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 3 - The Date of Dhanapala
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Param膩ra king we have a clue in the Udayapura Prasasti
which informs us that it was Sri Harshadeva, i.e.Para-
m膩ra Siyaka II alias Simhadatta, who was first attacked
by the R膩峁ａ弓rak奴ta King Krs峁嘺r膩ja III of Manyakhe峁璦, and
the former retaliated by leading a counter-attack against
Kho峁弓iga, the younger brother and the successor of N蓻
Krsnar膩ja III, whom his contemporary Halayudha has men-
tioned in his Kavirahasya. The first epigraphic record of
12 Param膩ra Siyaka II is the Harsola Grant dated 949 A.D.
When the empire of the Gurjarade艣a broke up in 940 A.D.,
Param膩ra Vairisimha II or his son Siyaka II was left as
the viceroy of this newly conquered territories by the
R膩峁ａ弓rak奴ta Emperor K峁涐梗峁嘺r膩ja III. Shri D.K.Shastri p
opines that Siyaka II must have seized the Malava terri-
tory from Madhava the vassal of King Mahendrap膩la of
Kanoja and established his own independent kingdom with
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13 his capital at Ujjayini, between V,Sa峁�.1005 to 1029
10.EI.Vollpp.233鈥�238. vs.12:
啶溹啷嵿ぐ啶距す [箩补驳谤腻丑补] ' 啶 啶啶︵啶оた 啶ㄠ啶距う啶膏ぎ 啶啶班い啶距お啶� || 啷оエ ||
[yo yuddhi nag膩dasama prat膩pa岣� || 12 ||
] lament
11.Kv.Rhs. 5: 啶呧じ啷嵿い啷嵿く啶椸じ啷嵿い啷嵿く啶啶ㄠた啶溹啶啶む啶膏啶ㄠぞ 啶さ啶苦い啷嵿ぐ 啶︵啷嵿し啶苦ぃ啶距お啶ム啷� 啶曕啶粪啶｀ぐ啶距
啶囙い啶� 啶栢啶ぞ啶む 啶班ぞ啶溹ぞ 啶膏ぞ啶啶班ぞ啶溹啶� 啶︵啶曕啶粪た啶む 啷ムカ啷�
[astyagastyamunijyotsn膩 pavitra dak峁峁嚹乸athe| k峁涐梗峁嘺r膩ja
iti khy膩to r膩j膩 s膩mr膩jya d墨k峁ta岣� ||5||
] 12.贰滨.痴辞濒.齿滨齿.辫辫.236蹿拢.
13.GGD.p.110.
14.GMRI.pp.146-147.
