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 (“prose-romance�). 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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refused to do so on the ground that it could be explained
to the one only who was already formally initiated tinto
the Jain order. At this he got the necessary initiation
at the hands of Jinadattasūri and became her disciple
Gradually he mastered the whole of the Jain religious
lore and attained the position of an 'Acarya' and the
Disciple-in-Chief. His two cousins Hamsa and Paramahamsa
became his first two disciples with the nomenclatures
Jinabhadra and Virabhadra, both of whom stealthily passed
themselves off as Buddhists in order to study the Buddhi-
stic tenets so as to be able to refute them later on :
They were, however, spotted out and both of them died in
the consequent scuffle. Haribhadrasūri was mad with rage
and challenged the Buddhists in a scholarly assembly of
SÅ«raṇÄla with the horrible condition that the defeated
party must necessarily commit suicide in the pan of
boiling oil: Haribhadra turned out victorious and con-
sequently SurapÄla committed suicide in the stipulated
manner. Haribhadra has inserted the word "viraha" (= se-
paration) in each of his "fourteen hundred" works.
42.ht. colophone : सितामà¥à¤¬à¤°à¤¾à¤šà¤¾à¤°à¥à¤¯ जिà¤� à¤à¤Ÿà¥à¤Ÿ निगदानà¥à¤¸à¤¾à¤°à¤¿à¤£à¥‹à¤‚ विदà¥à¤¯à¤¾à¤§à¤°-
कà¥à¤²à¤¤à¤¿à¤²à¤•ाचारà¥à¤� जिनदतà¥à¤� शिषà¥à¤¯à¤¸à¥à¤¯ धरà¥à¤® तो थाकिनी महतà¥à¤¤à¤°à¤� सूनो -
रखà¥à¤¯à¤®à¤¤à¥� राचारà¥à¤¯à¤¸à¥à¤¯ हरिà¤à¤¦à¥à¤� [sitÄmbarÄcÄrya jina bhaá¹á¹a nigadÄnusÄriṇoá¹� vidyÄdhara-
kulatilakÄcÄrya jinadatta Å›iá¹£yasya dharma to thÄkinÄ« mahattarÄ sÅ«no -
rakhyamate rÄcÄryasya haribhadya ] "
Intro.p.52.
as quoted by PRC(KV).
