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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revived the memories of the reign of Vikramaditya the
65 Great. At least six inscriptions of Bhoja are available,
viz., the B膩nsv膩r膩 plates dated 1020 A.D., the B膩tma
plates dated 1020 A.D., the Sarasvati-image Inscription
dated 1047 A.D., the Tilakawada copper plate dated 1047
66 A.D., and the Kalyan Inscription.
Bhoja's military career as the most powerful empe-
ror in the north was chequered with constant conflicts
with the surrounding contemporary Hindu kingdoms of
Chedi in the east, Calukyas of A峁嘺hilav膩岣峚 in the west
and the Calukyas of Kaly膩峁嘺 in the south. He had fights a
with the king of Chedi Indranatha Toggala I, with Bhima
of Gujarat, with the kings of Kar峁嚹佱弓aka and L膩峁璦 and
with the Gurjaras and the Turushkas, as stated in the
67 Udayapura Prasasti. By 写蟹 means of intrigues, Bhoja
defeated Gangeya Vikramaditya (circa 1010-1041 A.D.),
Kalacuri
the/king of Tripuri, encaged him and took him away to
his capital, honoured him and at last made him his his
friend. This incident may have served as a historical
background for the parallel incident, in the TM, of the
65.HCAI.Vol.II.p.320.
66.HPD.pp.83-88.
67.EI.Vol.I.vs.19:
啶氞啶︵ 啶ㄠぐ啷囙え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶班ぅ 啶侧啶椸啶椸げ 啶啶ぎ啷佮啷嵿く啶距え啷� 啶曕ぐ啷嵿ぃ啶距啶侧ぞ啶熰お啶むた-
啶ㄠぐ啷囙え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶班い啷嬥そ啶椸げ
[ced墨 narendraratha loggala bh墨mamukhy膩n kar峁嚹佱弓al膩峁璦pati-
narendrarato'gala
] 68.PPS(SJGM). II. p.20) 啶椸啶班啶溹ぐ啶班ぞ 啶む啶班啶粪啶曕ぞ啶ㄠ 啷� 啶う啷嵿き啷冟い啷嵿く啶ぞ啶む啶班さ啶苦啶苦い啶�-
啶ㄠさ啶侧啶曕啶� 啶啶侧ぞ 啶︵啶粪ぃ啶� 啶げ啶距え啶� 啶曕げ啶啷嵿い啶�
啶� 啶侧啶曕ぞ啶ㄠ ||啷оク||
[gurjarar膩 turu峁膩n | yadbh峁泃yam膩travijit膩-
navalokya maul膩 do峁峁嚹� bal膩ni kalayakti
na lok膩n ||19||
]
