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 (“prose-romance�). The author, Dhanapala was a court poet to the Paramara king Munja, who ruled the Kingdom of Malwa in ancient west-central India.
Chapter 10 - Geographical Data
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the name of the capital of the region named Kamarūpa.The
geographical sections of the Purāṇas uniformly include
Prāgjyotisa in the eastern region, whereas the Mahābhārata
indicates its location also in the north or north-west,
and the Rāmāyana places it in the west. In the opinion of
Dr. Pusalkar, the name Prāgjyotiṣa was originally applied
to the region in the north-west. But Dhanapāla seems to
distinguish between Kāmarūpa and Prāgjyotiṣa; the former
79 is the name of a region, but the latter is not specified
as a city.
UTTARA-KURU has been mentioned as an region of the
80 semi-divine beings like the Vidyadharas.
81 AVANTI-VISAYA is Malwa in the central India.
82 SAURASTRA-MANDA LA is known today by the same name
and signifies modern Kāṭhiāwā� surrounded by the waters of
the Arabian Sea on three sides in Western India.
83 KALINGA signifies the region to the south of modern
Orissa near the Bay of Bengal. It is referred to both in
the Puranic as well as in the Jain mythology.
79. TM (N), p. 182 (15) : कामरूपनाम्ना लब्धव्यपदे� देशम� ....
[kāmarūpanāmnā labdhavyapadeśa deśam ....
] 80. ibid., p.169(5).
81. ibid., p.279(19).
82. ibid., p.267(12).
83. ibid., p. 267(5).
