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 15 - The Tilakamanjari as a Prose Poetic work
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perhaps hopelessly lost, in the jungle of twenty-four a煤n
a Sabda-gunas, twenty-four Artha-gunas, and twenty-four
Vaise峁ka-gu峁嘺s, which in turn are further
classified in three categories called Pada-gunas, V膩kya-
gunas and V膩kyartha-gu峁嘺s. Our interest here is to see how
D岣nap膩la has utilized the general poetic excellences (gunas)
in relation to various manners of composition (r墨tis) and
the part they play towards the realisation of Rasa.
(1) Vaidarbhi : The Vaidarbhi R墨ti is marked by a few
compound words and presence of all the Gu峁嘺s. Dhanap膩la has
very rarely employed this manner of composition since he was
not prepared to sacrifice Ojas (superabundance of compound
the
words) which is/very essence of forceful Sanskrit prose sty-
le. It is utilized generally during the delineation of sen-
timents like Karu峁嘺, H膩sya, S膩nta, and at times, of Raudra
also, only to relieve the monotony of other Ritis. And it
is a genome good medium for general narration of the sto-
ry proper. The poetic qualities like Sle峁 (compactness),
Samat膩 (evenness), Pras膩da (lucidity), Artha-vyakti (expli-
citness off sense), Kanti (agreeability) and Aud膩rya (eleva-
tion) are to be seen in varying proportions in the following
instances:
(i) In Karuna, e.g.,
502 啶嗋ざ啷嵿げ啶苦し啷嵿く 啶曕ぃ啷嵿啶ぎ啷佮え啶� 啶啶曕ぞ啶灌ぞ啶班啶� 啶灌啶︵た 啶ㄠた啶掂た啶粪啶熰啶� 啷�
啶膏ぐ啷佮さ 啶掂ぞ啶班た啶む 啶 啶む啶掂う啷佮ぐ啶� 啶ぐ啶苦ぐ啶啶ぃ啶距ぐ啶啶 啷むイ
[膩艣li峁a ka峁囜弓hamamun膩 muk膩h膩rai峁嘺 h峁沝i nivi峁ａ弓aina |
saruva v膩rito me tvadura岣� parirambha峁嚹乺ambha岣� ||
] 502. TM(N),p.396(21-22).
