Tilakamanjari of Dhanapala (study)
by Shri N. M. Kansara | 1970 | 228,453 words
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. Alternative titles: Dhanapāla Tila...
6.2. Alankaras (15): Vyajastuti (irony)
When King Meghavahana replies to the Vetala who insists upon first preference in worship, as in : tasya vacanamanuvartamano medinipatirvihasya kimcitsopahasamavadata, sarvamupapannamabhihitama, | upadistamaklistaya yuktya | prabodhita vayama | yatha nidarsitah suksmadarsina tathaivaina sevamargah | parigrahajanai samnidha sati ko'dhikarah prabhu TTmapujayama | mahati mudhata | gadhamaviveka- vilasitama | -- (49,5ff.), where the king actually means the contrary of what he says.