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 (“prose-romance�). The author, Dhanapala was a court poet to the Paramara king Munja, who ruled the Kingdom of Malwa in ancient west-central India.
Preface (to the study on Dhanapala's Tilakamanjari)
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External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)
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Lakhan Shukla of the Hindi Department, Gujarat College,
NT
Ahmedabad, and Prof.V.B.Tophkhane of the Mindi History
Department,M.N. College, Visnagar for their encouraging
company during the period of my research work. And how can I
forget the motherly care which Mrs.Kusumben Jani showed
to me whenever I had to go to Baroda to meet Dr.Jani in
connection with my present studies. And last, but not the
least, I must acknowledge the loving devotion of my wife
Mrs. Nirañjanā Kansārā who **** shared with me all the
inconveniences during the whole period of my research
· studies.
Munkan
(..Բ)
