Tilakamanjari

SR No.: 022659
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Dhanpal, Sudarshankumar Sharma
Publisher: Parimal Publications
Publication Year: 2002
Total Pages: 504
Language: English, Sanskrit
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 15 MB

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TILAKAMANJARI OF DHANAPALA
having got away from the Adṛṣṭapăra lake; the narrative of his encounter with that maiden a scene type the way she looked at him meaningfully and spoke not even a single word and left off even though introduced by himself accordingly; Tallying the appearance with one painted in the picture presented by the portress he marvelled at that and returned to find her out another scene type narrative. His moving off on being unable to find her again and finding in her stead the ascetic maid whose description again is very picturesque; scenic delineation of the way that ascetic maid came in front of him after finishing her formal religious observances such as circumambulation of the original shrine or the chief shrine, the way she spoke to him after having seen him addressing him as Mahābhāga and requesting him to pay a visit to her is equally notable (vol. III. p. 116); Harivahana's relating of the account to Samaraketu while on his way to the sanctuary on the lane of which he had seen Gandharvaka, regarding his first meeting with Tilakamañjarī after he had been carried afar by that mysterious elephant; his persuasion of Malayasundari to narrate the cause of hir taking to the life of an anchorite all these form the summary types. Malayasundari's personal account contains the description of Kañci (Vol. III p. 171); description of Kusumasekhara her overload whose daughter she was born in Gandharvadatta his chief consort; the description of her blooming youth; the scenic delineation of her being in the midst of maidens after she had woke up one night, the way she went to the door and asked an old lady as to where she was; Told by her finding herself on the island Pañcaśaila which has been described as the island of the Southern ocean where reigned supreme the sovereign lord Vicitravīrya. her maternal grandsire, whom a person introduced certain princesses such as Kusumavāli daughter of Pratapaśīla, the king of Kuśasthala, (Vol. III p. 185), Malayasundari daughter of Kusumasekhara, king of Kañcī, Śakuntalā, daughter of Suraketu, the king of the Magadhas; Bandhumati, daughter of Mahābala, king of Saurāṣtṛas; Indulekhā, Līlāvati, Malatikā, Madanalckhā etc. daughters of the kings of Kalinga, Vanga Anga, Kośala and Kulūta (Vol. III. p. 186); The scenic depiction of the art of dance, Vicitravīrya's appreciation of her art; recognition of her mother Gandharvadatta as his own daughter by Vicitravīrya at the instance of Vīryamitra, a minister; the account of Gandharvadatta the way she got separated from her sire in a royal cataclysm caused by an enemy named Jitaśatru; the way she lived in the hermitage of a sage from where Kusumaśckhara brought her as his spouse; the prediction of the sage Mahāyaśaḥ that she (i.c. Gandharvadattā) would meet her parents after her daughter was given over to someone in marriage Tapanavega conducting her to Kāñci in vicinity of her parents; After a sight of the image of Jina and offering of homage her mounting the
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