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.
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Becharadas Doshi observes that the Muni has not indica-
27 ted the source of this information. But the Muni's
reference is supported by Prof.H.R.Kapadia and PT where
it is listed at No. 64 among the Kosa works.
(4) V莫RA STUTI VIRUDDHA-VACAN莫YA :- It is a hymn
consisting of thirty stanzas exhibiting the scholarly
resourcefulness and command of the poet on the Prakrit
language. Each stanza is composed in such a way that
there is an apparent contrast in the sense but which is
reconciled with the help of regrouping the words and *
their syllables.The hymn praises the firm last Jain
Tirtha峁僰ara Lord Mah膩vira. The Jain tradition maintains
that the poet composed this hymn in front of the image
of the Tirtha峁僰ara in the temple at Sacora, where when
he reached there after his disenchantment with King
Bhoja of Dh膩r膩 30 prof.H.H.Kapadia has expressed a doubt
as to the authorship of this hymn on the ground that the
hymn of Dhanap膩la begins with the words "Nimmala-nahe"
etc. and not with "Deva nimmala" etc. as has been record-
31掳
ed by En the PRC. But as the concluding verse of the
27.PIN(D).Intro.p.38.
28.JSSI(K).p.199. ft.nt.; RP(HRK).p.17.
29.PT.Vol.II.No.4.
30. PRC .17.224-226:- 啶啶班ぞ啶� 啶膏い啷嵿く啶啶班 啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶啶班 啶啶班啶ㄠ啶む啶むぐ啶 啷� 啷┼ゥ
啶む啶む啶� 啶多啶班啶え啷嵿ぎ啶灌ぞ啶掂啶� 啶氞啶む啶 啶ㄠた啶む啶 啶啷� 啶囙さ 啷� 啶︵啶粪啶熰 啶膏 啶ぐ啶ぞ啶ㄠえ啷嵿う 啶ぞ啶膏じ啶距う 啶掂た啶︵ぞ啶傕さ啶班 啷�
啷ㄠォ啷� 啷� 啶ㄠぎ啶膏啶曕啶む啶� 啶膏啶む啶むた 啶むい啷嵿ぐ 啶掂た啶班啶оぞ啶ぞ啶� 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぞ啶 啷� 啶氞啶距ぐ 啶啶班ぞ啶曕啶むぞ啶� 啶︵啶�
啶ㄠた啶啶げ啷� 啶掂啶ぞ啶︵た 啶膏ぞ啶膏啶むた 啶� 啷�
啷ㄠエ啷� 啷�
[pr膩pa satyapura峁� n膩ma pura峁� paurajanottaram || 3||
ta峁僼ra 艣r墨manmah膩v墨ra caitye nitye pa啷溹 iva | d峁涐梗峁璭 se param膩nanda m膩sas膩da vid膩峁僾ara岣� ||
235 || namask峁泃ya stuti tatra virodh膩bh膩sa sa峁僺k峁泃膩m | cak膩ra pr膩k峁泃膩峁� deva
nimmale vy膩di s膩sti ca ||
226 ||
] 31.RP(HRK).p.268.
