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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With the description of the physical features of Ti-
315 lakama帽jar墨 whom Harivahana happened to meet with for a
while in the bower of Cardamom-creepers, Dhanapala commences
the depiction of Sa峁儁oga-s峁沶g膩ra. The following poetic allu-
sions serve as the fundamental determinants (alambana-vibh膩va):
(i) The ruddy nails of her feet were like the blades
of Cupid's arrow dipped in the blood of a lover's heart;
(ii) her plump buttocks were like a couple of quivers
full of Cupid's arrows;
(iii) her slender waist was like the shore of the oce-
an of amorous feelings in the form of her abdominal region;
(iv) her round full-grown breasts were like a pair of
dice testifying to the victory of Cupid.
The consequent like the feeling of wonder (vismaya)
316 is expressed beautifully in the following two verses:
啶椸啶班す啶曕さ啶侧え啶距う, 啶啶班し啷嵿啶� 啶侧啷嵿し啷嵿ぎ啷�啶� 啶曕た啶啶距お啶む啶班た啶
啶ぅ啶ㄠ啶曕た啶むぞ啶啷嵿ぐ啶距え啷嵿い啶距が啷嵿ぇ啷堗げ啶むぞ 啶啶むう啷囙さ啶むぞ 啷�
啶椸た啶班た啶多え啶え啷嬥う啶掂た啶︵啷嵿ぇ啶距え啷嵿ぎ啶ㄠ啶さ啶ぞ啶︵お啶�-
啶︵啶掂た啶︵た啶むぎ啶ムさ啶� 啶溹ぞ啶むぞ 啶膏啶班た啶 啶ㄠさ啶曕え啷嵿う啶侧 啷むイ
啶溹ぞ啶ㄠ啶ム 啶多啶班啶むた啶多ぞ啶侧た啶ㄠぞ 啶栢げ啷� 啶啶掂ぞ啶ぞ啶掂ぞ啶� 啶啶班啷冟い啷嵿く啶班啶溹啶ㄠ
啶む啶班啶侧啶曕啶 啶掂お啷佮ぐ啷�啶︵啶椸え啷嵿く啶啶曕啶む 啶膏啶ぞ啶掂啶い啷� 啶曕た啶� 啶曕啶掂啶苦い [grahakavalan膩da, bhra峁ａ弓膩 lak峁墨岣� kim峁涏ぞpateriya峁�
mathanacakit膩pakr膩nt膩bdhailat膩 m峁泃adevat膩 |
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dviditamathav膩 j膩t膩 suriya峁� navakandal墨 ||
j膩n墨tha岣� 艣ruti艣膩lin膩 khalu yuv膩m膩v膩峁� prak峁泃yarjun墨
trailokyai vapur墨d峁沢anyayukta岣� sa峁僢h膩vyate ki峁� kvacita ] 1
啶忇い啶む啶啶班し啷嵿啷佮ぎ啶ぞ 啶膏啶むえ啷�啶侧え啶侧た啶ㄠざ啷嵿ぐ啷囙ぃ啷� 啶掂た啶曕ぞ啶膏い啷嵿ぐ啶苦ぃ啷�
啶多啶曕啶洁じ啷嵿く啶距 啶膏ぎ啷佮お啶距啶む 啶啶椸う啷冟ざ啶� 啶曕ぞ啶ㄠ啶むた啶曕 啶侧啶氞え啷� 啷むイ
[etatpra峁ａ弓umap膩 stan墨lanalina艣re峁嚹� vik膩satri峁嚹�
艣aike'sy膩岣� samup膩gate m峁沢ad峁浥沘岣� k膩ntika峁� locane ||
] 315. TM(N),pp.246鈥�247.
316. ibid., p.248(3-10).
