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 (鈥減rose-romance鈥�). The author, Dhanapala was a court poet to the Paramara king Munja, who ruled the Kingdom of Malwa in ancient west-central India.
Chapter 1 - The Author (biography of Dhanapala)
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54 "V膩can膩c膩rya". Dhanap膩la has himself testified to his
younger brother's mastery over the grammatical systems of
K膩tantra and Candra, the philosophical systems of Buddhi-
sm and Jainism, his deep learning in literature and mysti-
cism along with his genius as a poet of high order 55 At
the end of twelve years, during which the Jain society of
Malwa went on requesting Mahendras奴ri to devise a way out
of this blanket ban, Sobhana fathered the responsibility
and undertook to win over his elder brother to his faith
in order to restore the religious freedom of the Jain
56 order in Malwa.
About the first encounter of the two brothers, Meru-
tunga relates a humorous incident, which is translated by
Tawney in the following words: 'As he was entering, the
pandit Dhanapala, who was accompanying the king on his
royal circuit, not recognizing that he was his brother, sa
58 said to him jeeringly, "All hail: ass-toothed mendicant !"
The hermit, Sobhana, answered, "Good luck befall you, my
friend,with a mouth like a Kapiv峁涐梗a峁嘺 59 Dhanap膩la was
54. PRC. 17.75 : 啶囙い啶多啶� 啶多啶え啶︵啶掂ぞ 啶о啶ぞ啶た啶む 啶膏啶班き啶苦じ啷嵿い啶︵ぞ 啷� 啶掂た啶︵啶о 啶掂ぞ啶氞え啶距啶距ぐ啷嵿く啶� 啷ムキ啷ゥ
[ita艣ca 艣obhanadev膩 dhy膩pita岣� surabhistad膩 | viddhe v膩can膩c膩rya岣� ||75||
] 55.ssv Intro vs. 4: 啶曕ぞ啶むえ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ 啶氞え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啷嬥う啶苦い啶� 啶ㄠ啶む啶� 啶掂啶︵ 啶 啶啶︵啶� 啶啶︵啶оぞ啶班啶� 啶むい啶む啶む啶� 啶むい啷嵿い啷嵿さ啶� 啷�
啶膏ぞ啶灌た啶む啶� 啶掂た啶︵啶ぞ啶班啶｀さ 啶ぞ啶班う啶班啶多 啶ㄠた啶︵ぐ啷嵿ざ啶ㄠ 啶曕ぞ啶掂啶啷冟ぐ啷嵿い啶� 啶き啷傕さ 啷ムオ啷�
[k膩tantra candroditata ntra ved墨 yo buddha bauddh膩rha tatattva tattva岣� |
s膩hitya vidy膩r峁嘺va p膩radar艣墨 nidar艣ana峁� k膩vyak峁況t膩 babh奴va ||4||
] 鈥�
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56. PRC. 17.77: 啶︵啶班啶え啶膏啶� 啶た啶ぞ 啶膏ぇ啷� 啶え啷嵿え啶苦ぎ啶苦い啷嵿い啶� 啶膏ぎ啶距く啶 啷� 啶呧す啶啶� 啶啶班い啷�啶曕ぞ啶�
啶むえ啷� 啶膏え啷嵿ぇ啶距い啷佮ぎ啷佮い啷嵿じ啶灌 啷ムキ啷�
[daurmanasya miy膩 sadhe mannimitta峁� sam膩yayau | ahameva prat墨k膩ra
tan sandh膩tumutsahe ||7||
] 57.R&T PC(T).pp.52-53.
58. PC (SJGM). pp. 36: 啶椸ぐ啶︵え啷嵿い 啶う啶ㄠ啶� [garadanta bhadanta] ! 啶溹ぎ啶膏啶む [jamaste] !
54. ibid. 啶曕お啶苦さ啷冟し啷嵿ぃ啶距じ啷嵿く 啶掂く啶膏啶� [kapiv峁涐梗峁嚹乻ya vayasya ] ! 啶膏啶� 啶む 啷�
[sukha te |
]
