた啶掂啶︵啶� 啶掂た啶︵啶ぞ啶оぐ 啶椸た啶班啶� 啶曕啶む啶灌げ啶曕啶むお啷嵿ぐ啶多啶� 啶膏啶�
啶膏ぎ啶班啷� 啶む 啶掂ぞ啶班ぃ啶� 啶す啶距ぐ啶む 啶啶班き啷冟い啶� 啶啶班啶掂さ啷冟い啷嵿い啶ぞ啶む啶啶� 啶掂啶む啶むぞ啶ㄠ啶むぎ啷嵿 [iti nivedya vidy膩dhara girau峁� kut奴halak峁泃apra艣na sya
samarake to v膩ra峁嚹� pah膩rata岣� prabh峁泃i p奴rvav峁泃tam膩tm墨ya v峁泃t膩ntam岣� ] 1
/ 299. ibid.,p.421(15ff.)
300. ibid, p. 421 (21ft): 啶呧す啶� 啶む 啶曕啶むさ啶苦お啷嵿ぐ啶苦く啶� 啶啶班た啶啶掂う啶� 啶ぞ啶掂い啶� 啶啶班き啷冟い啶�
啶むじ啷嵿く啶距じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ啶く啶� 啶� 啶多啷嵿え啷嬥ぎ啶� 啶掂啶曕啶粪た啶む啶� 啶掂う啶ㄠぎ啷�--- [aha峁� tu k峁泃avipriya岣� priya峁僾ad膩 bh膩vata岣� prabh峁泃i
tasy膩strapay膩 na 艣aknomi v墨k峁tu峁� vadanam--- ] 1
298. ibid., p.420(10-15).
301. ibid.,pp.40-41.
302. 1b1d.,p.407 (14ff.) : 啶啶班啶掂ぎ啷囙さ
[辫奴谤惫补尘别惫补
] 鈥�
啶︵啶ぞ啶ㄠ啶むぐ 啶た啶灌ぞ啶� 啶ㄠた啶班啶椸い啷囙え 啶啶班啶じ啶� 啶掂た啶啶�
啶啶曕啶むく啶� 啶ぐ啷嵿い啷冟じ啷佮す啷冟う啶� 啶膏啶ぞ啶侧た 啶ㄠぞ啶啶ㄠ 啶灌啶� [d墨y膩ntara bih膩ra nirgatena preyas膩 vipra
yuktay膩 bhart峁泂uh峁沝a岣� sum膩li n膩mno h峁沝a] 鈥�啶き啷傕い啶ぞ 啶啶班た啶さ啶距き啶苦ぇ啶距え啶ぞ 啶啶班ぇ啶距え啶︵啶掂啶ぞ 啷�
[yabh奴tay膩 priyav膩bhidh膩nam膩 pradh膩nadevy膩 |
]
