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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in whose opinion it is his Mah膩pur膩na that properly qua-
lifies for the t氓tle "B峁沨atkath膩"21 Could it be that
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Dhanap膩la dropped the wellknown name of Gun膩岣峢ya in order
to suggest an oblique compliment to Jinasena also ?
Gu峁嚹乨hya's date is generally believed to fall by about
78 A.D. during the regime of Satavahana. But the tradi-
23 tion preserved in both the KSS and the BKM regards
Gunadhya as a contemporary of P膩峁噄ni and Vararuci alias
K膩ty膩yana the grammarian. The Puranic tradition regards
him as a contemporary og H膩la, the son of Ari峁ａ弓a Satakar峁噄
who ruled between the years 2644-2649 of the Yudhisthira
24.
Era,
i.e. 495-490 B.C. Dhanapala seems to have kept this
in mind in mentioning the Brhatkath膩 just after R膩m膩ya峁嘺
and the Mah膩bh膩rata.
(5) PRAVARASENA :- Pravarasena is referred to as a
highly successful poet whose fame rests on his epoch-makig
-making Prakrit epic Setubandha, just as R膩ma was succe-
ssful as a military genius whose bridge over the ocean
21.MPJ 鈥� 1.63 and 115: 啶оぐ啷嵿ぎ啶距え啷佮が啶ㄠ啶оた啶ㄠ 啶ぞ 啶膏啶ぞ啶む啶さ啶苦い啶� 啶膏啶� 啶多じ啷嵿く啶む
啶多啶粪ぞ 啶ぞ啶ぞ啶膏さ啶距く啷堗さ 啶膏啶啶班く啷佮啷嵿い啶距お啶� 啶溹ぞ啶い啷� 啷� 啷ォ啷� [dharm膩nubandhin墨 y膩 sy膩tyavit膩 saiva 艣asyate
艣e峁Ｄ� p膩p膩sav膩yaiva suprayukt膩pi j膩yate || 63|| ] and 啶呧う啷嵿き啷佮い啶距ぐ啷嵿ぅ啶� 啶た啶ぞ啶�
啶︵た啶掂啶ぞ啶� 啶ぐ啶ぞ啶班啶ムが啷冟す啶む啶曕ぅ啶距ぎ啷� 啶侧た啶啶啶班え啷囙啷堗 啶膏啶︵啶啶оぞ啶� 啶椸啶｀ぞ啶⑧啶啶� 啶啶班啶掂じ啷傕ぐ啶苦き啶苦 啷� 啷оェ啷� 啷�
[adbhut膩rth膩 mim膩峁�
divy膩峁� param膩rthab峁沨atkath膩m limbhairanekai岣� sa峁僤峁沚dh膩峁� gu峁嚹佱笉hyai岣� p奴rvas奴ribhi岣� || 115 ||
] 22.KSS.1.1.78-80; I.v.117-118; 1.vi.66-67; II.i.l etc.
23.BKM.I.i.71; I.ii.9-11,70-71..
24.HCSL. p.417..
