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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Mu帽ja as has been expressly mentioned by Padmagupta.
At least rive dynastic inscriptions stand to prove
this 31 But Sindhur膩ja did not rule for long and he was
soon succeeded by his son Bhoja. Padmagupta must have
composed his NSC before 1001 A.D. as the earliest reco-
rded date of Bhoja is Saka 923 (1.e. 1001 A.D.) on the
evidence of the Syamalada峁囜笉aka of Pur膩ntaka which refers
to the grant of a hundred "agrah膩ras". The assumption
of Dr.B眉hler who puts the date of the composition of
the NSC by Padmagupta alias Parimala in 1005 A.D. is
based on his wrong assumption of the earliest date of
33 Bhoja as 1010 A.D. Merutunga has given the duration of
Bhoja's rule as fifty-five years, seven months and three
34 35
days. On the strength of the Mandh膩t膩 Grant dated
1055-56 A.D. Dr. G.C.Choudhary puts the earliest date
36 of Jayasimha, the successor of Bhoja, in A.D.1055.
Following this line of evidence, Bhoja's accession may
30. NSC.XI. 98: 啶啶班ぞ 啶曕ぞ啶侧啷佮ぎ啶距い啷嵿い啷囙え 啶啶班じ啷嵿ぅ啶苦い啷囙え啶� 啶啶た啶曕ぞ啶い啷囙 啷� 啶啶班啶掂啶曕ぃ啶距そ啶�-
啶掂い啷嵿く啶膏啶� 啶啶ム啶掂啶︵啶粪啶｀た 啶ㄠた啶掂啶多た啶むぞ 啷� 啷ゥ
[pur膩 k膩lakum膩ttena prasthiten膩 mbik膩pate岣� | maurv墨ka峁嚹�'ka-
vatyasya p峁泃hv墨do峁ａ箛i nive艣it膩 || 9||
] 31.HPD.p.65; EI. vol.p.233-238.
32.HCSL.p.492 ft.nt.
33.1A.Vol.XXXVI.p.154 fr.
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34PC($JGRI) 鈥� P鈥� 22: 啶啷嵿啶距ざ啶む啶啷嵿 啶掂ぐ啷嵿し啶距ぃ啶� 啶ぞ啶む啶班ぞ 啶膏お啷嵿い 啶︵た啶ㄠい啷嵿ぐ啶ぎ啷�
[pa帽c膩艣atpa帽ca var峁Ｄ佱箛i m膩tr膩 sapta dinatrayam
] 34PC(SJGM).p.22:
啶啶曕啶むさ啷嵿く 啶啶溹ぐ啶距啷囙え 啶膏啷嬥ぁ 啶︵啷嵿し啶苦ぃ啶距お啶ムぎ啷� 啷�
[bhoktavya bhojar膩jena sago岣峚 dak峁峁嚹乸atham ||
] 35.EI.Vol.III.pp.46-50.
36.PHNI.p.97.
