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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(2) RSABHAPA脩C膧SIKA :- It is also called Dhanap膩la-
-Pancasika.It is in Prakrit and is published in the
K膩vyamal膩 Vol. VII with a Sanskrit rendering. About fifty-
-six Mss. of the work are preserved in various Bhandars
20 in India and in three different libraries in Germany.
As is evident from the title, this work consists
of rifty verses in Prakrit composed in the Ary膩 metre.
*** It praises Lord Rsabha, the first T墨rtha峁僰ara of
Jainism, with a purpose to earn merit and get delive-
rence and supreme knowledge. Prabh膩candra informs us
that this hymn was composed on the occasion of the
ceremony of consecrating the image of R峁bhadeva in a
temple built by Dhanap膩la. The ceremony was performed at
the hands of the author's religious preceptor Mahendra-
21 s奴ri.
The first twenty-six g膩th膩s are in salutations and
deal with the majestic glory of having a look at the
Lord in the form of Jina Rsabha from the boundaries
20.JRK.p.58.It was edited and translated into German by
Klatt in ZDMG,Vol.33.p.445. It was also published by
the Jain Dharma Pras膩raka Sabh膩, Bhavanagar (Saura-
shtra) with a commentary and Gujarati explanatory
notes.It has been again recently edited by Prof.H.R.
Kapadia in the Devachand L膩labhai Pustakoddh膩ra Fund
Series (No.83), Bombay. 携hank
21. PRC.17.192-193: 啶掂た啶啶多啶啶むた 啶啶班き啷嬥ぐ啷嵿え啶距き啶苦じ啷傕え啷嬥 啶啶班ぞ啶膏ぞ啶︵ぎ啶距い 啶ㄠ啶む 啷� 啶た啶啶�-
啶膏啶ムぞ啶� 啶啶班い啶苦し啷嵿啶距 啶� 啶多啶班啶す啷囙え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶啶班き啷佮ぐ啷嵿さ啶苦ぇ啶� 啷� 啷оク啷ㄠゥ 啶膏ぐ啷嵿お啶むお啷佮ぐ啶むぐ啶� 啶ㄠ啶さ啶苦ざ啷嵿く
啶膏啶む啶むた啶ぞ啶� 啶啶� [vim峁浥泍eti prabhorn膩bhis奴no岣� pr膩s膩dam膩ta not | bimba-
sth膩na prati峁ａ弓h膩峁� ca 艣r墨mahendraprabhurvidh膩 || 192|| sarpatapuratarata nopavi艣ya
stutim膩da me峁� ] "啶溹く 啶溹啶む 啶曕お啷嵿お啷� 啶む啶ぞ啶︵た 啶椸ぞ啶ムぞ 啶啶氞ざ啶むぞ 啶た啶むぞ啶 啷� 啷оク啷┼ゥ
[jaya ja峁僼u kappe ty膩di g膩th膩 pa峁僣a艣at膩 mit膩m || 193||
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