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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is confirmed by Pandit Vishnudatta, the author of the N膩-
macandrik膩 commentary on the Amarako峁, who explains this
term as denoting a type of Tilaka drawn with saffron, bla-
ck Aguru and other fragrant substances, On breasts, cheeks
224 and etc..
Tilaka and Vise峁ka seem to denote the auspicious
tiny round or vertical mark put on the forehead between
225 the eyebrows. This also is supported by Pandit Vishnu-
datta.
226 About Pattraccheda, Dhanapala has not given a defi-
nite idea except that it was one of the fine arts which
could entertain the refined persons and that it was of
227.
many kinds such as Dravi岣峚 and etc.. Bhagavatsimhji, the
author of the Bhagavadgoma峁囜笉ala, has noticed this term as
the name of one of the sixty-four arts to be learnt for
228 the perfect fulfilment of the K膩ma Pru峁Ｄ乺tha. But
224. cf. Nam,Can on AK, II, vi, 122 : 啶い啷嵿ぐ啶侧啶栢ぞ 啷ムギ啷ゥ 啶い啷嵿ぐ啶距啷� [patralekh膩 ||89|| patr膩峁�] 鈥�啶椸啶侧た啶� 啷�
( [guli岣� ||
(] 2) 啷� 啶膏ぎ啷� 啶膏啶む啶班た啶ぞ啶 [|| same striy膩m ] 11 啶︵啶掂 啶膏啶むえ啶� 啶啶侧ぞ啶︵ 啶曕 啶膏ぐ啶距う啶苦え啶� 啶班啶苦い啶膏啶� 啶むた啶侧 啶掂た啶多啶� 啶膏啶� 啷�
[dve stanaka pol膩d墨 ke sar膩din膩 racitasya tilaka vi艣e峁 sya ||
] ; TM (N), p. 161 (3ff.) 啶夃い啷嵿啶侧た啶� 啶曕ぞ啶侧ぞ-
啶椸啶班啶むた啶侧 啶多啶ぎ啷� [utkalita k膩l膩-
gurutilaka 艣obham] " |
22211 226. cf. ibid, on AK, II, vi, 123 : 啶むぎ啶距げ啶い啷嵿ぐ --- 啶むた啶侧啷� 啶氞た啶む啶班
啶氞い啷嵿さ啶距ぐ啶�- 啶侧げ啶距 啶曕啶むじ啷嵿く 啶むた啶侧啷嵿じ啷嵿く啷� 啷�
啶掂た啶多啶粪啷�
[tam膩lapatra --- tilako citraka
catv膩ri- lal膩峁璦 k峁泃asya tilaksy奴 ||
惫颈艣别峁办辞
] 225. TM (N), p. 289 (4拢拢). 啶班ぞ啶溹啶ㄠ啶ぞ啶ㄠぞ啶げ啶苦 啶侧啶栢ぞ啶膏
啶むた啶侧啶距え啶曕ぞ啶班啶粪啶む 啷� 啶呧す啶お啶�
啶膏啶掂す啶膏啶むぐ啶氞た啶むさ啶苦ざ啷囙し啶曕ぞ 啶嗋う啶距く 啶掂う啶ㄠぞ啶掂げ啷嬥啶� 啶掂啶ぞ啶溹啶� 啶ぃ啶苦う啶班啶ぃ啶 -- [r膩jakany膩n膩malika lekh膩su
tilak膩nak膩r峁Ｄ玹 | ahamapi
svahastaracitavi艣e峁k膩 膩d膩ya vadan膩valokana vy膩jena ma峁噄darpa峁嘺m -- ] 1
227. TH(N),P,363(13ff.) 啶︵啶班ぞ啶掂た啶∴ぞ啶︵た啶粪 啶啷嵿啶氞啶涏啶� 啶啶︵啶ㄠ啶掂え啷嵿く啷囙し啷� 啶氞 啶掂た啶︵ぇ-
啶溹え 啶掂た啶ㄠ啶� [dr膩vi岣嵞乨i峁 pa帽caccheda bhedenvanye峁 ca峁� vidadha-
jana vinoda] 鈥� 啶啶椸啶啶粪 啶掂じ啷嵿い啷佮さ啶苦啷嵿啶距え啷囙し啷� --- [yogye峁 vastuvij帽膩ne峁 --- ] 1
228. B.Gm., Vol.VI, p.5294, Col.2.
