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.
Chapter 15 - The Tilakamanjari as a Prose Poetic work
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The excitants (uddipana-vibh膩va) utilized by the poet are:
(i) The jingling of ornaments of lovable damsels (k膩-
尘颈苍墨-箩补苍腻产丑补谤补峁嘺-箩丑腻迟办腻谤补);
(ii) vehement biting(of the lower lip (of the beloved)
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by one's fore-teeth (sarabhasa-dasa帽agra-da峁僺a);
(iii) tightly catching hold of the hair of the braid
(adaya-kaca-graha);
(iv) dragging (膩kar峁峁嘺);
(v) water-sport (jala-kr墨j膩);
(vi) walking along the sport-hillock (kr墨d膩-girau
产丑忙补尘补峁嘺尘);
(vii) (drawing) cosmetic designs on the surface of
pitcher-like breasts of the beloveds (k膩min墨-kuca-
kumbha-bhitti峁 pattr膩nguli-kalpana);
(viii) amorous gambling (kr墨岣嵞�-dy奴ta);
(ix) drinking of wine (k膩pis膩yana-p膩na);
(x) creating mirth by imitating the make up and etc.,
of face (vadana-ma峁囜笉an膩dibhi岣� vi岣峚mbana-prak膩rai岣�
丑腻蝉补苍补尘);
(xi) observing the beauty (depicted) in the portraits
(citrapata-r奴pa-darsana); and
(xii) catching hold of the under-garment (of queens)
(箩补驳丑补苍腻蝉耻办补-驳谤补丑补苍补).
