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...

Appendix 6 - Dhanapala in Anthologies

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1084 APPENDIX F: DHANAPALA IN ANTHOLOGIES—In his Saduktikarnamrta Sridhara (1205 A.D.) quotes the following verses as Dhanapala's : (1) asthi nyasthinyajinamajinam bhasmamasmendurindu- gamga gamgaramga uraga ityakulah sambhramena | bhusadanopakaranakarana prapana vyapatanam nrtarambhapranayini sive panta vacam gananam || Sadukti-karnamrita of Shridhara-dasa vs.94, p.28. ( 2 ) payam payam piba piba payah sika-ca sika- camgamamga bhuyo bhuyah kuru kuru sakhe majjanom pajjanani | esam sesasramasamasatuduhkhita dhvanyabandhuh sindhuduri bhavati purato maravah pantha panthah || - } Sadukti-karnamrita of Shridhara-dasa vs.1935, p.525. Epic and Romance 1. The same verse, with the variant readings "ityullasat-sambhramanam" at the end of b and "bhusavesopakarana" at the beginning of c, is quoted in the Suktimuktavali of Jahlana ii.20 under "Isvara-tandavam". It is also quoted in the SKB. II.235. 2. Also quoted by Saragadhara, cf.spd.vs.1151. 2 1

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1085 (3) srutva tvam sahasa gatam nijapura ttra sena nirgacchatam satrunamavaro dharnarjalalavana syandanasyatputah 1 subhe sadmani pallavinyupavane vapyam navambhoruhi kridadri ca sasadvale vivalitagri vaivamukta drsah || 6 Sadukti-karnamrita of Shridhara-dasa vs.1577, p.425. 3 In his suktimuktavali Jahlana (1257 A.D.) quotes the following verses as Dhanapala's :- (4) ksanam bhuridhanam tritamadhipatina prasphurada bhi mata ram skaram netranalena prasamaniyamitaccapaminadhvajena ramayatam purareh kumudasuci lasannilasutri vamamga plavagam sainyamanyaddasavadanasiracchedahetuh sriyam vah 11 Suktimuktavali of Jahlana ii.18, as illustrating the "Hara-vanarayoh slesah" ( under "Sivasyangam") and as quoted in Ramacaritam p. 331. (5) kevalo'pi sphuranvamanah karoti vipada kavin | kim punah klrptasamdhanah pulindakrtasannidhih 4 11 A Suktimuktavali of Jahlana iv. 66. • "" 3. This verse is ascribed to some "Dhanapati" by Sridhara. But it is really Dhanapala's, as it occurs in the Tilakamanjari of Dhanapala as the introductory verse No. 46 with the variant readings "ya" in a, "prasyandi - timyat-putah" in b, and "muhurmuhur" in d. The same has been quoted by Jahlana, cf. Suktimuktavali of Jahlana 1xxxxvii, 60. 4. cf. Tilakamanjari Intro. vs. 26.

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1086 ( 6 ) tanvamgya stvamiti prasadavisadam nasiti khedalasam catudvarepathavatarini jane vyaparayantya muhuh | harsatiprabhavah pratidanabhuvah svedambuda hajvare netrambhah kanikah payodharatate pusyanti susyanti ca Suktimuktavali of Jahlana xxxxiv, 28 (7) drstava vakpatirajasya saktim gamdavadha duram | budhdih sadhvasaru deva vacam na pratipadyate || SMVn iv. 63. (8) prajyaprabhavah prabhavo dharmasya starajastamah | 6 muktatmanah sivam naimiranyepi dadatam jinah | | Suktimuktavali of Jahlana ii.96.; (9) manye brhatkathambhodhebindumadaya nirmitah | tenetarakatha kantha na vimanti tadagratah Suktimuktavali of Jahlana iv. 51. ( 10 ) vakroktya bhatrmainthasya vahantya srnirupatam 8 I g avidhda iva dhunvanti mudhane kavikumjarah || ☐ LO 5 ·(±17SMV iv. 61. 5. Quoted from the Tilakamanjari of Dhanapala, cf. Tilakamanjari, p.391 with the reading "pratiksana-bhavat" in c. 6. cf.Tilakamanjari,intro. vs. 31. 7. Tilakamanjari, Intro. vs. 2 has the readings "dadatam nirvrtatma na adyo 'nye 'pi mudan jinah" in c and d. The readings of the Suktimuktavali of Jahlana tallies verbatim with those of Bhoja who has quoted this verse twice in his SKB. cf.Sarasvati-kanthabharana,p.116 and 224. 8. Tilakamanjari, Intro. vs. 21 has the readings "samskrtah" in b, "tene tarakathab kanthah" in c and "pratibhantii_in_c. 9. It looks as if this verse could have been one of the introductory verses of the Tilakamanjari of Dhanapala But it is not found in any ms. of the Tilakamanjari of Dhanapala

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1087 meng meng nin In his Sarngadhara-paddhati Sarngadhara quotes the following verse, over and above the above-mentioned No.2, as Dhanapala's :- (11) maghena vinita tsaha notsahante padakrame | smaranti bharavereva kavayah kapayom yatha 11 10 Sharngadhara-paddhati, 185 under "visistakavi-prasasti". * 0 0 *** 0 0 * 10. cf., Tilakamanjari, Intro.,vs. 28.

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