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 2 - The works of Dhanapala
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It consists of 279 g膩th膩s.The first g膩th膩 salutes
Lord Brahma? It is taken by some to refer to Lord
R峁bha, the first Jain Tirtha峁僰ara. Pandit Bechardas
in it
Doshi further sees/the author's catholicity of outlook
towards the non-Jains鲁 taking for granted that the
above g膩th膩 refers to Lord Rsabha. But this is not
warranted in view of the Jain tradition as recorded in
the PRC which shows that Dhanap膩la took to Jainism at
a later stage of his life, while, he was still a full-
blooded Brahmin at the time when he composed his PLN.
That the salutation refers to Brahm膩 is further supp-
orted by the fact that Dhanap膩la starts his enumera-
tion of the synonyms with those of Brahm膩 in the
4 very second verse of his PLN and this is in keeping
with his tradition of the Kasyapa Gotra to which he
originally belonged.
In the g膩th膩s 2 to 19 are listed various synonyms
5 of a particular word in each of the g膩th膩s. In the
3.ibid.Intro.p.13.
2.笔滨狈(顿)鈥.2: 啶ㄠぎ啶苦啶� 啶ぐ啶お啷佮ぐ啶苦じ 啶啶班た啶膏啶む啶むぎ啶溹啶炧ぞ啶た啶膏啶さ 啶︵啶� 啷� 啷оゥ
[nami奴峁嘺 paramapurisa purisuttamaj帽膩bhisa峁僢hava deta || 1||
] 4.1bid.vg.2: "啶曕ぎ啷嵿げ啶距じ啶｀ 啶膏く啶 啶た啶嗋ぎ 啶灌 啶氞啶啶灌啶� 啶� 啶ぐ 啶た啶熰啶熰啷�
啶啶班 啶掂た啶灌 啶掂た啶班た啶氞 啶ぐ啷嵿く啶距ぞ啶掂 啶曕ぎ啶侧啷嬥ぃ啷� 啶� 啷� 啷� 啷�
[kaml膩sa峁噊 sayam pi膩ma ho ca峁環amuho峁� ya para mi峁弓墨|
mero vih墨 virico pary膩啶緑a墨 kamalajo峁嚹� ya || 2 ||
] 5.ibid.vs.19: THE TEE dimat despite ||||According
to Pandit Bechardas Doshi, this indicates that so
far the whole g膩th膩 listed the synonyms and hence-
forward each half the g膩th膩 is utilized for the
purpose.
