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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of Jinaprabhas奴ri informs further that Mahmud of Gazni
reached at Sacora in the year V.Sam. 1081. He tried to
uproot this image with the help of elephants and bullocks.
But when it could not be uprooted he saved his face by
simply cutting of the tip of its finger.However, when he
saw serious disturbances in his army, he returned even tha
that finger tip, which when put in its proper place auto-
matically got welded as if never cut off! According to
Muni Shri Jinavijayaji, it is this invasion by Mahmud of
Gazni that is referred to by Dhanap膩la in this hymn.
According to the Muslim historians Mahmud Gazni invaded
Gujarat in the year V,Sam. 1080-81, which event is not
recorded by any writer of Gujarat, except Jinaprabhas奴ri.
Dhanap膩la's 'uts膩ha' serves as an important source-work
for history in that it also records that the invader
sacked the regions like Srim膩la and Sora峁璽ha, and cities
39 like Anahi lav膩da, caddavalli, Delav膩da and somesara.
This generally tallies with Muslim records. Dhanap膩la's
statement is more authoritative than that of Jinaprabha-
suri, since the former seems to have been living when
3 39. SMU . 3: 啶啷囙さ啶� 啶｀ 啶膏た啶班た啶ぞ啶� 啶︵啶膏 啶呧え啷� 啶呧す啶苦げ 啶掂ぞ啶班啶�
啶氞ぁ啷嵿ぁ啶距さ啶侧た啶� 啶膏啶班す 啶啷嵿啷� 啶啶｀ 啶︵啶侧さ啶距ぁ啶夃 啷�
啶膏啶啶膏ぐ啷� 啶膏 啶む啶灌た 啶啷嵿啷� 啶溹啶ぃ 啶嗋ぃ啶傕う啶｀
啶啷嵿啷� 啶� 啶膏た啶班た啶膏啷嵿 啶椸ぐ啶� 啶掂啶班 啶膏た啶︵啶оい啷嵿ぅ啶ㄠ啶� 啷� 啷� 啷�
[bhajevi 峁噓 sirim膩la desu anu ahila v膩r岣峚
ca岣嶀笉膩valila soraha bhaggu pu峁噓 delav膩岣峚u峁� |
somesar奴 so tehi bhaggu jagama峁嘺 膩峁嘺峁僤a峁噓
bhaggu na sirisacca gari v墨ru siddhatthana峁僤a || 3 ||
]
