Tilakamanjari

Author(s): Dhanpal, Sudarshankumar Sharma
Publisher: Parimal Publications

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DHANAPĀLA AS A PROSE WRITER
PREDECESSORS OF DHANAPĀLA
As already observed the Introductory verses of Tilakamañjarī styled as a 'Kathā' are quite literary in character so as to justify the classification of this romance as 'Kathā'. Dhanapāla has mentioned a long list of his predecessors whose impact on the text of Tilakamañjarī appears quite conspicuous.
"The Primary persons referred to in the Introductory portions or preludes (prologue), Vālmīki and Kānīna. (i.e., Vyāsa) as if they were peers to Sun and the Moon, (mentioned) in the lincages of Raghu and the Scions of Kuru, I bow to them.”
“Having picked up a drop from the ocean known as Brhatkathā and refurbished thereby in the true sense by that same, the other Kathās look like loincloths before that.”2
"Like Rāma, the high souled one, who, along with his efficient army attained triumph the popularity about which in the form of a bridge stands overborne on the ocean (in) the annals of speech, Pravarasena the great savant won a victory by virtue of his bright (Setu) i.e. Setubandha Kävya that stands to prominence over the occan of literature."
“The sacred Kathā Tarangavati recumbent upon the (story) concerning the pair of Cakraväkas, marked by a diction full of prolific sense and easy of comprehension, sanctifies the earth like the holy Ganges sanctifying the carth, acting as refuge for the pair of Cakravākas (on its shores), with its beds deep and pellucid, being full of ripples at the same time."
"In the Prākrta composition the words of Jivadeva gleam forth as if sprouted up, with syllables succulent with sentiments."S
“By Kālidāsa standing close at hand, the words of poets or talents of literateurs wilt down in entirety, like the sprouts of Mālatī by the proximity of a lamp.*
1. Wahyu aradrit:
de arenari a - TM. Intro. V. 20. P. 23 Botad ed. 2. HITTEGHIR :
HAAR : Frem: ufahifaga: 1 - Ibid. V. 21. 3. fordi vachia hura EC44||
cauf fa: Naars uaitet: 11 Ibid. V. 22, 4. WEITET
T ATTI que ya Tanga 41 TM. V. 23. 5. may pag af R14::1
Tu acara fac gall TM. V. 24. 6. Taarifa hill allanma