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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lotus-feet were worshipped by eminent kings like Gangeya,
Bhojadeva and others." Indian craftsmanship of the age
has found its best expression in the most magnificent
Jain temples with their rich delicate carvings, grace
and beauty which is considered to be unique in the world.
During the reign of Bhima I his minister Vimala of the
Pr膩gv膩峁璦 family completed in 1031 A.D. the famous temple
127 of Adinatha at Abu. At the beginning of the eleventh
century A.D. the Western C膩lukyas and the Hoysals were
great patrons of Jainism. We possess numerous records
from 1000 A.D. onwards of solitary rulers and noblemen,
in addition to those of the merchant class and others,
who built temples, installed images, performed worship
and made endowments for perpetual service of divinity and
piety and who even ended their lives by the renunciation
of all worldly attachment and observing fasts in strict
adherence to the Jain faith, which had grown in the form
of a large number of Sanghas, Ganas, Gacchas, Balis and
艢腻办丑腻蝉.
Param膩ra Bhojadeva was not only a follower, but
also an exponent of Saivism. One of his works, the Tattva-
pariks膩, deals with Saivism. The Kalcuris of Tricuri, with
127.JSSI(D).pp.211-214%; also SE.p.428.
128.SE.pp.431 ff.
