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TILAKAMANJARĪ OF DHANAPĀLA
who spent her time in the hermitage of the Kulapati.' Recreations of Tilakamañjarī and Harivāhana have been illustrated manifoldly in proper contexts.
"Severed from the latter she would even embrace close through morbid emotion emitting out swishing sounds, the stone-pillars in the ruby-pavilion cool and bland. She even studied the sweet-sayings of the good brimming with erotic sentiment in a language that could be heard. She would paint the pairs of animals, birds and Vidyādharas given to ephemeral love, on the wall-sides. She even made to dance the peacocks of the shrines standing in the windows made of the creepers dangling about unevenly, with the noise of the clappings of the hands having series of bracelets resounding and moving."
"Harivāhana spent his days on the shores of Adrstapära lake creating marvels by the artistic performances such as preparing texture on leaves, plaster-painting, painting of pictures etc., regaling by the variety of metrical compositions abounding in figures and concerts such as Bindumatī, Cakra, Yamaka, riddles (Pravahlikā), questions and answers, taking to deliberations of diverse types along with hereditary ācāryas endowed with dignity and sent for to remove his own doubts, taking to pride constantly by listening to or composing sweet sayings, composed with a series of erotic tales."3
Hunting as a sport has been mentioned in a couple of instances.
1. कदाचित्पत्रपुटकाहृतैः प्रस्रवणवारिभिर्बालवृक्षकानुक्षन्ती, कदाचिदुटजाजिरोपान्तजातानां वनलतानामालवालानि विरचयन्ती कदाचिदचिरोपलिप्तासु पर्णशालाङ्गवितर्दिकासु दर्शितानेकललितपत्रलेखान्स्वस्तिकानभिलिखन्ती।
कदाचित्प्रनष्टजननीदुग्धदुर्बलान्बालहरिणकान्बाष्पलव्यैः शष्पकवलैः संवर्धयन्ती। Ibid. Sm. ed. p. 331. 2. तत्र च प्रतिक्षणं मयि क्षिप्तेक्षणा कुर्वती मसृणशीतलेषु मणिक्यमण्डपिकाशिलास्तम्भेषु मुक्तसीत्काराणि
सविकारपरिरम्भणानि वाचयन्ती श्रव्यभाषया तत इतः शृङ्गारसाराणि सत्कविसुभाषितानि अभिलिखन्ती भितिभागेष्वभङ्गुरानुरागाणि विद्याधरपक्षिमृगमिथुनानि, नर्तयन्ती चलितवाचालवलयश्रेणिना हस्ततालशब्देन
विषमवेल्लद्भूलतावातायन.. बर्हिणान्। Ibid. Sm. ed. p. 364. 3. तत्र चादृष्टपारपरिसरनिरूपितावासः कदाचिच्च बहुविकल्पौश्चित्रकर्मपुस्तपत्रच्छेदादिभिः शिल्पभेदैरापाद्यामानः,
कदाचित्प्रश्नोत्तरप्रवहिलकायमकचक्रबिन्दुमत्यादिभिश्चित्रालंकारकाव्यैः प्रपंचितविनोद: कदाचित्वसंदेहनिर्णयाय प्रेषितैः प्रसर्षवद्भिः सह कुलाचारों कृतोच्चावचविचारः, कदाचि.. शृङ्गारसङ्गतकथाप्रञ्चसंबद्धाः सूक्ती:
सार्नुबन्धमुपजातमानः....कतिपयान्यपि दिनान्ययापयम्। Ibid. Sm. ed. p. 394. 395. 4. यदिवरहवेदनाविहितसौहित्येन लौहित्यमृगयावने विना मृगग्रहणसंकल्पेन कल्पितः सपरिवादिनीबादनमनुदिनं विनोदः ।
जातकौतुकैश्च मृगयाव्यसनिभिः क्षितिपतिकुमारैः क्षपणाय तेषामनुक्षणं व्यापार्यत न च प्रकृतिसानुक्रोशतया शस्त्रगोचरगतानपितान् जघान। Ibid. Sm. ed. p. 357.
