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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(ii) The divine Balaru峁嘺 ring presented by the
goddess sri to King Meghav膩hana, attracts the heart of
Samaraketu towards the king and unites him with Hariv膩-
hana in friendship.
(iii) The strange incident of the flying elephant
takes Harivahana to the Vidy膩dhara region of the Vait膩-
dhya mountain where he is coronated as the emperor of
the Vidyadharas. It also leads Samaraketu there in his
search. The attainment of Vidyadharahood on the part of
Hariv膩hana brings in its turn the help of divine agency
at the hands of Tilakama帽jar墨 and brings about the other-
wise difficult union between the unlucky and miserable
pair of Samaraketu and Malayasundar墨.
(iv) The Mahar峁 appears at the beginning of the
novel in the form of the Vidy膩dhara Muni and at the end
he provides the missing link of the identity of the two
pairs of lovers in their previous births.
IV : THE MOTIFS :
Dhanap膩la has utilized the following motifs for
the progress of the story from point to points: (1) The
lack of a male child; (2) The Vidyadhara Munis; (3) The
divine necklace Candr膩tapa; (4) Worship of deities and
T墨rthankaras; (5) The Vet膩la; (6) The divine ring B膩l膩ru峁囜箛a;
