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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Vaisnava doctrines centred round the devotion for Lord
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28 K峁涐梗峁嘺. The Vaise峁kas maintained the absolute eternality
of the category called 'Dravya'.' The Sankhyas preached
the doctrine of co-existence of Puru峁 and Prak峁泃i. An
oblique mention of the Vedanta-sutras can be read in the re-
ference to 'Brahmasutra'. And the adherents of Jain phi-
losophy repudiated the authority of the Vedic scriptures.
(5) SOCIAL SCIENCES :-
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Dharma艣膩stra, R膩jyan墨ti or N墨ti, and V膩rt膩 are re-
ferred to in passing. The Nayam膩rga of B峁沨aspati and of
31 Bh膩rgava are also specifically mentioned.
(6) LITERATURE :
32 Ability to compose full-fledged works (Prabandha)
33 on drama and poetry, and acquaintance with such works
learning.34
composed by others, was a sure test of one's learning.
The famous work of fiction, viz., the K膩dambar墨 of B膩峁嘺,
seems to have been studied by scholars; the incidents of
the curse of Vaisamp膩yana, of Sukan膩sa and of the death
of the parrot at the end are noted. Such and other works
26. TM(N),p.12(14)
27. ibid., p.12(15)
啶掂啶粪啶｀さ啶距げ啶� 啶曕啶粪啶｀さ啶班啶む啶え啶� 啶啶班さ啷囙ざ啶� --- [vai峁ａ箛av膩l膩 k峁涐梗峁嘺vartmani prave艣a岣� --- ] 1
啶掂啶多啶粪た啶曕ぎ啶む 啶︵啶班さ啷嵿く啶膏啶� 啶曕啶熰じ啷嵿ぅ啶ㄠた啶む啶い啶� -..
[vai艣e峁kamate dravyasya k奴峁璦sthanityat膩 -..
] 28. ibid,p.278 (6) 啶啶ぞ啶ㄠた啶� 啶膏ぞ啶傕啷嵿く啶ぐ啶苦啶侧啶た啶む 啶啶班啷冟い啶苦ぎ啶啶炧啶氞え啷�...
[pum膩niva s膩峁僰hyaparikalpita岣� prak峁泃imamu帽can...
] 29. ibid., p.24(5).
30. ibia.,p.11(13ff.) 啶呧啶︵ぐ啷嵿ざ啶ㄠじ啷嵿ぅ啶苦い啶苦ぐ啶苦さ 啶ㄠ啶椸ぎ 啶掂啶さ啶灌ぞ啶班ぞ 啶曕啶粪た啶啶� 啶侧啶曕ぞ-- [a墨dar艣anasthitiriva naigama vyavah膩r膩 k峁pta lok膩--] 1
31. ibid.,p.20(1); 10(12); 10(17); 10(13).
32.
ibid.,p.229(13) 啶ㄠく 啶ぞ啶班啶� 啶啶う啷囙し啷� 啶ぎ啶班啷佮ぐ啷� 啶ぞ啶椸ぎ啶� 啶啶ぞ啶た啶掂啶ぃ 啶むぞ啶啶ぞ啶-- [naya m膩rga mupade峁 mamaraguru bh膩gam膩 bhy膩mivopa峁嘺 t膩bhy膩m--] 1
33. ibid.,p.2(18).
34. ibid.,p.10(15).
35. ibid.,p.215(19) 啶掂啶多ぎ啷嵿お啶距く啶� 啶多ぞ啶 啶啶班啷嵿ぐ啶ぎ啶苦さ 啶︵啶班啶掂ぐ啷嵿ぃ啶多啶曕え啶距ざ啶え啷嬥ぐ啶ぎ啷�--
[vai艣amp膩yana 艣膩paka prakramamiva durvar峁嘺艣ukan膩艣amanoramam--
]
