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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परस्परवघनिबध्दकपायोश्च तयोस्तत्वाणमाकुलितसकलजी वलोको
युगपदेकी भूतोदारवारिरा शिरनजल विसर व धनपदातिघोरो मुदित-
योगिनी मृग्यमाणलोकपालकपालचणकः
[parasparavaghanibadhdakapāyośca tayostatvāṇamākulitasakalajī valoko
yugapadekī bhūtodāravārirā śiranajala visara va dhanapadātighoro mudita-
yoginī mṛgyamāṇalokapālakapālacaṇakaḥ
] 100000 निपीतनर वशा विस्वर-
[nipītanara vaśā visvara-
] 458 विसारिशिवार्फत्कारडामरः (समरसंघट्टः)
-- [visāriśivārphatkāraḍāmaraḥ (samarasaṃghaṭṭaḥ)
--] 1- प्रभूतपिशिता-
भ्यवहारजनिततीव्रोदन्येन कर्द्दमप्रायमपीयत पोतजाएगाम्बु कारणपगणेन
[prabhūtapiśitā-
bhyavahārajanitatīvrodanyena karddamaprāyamapīyata potajāegāmbu kāraṇapagaṇena
] 459 Thus, Dhanapala seems to have taken great care in pre-
senting the picture and in intensifying the Terrible senti-
ment as it afforded him full opportunity to show in one pla-
ce his workmanship in many ways.
(8) ADBHUTA-RASA or THE MARVELLOUS SENTIMENT :
Dhanapāla is a pastmaster in the depiction of the
sentiment of the Marvellous which permeates the very stru-
cture of the whole story of the TM.IT has been used most
e
effectivly to generate a sense of surprise and thereby sus-
tain the element of suspense throughout the narrative. And
the poet is quite conscious about this aspect as is evident
a
from * number of remarks scattered all over in the TM460
The principal points and incidents where the Marve-
llous has been prominently utilized in the narrative apart
from the wonderful nature of the descriptions and imageries,
are listed below as specimens :
461 (1) The unexpected arrival of the vidyādhara Muni ;
460. TM(N), Intro vs. 50 d'-- स्फुटाद् [sphuṭād] भुतरसा रचिता कक्ष्यम् [bhutarasā racitā kakṣyam ] 1; 99 (16ff,
एतां च दिव्याङ् [etāṃ ca divyāṅ] गुलीयक प्रभावावर्देन प्रसङ् [gulīyaka prabhāvāvardena prasaṅ] गा गतामव निपतिराकर्ण्य परं विस्मय -
मगच्छत् [gā gatāmava nipatirākarṇya paraṃ vismaya -
magacchat ] 1; 161 (20) युवराज वातद्भुत श्रवणेन पीतमतिथिर कर्णामृतम् [yuvarāja vātadbhuta śravaṇena pītamatithira karṇāmṛtam ] 1;
सर्वजनविस्मयकर शुकव्यतिकरम्-- [sarvajanavismayakara śukavyatikaram--] 1; 216 (11) तरच तथा -
विद्यमपत्र कुत्रचिददृष्ट पूर्वमपूर्वी कार विशेष म शेषा धेर्य पर्यन्त- ( [taraca tathā -
vidyamapatra kutracidadṛṣṭa pūrvamapūrvī kāra viśeṣa ma śeṣā dherya paryanta- (] p. t... )
458. & 459. (See p. 810 for these ft.nts.)
195(13)
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