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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by means of her physical beauty. The information that Ti-
lakama帽jar墨 had an innate aversion for males and that a hu-
329 man prince was destined to marry her, gradually enkindles
his desire to acquire her in marriage.
330.
This is the stage
called 'desire' (abhilasa).
331 The reflections of Harivahana' on the state of his mind
which takes himself to be the sure object of Tilakama帽jar墨's
love and his being chosen as a match by her, depict his gra-
dually intensifying longings as are revealed also in his in-
ability to prevent his glances from repeatedly falling on
her various limbs like feet, thighs, navel, full-grown brea-
sts, lower lip, eyes and eyebrows, in order to allay his
love fever. The love has taken deep roots when the prince
confirms that none of the other beauties seen so far could
attract his heart as could the portrayed beauty of Tilaka-
332 ma帽jar墨.
The stage of 'anxiety' (cinta) is depicted when Hari-
v膩hana expresses it in so mant words as to whether Gandhar-
vaka would return, and take his portrait to Tilakama帽jar墨,
introduce him to her, and whether she too would fall in love
and convey it through Gandharvaka.
328. TM(N),p.174(22ff.).
330. ibid.,p.175(6ff.).
332. ibid.,p.176(16ff.).
333 / 329. ibid.,p.169(8-22).
/ 331. ibid.,p.176(7ff.)
/ 333. ibid.,p.176(21ff.).
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