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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affording such a peep into the oblivions of the past.
In view of the fact that some of the points of the
Brahmanical faith, criticized by Dhanap膩la in the incidents
recounted above, have also been made the target of
their satirical salvoes by veteran Jain authors like
Haribhadras奴ri in his Dhutt膩kk峁嚹佱箛a (i.e.Dh奴rt膩kh艣膩na),
and by Amitagati in his Dharmaparik峁Ｄ�, and by Somadeva
in his Yasastilaka-camp奴, leads one to believe that
at least Prabh膩candra, though not Merutunga, cannot
possibly be charged with having fabricated the incidents
with the sole intention of using Dhanap膩la and his pre-
stige in favour of the propagation of the jain faith.
Dr. M.J.Sharma has upheld the realiability of some of the
basic data supplied by the Prabandhas in his thesis on
惭补驳丑补鈧办尘).
VIII: POETIC CAREER
The incidents narrated above, while revealing diff-
erent aspects of totally opposed religious tendencies
of both Bhoja and Dhanapala, indirectly but distinctly,
record the latter's wit and genius as an instant-poet.
During the latter half of his life he seems to have studi-
ed the Jain scriptures and bestowed his wealth generously
towards building Jain temples both of the first as well as
the last Tirthankaras, the image in each one of them being
Mahendras奴ri himself 98
consecrated by his Jain preceptor-
98.PRC.17.191-193.
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