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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Nepal, Sikkim and Bhutan in the Himalayas. During his
conquest of the eastern direction, Bhima is said to
49 have turned to Lauhitya, after conquering the Suhma
region.It, thus, seems to refer to a mountain to the north
of the river Brahmaputr膩.
Not far from the Vait膩dhya mountain is situated
50 51
the famous AST膧PADA-SAI LA, also called once as Camika-
r膩cala, the peak of which is held sacred by the Jains
as the First Tirthankara 峁歴abha attained his Nirv膩峁嘺 and
breathed his last on it. It has been identified by Dr.
J.C.Jain 'with Mount Kailasa. 53
52 To the west of Astapada, and not too far from the
Vait膩岣峢ya mountain, is Mount EKASRNGA, which is said to
have been covered by forest(and not snow) and temples of
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the Siddhas and surrounded by the heavenly Ganges.
'Dha-
nap膩la has referred to the abundance of peacocks, elephants
49. MBh. II,30,26.
50. TM(N), p.405(19-21) : 啶掂啶むぞ啶⑧啶� 啶ぐ啷嵿さ啶むぞ啶︵え 啶むた啶掂た啶啶班啷冟し啷嵿啶 ---- [vait膩岣峢ya parvat膩dana tiviprak峁涐梗峁璦m ----] 1
51. ibid., p. 8(16)
52. 1b14, p. 405 (20) : 啶ㄠた啶班啶掂ぞ啶｀じ啶く啷� 啶曕啶むい啶ㄠ啶む啶ぞ啶椸啶� 啶啶掂い啶� 啶ㄠぞ啶た-
啶むえ啶啶� 啶溹え啶苦い啶す啶苦ぎ啶距え啶
[nirv膩峁嘺samaye k峁泃atanuty膩gena bhagavat膩 n膩bhi-
tanayena janitamahim膩nam
] 53. LAIJC, p.268.
,
1 54. TM(N), p.202 (9) : 啶ざ啷嵿啶苦ぎ 啶ㄠぞ啶粪啶熰お啶︵ざ啷堗げ啶え啶むた啶︵啶� 啶掂ぐ啷嵿い啷� 啶掂啶むぞ啶⑧啶� 啶ぐ啷嵿さ啶むじ啷嵿く... [pa艣cima n膩峁ａ弓apada艣ailamanatid奴ra vart墨 vait膩岣峢ya parvatasya...] ;
202 (11) 啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啷嵿さ啶� 啶忇さ啶距え啷嵿ぇ啶曕ぞ啶班た啶む 啶掂え啶侧啶栢ぞ啶た啶班え啷佮ぎ啷囙さ啶� 啶膏た啶︵啶оぞ-
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啶い啶� 啶ぃ啷嵿ぁ啶侧啶粪 ... [sarvvata ev膩ndhak膩rito vanalekh膩bhiranumevala siddh膩-
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yatana ma峁囜笉ale峁 ... ] ; 202 (14) 啶む啶班た啶︵ざ啶膏た啶ㄠ啶о啶膏啶班啶むじ啶� 啶ぐ啶苦啶む 啶忇-
啶多啶� 啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶多た啶栢ぐ啷�--: [trida艣asindhusrotas膩 parigata岣� eka-
艣峁沷 n膩ma 艣ikhar墨--: ] 243 (1).
