Tilakamanjari

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

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TILAKAMANJARĪ OF DHANAPALA
presentation of the same necklace by Meghavāhana at the feet of śrī, the following description of the Vampire (Vetāla) form again the scene types.
And following on we can mark out the huge lot of descriptive and narrative element occurring up to the culmination of the story as a true replica of the threefold subdivision of the narration as propounded by Phillis Bentley. The other descriptions of note are:
Conversation between the king and Vetāla, the subsequent grasp of the scimitar by the king and his daring resort to chop his own head off in order to serve the Vetāla, the failure of the scimitar to chop his head off beyond a half of it, the shrill cries of the celestial dames, the subsequent description of Sri her conversation with the king, her resultant shower of a boon wishing him the birth of the propagator of his lineage and her final exit after presenting him back the necklace called Candrātapa as also the finger ring called Bālāruņa taken off from her own hand; king's taking to the bedstead of Kuśā seated there his conversation and consultations with his counsellors as well as the subject folk, his narration of the whole account of acquisition of the brace of ornaments, the presentation of the necklace to Mahodadhi, the chief of the Lapidaries and the despatch of that finger ring through Vijayavega to Vajrāyudha to help him in nocturnal warfare; the description of the Rājakula having reached where he got down from the elephant and sat on a dais made of ivory; the description of the Dining Hall (Ahāramandapa) where having had his repast he went to the ivory chamber; the description of the court hall (Asthānamandapa), that of the seraglio (Suddhāntā) where he saw Madirāvatī, the description of the vision of Meghavāhrana, the subsequent narrative of the ancient state of the queen, the birth of a son at the completion of the ninth month, the subsequent revelries and rejoicing and the festal melee at the birth of the propagator of the lineage; the description of the Maternity Charnber (Prasūtigrha), the satisfaction of the king, the Jätakarma and the Nāmakarana Saṁskāras, the completion of the five years of life of the child in the harem and at the advent of the sixth year, the performance of the Upanayana Samskāra marking his initiation into education; completion of education at the age of sixteen and the subsequent return to the palace; the description of the Kumārabhavana; the desire of the king to consecrate the prince; the description of the portress Vetralatā, her introduction of Vijayavega come from the vicinity of Vajrāyudha victorious in his encounter with the king of Dakşiņāpatha; the description of Vijayavega; conversation between the king and Vijayavega; the description of the battles (āyodhanāni); the description of the appearance of a prince after a bloody battle over Kāñci; the subsequent scuffle of Vajrāyudha with that prince; the introduction of that