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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f 74 that terrible disaster befell Gujarat. He must have been
of about seventy years of age by that time. The graphic
40 description of the attempt at uprooting the image
tempts Muni Shri Jinavijayaji to suppose that possibly
Dhanap膩la was present at Sacora at that time.
41 (6) S膧VAYA - VIHT : - It is an epitome of Jainism
prescribing the desirable daily routine for an ideal
Jain householder in twenty-four g膩th膩s in Apabhramsa.
He mentions among other things, the practice of wor-
shipping household images as well as the daily atten-
dance at the Jain temple, use of incense at the time of
lunch, dedicating the eatables to Lord Jina, observing
abstinence from food and sexual pleasures on particular
days of the months, daily repetition of one's resolve
鈥� to break through the vicious circle of birth and death,
and daily introspection of one's conduct. In the
twenty-second g膩th膩 the author incorporates his name
with his usual skill 42
(7) VIRA - SYUTI SANSKRTA - PR膧KRTA :- This short hymn
consisting of eleven gatha's the first two quarters of
each of which are composed in Sanskrit while the third
4Q.SMU. 6-7 : 啶班ぞ啶ぞ啶� 啶膏す啶� 啶︵啶︵ [r膩y膩sa sahi dud] 鈥�啶ぁ啶苦す啶� 啶溹た啶｀ 啶溹ぞ啶� 啶啶� 啶ㄠぞ啶た啶�
[bha岣峣hi ji峁噓 j膩va me峁� n膩mio
] 41. (PT.O. for ft.nt..)
啶う啷嵿ぇ啷� 啶膏ぞ啶た 啶曕ぐ啶苦さ啶班す 啶栢啶оた 啶班啷嵿啶灌啶� 啶膏啶︵ぞ啶た啶撪イ
啶曕す啷佮 啶むす 啶む啶︵啶︵啶掂た 啶班啷嵿啷� 啶灌ぎ 啶椸啶班啶� 啶оぐ啶｀啶げ啶�
啶ㄠた啶掂た啶∴た啶� 啶溹た啶� 啶ぐ啶苦啶む啶� 啶囙啶� 啶啶氞啶涏い啶� 啶ぐ啶い啶� 啷� 啷� [baddhu s膩mi karivaraha kha峁僤hi rajjahu峁� sa峁僤膩mio|
kahu峁� taha tuddevi rajju hama gra峁僼ha dhara峁嚹珁ali
nivi岣峣ya jima paricatta i峁冡笉a pecchataha parabati || 6] /(P.TO)
42. Sv. 22 : 啶囙く 啶︵ぞ啶班啶� 啶︵啶曕啶栢た 啶樴ぃ啶掂ぞ啶侧く -
--. [iya d膩ru峁嘺 dukkhi gha峁嘺v膩laya -
--.] etc.
