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.
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few other pieces. Thus, the basement of the highly pre-
cious lion-throne used to be made of golden stone or it
was covered with sheets of gold.136 The Danta-pata was
as pure as slightly ripe inner petals of a lotus and was
covered with clean white silken sheet%;B it was set at the
back of the Asth膩na-vedik膩; a Matta-v膩ra峁嘺ka each built
in moonstone was joined to it on either side%3B on its back
137 side was a high golden seat.
Among the pieces of furniture etc., there are refe-
rences to the extraordinarily high bedsteads of the Bhilla
138 139
chief,
jewelled bedstead in the palace of Tilakam盲njar墨,
140 excellent golden saddle, Hema-vi峁ａ弓ara莽陋陋72,15),Vistara
(315,20; 352,1lff.), Sukh膩sana (374,16), Asandi (377,7)
and a R膩jata-darpa峁嘺 (61,5).
(c) ICONOGRAPHY
141 As has been noticed by Shri B.C.Bhattac膩rya, it is a
time honoured custom in India to instal images for the pur-
pose of private and public worship. Neither the Buddhists
nor the Jains disregarded it and, in fact, by assimilation,
136. TM (N), p. 228 (10拢f.) -- 啶曕ぞ啶班啶む啶むじ啷嵿さ啶� 啶多た啶侧ぞ啶啶� 啶え啷嵿ぇ啷囙え 啶す啶距啶膏た啶傕す啶距じ啶ㄠ啶� [k膩rttasvara 艣il膩p墨峁環a bandhena mah膩墨si峁僪膩sanena ] 1
137. ibid.,p.68(22ff.) 啶嗋じ啷嵿ぅ啶距え 啶掂啶︵た啶曕ぞ啶ぞ啶� 啶啶粪啶犩き啶距啷� 啶啶班い啶苦し啷嵿啶距お啶苦い 啶啶く啶む
啶膏啶啶溹た啶� 啶啶椸ぞ啶權 [膩sth膩na vedik膩y膩岣� p峁涐梗峁環abh膩ge prati峁ａ弓h膩pita mubhayata岣�
sa峁儁ojita m峁沢膩峁�] 鈥�啶� 啶ぃ啶� 啶︵ぞ啶班啶� 啶ㄠた啶班啶た啶む啶︵ぞ啶� 啶い啷嵿い啶掂ぞ啶班ぃ 啶曕 啶え啷佮お啷冟し啷嵿 啶ぞ啶灌た啶む啶氞啶� 啶曕ぞ啶炧啶氞え 啶啶� -
啶啶� 啶溹啶溹ぐ啶� 啶曕啶啶� 啶椸ぐ啷嵿き 啶︵げ啶距さ啶︵ぞ啶� 啶啷嵿 啶樴さ啶侧ぇ啷屶い 啶啷嵿啶� 啶多啶� 啶ぐ啶距啷嵿啶距う啶苦い啶� 啶︵え啷嵿い-
啶ぐ啶-- [ka ma峁噄 d膩ru峁� nirmitod膩ra mattav膩ra峁嘺 ke manup峁涐梗峁環a m膩hitocca k膩帽cana p墨峁環a -
m墨峁 jjara峁環a kumuda garbha dal膩vad膩ta maccha ghavaladhauta pa峁弓膩 艣uka par膩cch膩dita峁� danta-
param--] 1
鉁斺湐
1 138. ibid.,p.201(21) - 啶た啶侧啶侧お啶む啶� --- 啶啶班ぞ啶曕啶む啶� 啶︵啶班ぞ啶班啶灌ぞ -啶げ啷嵿げ啷嵿く啶� [bhillapate岣� --- pr膩k峁泃ajana dur膩roh膩 -pallya岣峚] 鈥�啶曕ぞ啶ㄠ - [k膩n -] 1
139. ibid.,p.423(6ff.)
140. ibid.,p.419(2)
141, JI, p. 19.
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啶啶班啶距ぃ啷嵿ぁ 啶曕え啶� 啶ぐ啷嵿く啶距ぃ [prak膩峁囜笉a kanaka pary膩峁嘺 ] 1
