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.
Chapter 8 - The Plot and the Motifs
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287 lake, she came across a letter from Samaraketu urging
Bandhusundari to guard her friend Malayasundari and
assure her about his welfare. Malayasundari, thereupon,
began to lead a life of an ascetic in expectation of her
lover. When she met Hariv膩hana she related to him her
vicissitudes and g氓t from him an assurance about Samara-
ketu's well-being. At last she came to know from the
Mahar峁 about their identity, she being Priya峁僾ad膩 and
Samaraketu being her lover Sumali in the previous birth.
When Samaraketu arrived at the Suvela region of the
Vidy膩dharas, both these lovers were united in marriage
at the hands of the Vidy膩dhara King Vicitrav墨rya who
recognized her as the daughter of his long lost daughter
Gandharvadatta.
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III : BLENDING OF THE NARRATIVES
The two plots run along indepenent lines inter-
locking at the following points:
(i) The friendship of the previous birth between
Jvalanaprabha and Sum膩li survives and brings them toge-
ther in their human birth as Harivahana and Samaraketu
respectively. Their beloveds, viz., Tilakama帽jar墨 and
Malayasundari respectively are likewise friends in their
previous celestial birth as Priyangusundari and Priya峁僾ad膩
respectively.
