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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flourished in the court of Bhoja of Malwa who is but
mentioned as 'Vikrama'. The nine'jems'were Dhanvantari,
K峁pa峁嘺ka, Amarasimha, Sa峁卥u, Vet膩j abhatta, Ghatakarpara
and K膩lid膩sa. He granted a hundred 'agraharas' on the
bank of the Narmad膩 in Saka 923 (i.e.1001 A.D.) to
Pur膩ntaka for his Syamala-dandaka, a proso-poetic piece
in praise of the goddess Sarasvati. Bhoja is said to
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108 have honoured Shri Gopanandis眉ri. Two hundred years
later, Somesvara refers to his munificence in his Girnar
109 Inscription. Thus the universal testimony of succeeding
ages prove that the high praise showered on Bhoja 鈻� was
based on a fact of history. This is poetically recorded in
110 the popular verse in the SRB.
As an imperial monarch whose writ ran over almost
the whole of North India, and as an unrivalled patron of
men of letters, Bhoja naturally seems to have been very
proud almost to the extent of being jealous or impa-
tient of his Saiva faith, of his power, patronage and
unsurpassable scholarship of his assembly. Prabh膩candra
has noted 谩 few instances of Bhoja's anxiety to guard the
107.HCSL.p.492.
108鈥P.Intro p鈥�8: 啶膏 啶多啶班 啶啶班き啶距啶ㄠ啶︵啶班 啶椸啶え啶ㄠ啶︵た啶ㄠぞ 啶膏啶班た啶｀ぞ 啶膏す啶距ぇ啷嵿く啷堗し啷嵿
啶じ啷嵿く 啶ぞ啶� 啶оぞ啶班ぞ啶溹啶班ぞ啶оた啶い啶苦
啶оぞ啶班ぞ啶溹啶班ぞ啶оた啶い啶苦
啶多啶班啶啶溹ぐ啶距啶� 啶膏ぎ啶啶溹く啶む 啷�
[sa岣� 艣r墨 prabh膩candro gopanandin膩 s奴ri峁嚹� sah膩dhyai峁ａ弓a
yasya p膩da 诲丑腻谤腻箩补驳补谤腻诲丑颈辫补迟颈岣�
诲丑腻谤腻箩补驳补谤腻诲丑颈辫补迟颈岣�
艣r墨bhojar膩ja岣� samap奴jayat |
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109.GGD.p.218.
110.$RS 鈥� III 鈥�79, P鈥�117: 啶呧じ啷嵿く 啶多啶班啶啶溹ぐ啶距啶膏啶� 啶︵啶掂く啶啶� 啶膏啶︵啶班啶侧き啶 啷�
啶多い啷嵿ぐ啷傕ぃ啶距 啶多啶班 [asya 艣r墨bhojar膩jasya dvayameva sudurlabham |
艣atr奴峁嚹佱箖 艣r峁�] 鈥�啶權啶栢げ啷� 啶侧啶� 啶むぞ啶啶� 啶多ぞ啶膏啶い啷嵿ぐ啶曕啶� 啷�
啷�
[峁卥halai loha t膩mra 艣膩sajapatrakai岣� ||
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