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 (“prose-romance�). 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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The fundamental determinant, viz., love (rati) can
be witnessed transforming itself into vividly acute longings
in the form of mental union as described in the following
320 passage:
केवल� तस्यैव रूपावलोकने तस्यैवावयवपूण्णीतानिव्र्वर्णनै तस्यैव यावनी -
� मैदभव्यताभावने तस्यैव विक्रमक्रमनिभालन� निलीनचिंता, दूरस्थिताप्य-
साधारणप्रेमदर्शनोत्पन्नकारुण्येन केनाप्युत्ति� तत्समीपं गमितैव, तद-
भुजा श्लेषस्य भाजनी कृते�, तत्संभोगसास्थमनुभावितै� निष्पन्दसकलावयवा
स्यन्दमानानन्दजलविपुषा
[kevala� tasyaiva rūpāvalokane tasyaivāvayavapūṇṇītānivrvarṇanai tasyaiva yāvanī -
da maidabhavyatābhāvane tasyaiva vikramakramanibhālane nilīnaciṃtā, dūrasthitāpya-
sādhāraṇapremadarśanotpannakāruṇyena kenāpyuttiya tatsamīpa� gamitaiva, tada-
bhujā śleṣasya bhājanī kṛteva, tatsaṃbhogasāsthamanubhāvitaiva niṣpandasakalāvayavā
ⲹԻ岹ԲԻ岹Ჹṣ�
] 1 Similarly, the concurrent effect of passion on Samara-
ketu is graphically portrayed by means of various consequents
like trembling, yawning, choking of throat, etc., and the
excitant determinants, such as casting side glances, embra-
cing, kissing the face, biting the lower lip, bruising the
limbs with finger nails, beating limbs and etc., in the
321 following passage:
दर्शनादे� चासा
उद्गतपुलकपध्दतिर कम्प�
इतस्ततस्तरलकुटिलानक्षिपत्कटापन
सांगभंगमजृम्भत सगद्गदस्वर� स्�-
कर्मसु कण्णधारानतत्वर� � दर्शयितुमि� मे भुजांश्लेषलीला�,
चामरग्राहिणी� सहासमा श्लिोत � प्रकाशयितुमि� वदनचुम्बनप्रपंचमी षद�-
मीलितदलै लीलाम्बुजन्मनि प्रवालपाटलमघ� पल्लवमजीघट� � निवेदयित�-
मि� दन्तच्छेदच्छेदमनिमित्तमैवादा� नागवल्लि� लशकल मग्रदशनसंदशे� शनकै� खण्डयत �
[darśanādeva cāsā
udgatapulakapadhdatira kampata
ٲٲٲٲṭiԲṣi貹ٰ첹ṭāpԲ
sāṃgabhaṃgamajṛmbhata sagadgadasvara� sva-
karmasu kaṇṇadhārānatatvarata | darśayitumiva me bhujāṃśleṣalīlāma,
cāmaragrāhiṇīṃ sahāsamā śliोta | prakāśayitumiva vadanacumbanaprapaṃcamī ṣadā-
mīlitadalai līlāmbujanmani pravālapāṭalamaghara pallavamajīghaṭata | nivedayitu-
miva dantacchedacchedamanimittamaivādāya nāgavallida laśakala magradaśanasaṃdaśena śanakaira khaṇḍayata |
] 320. TM(N),p.277(16-21).
321. ibid., p.278(5-17)..
