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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釤� 153 a few exceptions, were Saivas. So also were the Cande-
ll盲s of Bundelkhand. The Western C膩lukyas of Kaly膩na
were of Saiva persuasion. The Eastern C膩lukyas, the
Eastern Gangas and the Kakatiyas were Saivas. The C艒la
129 kings also were great patrons of Saivism. One of the
important feathers of this age was, therefore, the
rising rivalry among the Saivas, the Vaisnavas, the
the Buddhists and the Jains.
IV. THE CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE :
130 The tenth and the eleventh centuries saw a great
surge in literary activity. Most of the known poets in
Munja's court were Jains. Mu帽ja received special
honour from the Jain Ac膩rya Mah膩senas奴ri, wrote the
Pradyumnacarita at the instance of one of the feudato-
ries of Sindhur膩ja. Dhanap膩la left Ujjayini for Dh膩r膩
out of his hatred for Jainism which was responsible
for the unexpected conversion of his younger brother
Sobhana, who became a Jain monk under the discipleship
of the Jain preceptor Mahendras奴ri. A prince, later on
known as Subhacandr膩c膩rya, the author of the J帽膩n膩r峁嘺va,
also flourished in Mu帽ja's time. Famous Jain writer
Amitagati wrote his works at this time. The influence
of Ac膩rya Manatunga, the author of the well-known hymn,
129.SE.pp.443 ff.
130.SJI.p.153 ff.
