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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It is really surprising that not once has the poet
referred to, even in passing, to such basically essential
and typically Jainistic aspects of religious worship such
as the Navsk膩ra Mantra, A峁噓vratas, S膩m膩yika, Pa岣峣kama峁嘺,
K膩usagga, Paccakkh膩峁嘺, Pajjusa峁嘺, Samvatsar墨, Siddhacakra,
the three Gu峁嘺-vratas, the four Sik峁Ｄ�-vratas and the ele-
ven Pratim膩s.
105 (7)RELIGIOUS
BELIEFS:
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People seem to have had a faith in the existence of
various types of supernatural beings like gods, demons,
Vidy膩dharas, Siddhas, Y膩tus, Bh奴tas, Vet膩las and etc.,
who were believed to be taking interest in the affairs of
106 human beings.
The Siddhas and the Vidyadharas had mastered super-
107 human mystic powers and could fly at will in the sky.
The Jain saints like the Vidy膩dhara Muni and Jagantaswami
were believed to have attained the supernatural knowledge
108 transcending the limits of time and space.
Gods and Yak峁s utilized their divine powers in
105. Thise aspects are specially emphasized by authors like
Haribhadrasuri, Somadevas奴ri,and Udyotanas奴ri and Si-
ddharsi in their religious romances.
106. cf.Tl(N),p.194 (11ff.) - 啶 啶 啶え啷佮し啷嵿く啶侧啶曕 啶掂た啶灌ぞ啶班た啶｀啶� 啶︵た啶掂啶ぞ啶�, 啶掂た啶оぞ啶ぞ
啶ㄠ啶椸啶班す啶� 啶多啶班啶｀啶� 啶膏お啶班た啶椸啶班す啶膏啶� 啶啶� 啶掂た啶溹啶炧ぞ啶え啶距ぎ啷嵿イ 啶啶� 啶曕 啶ㄠ啶苦う啷嵿き啶班い啶曕啶� 啶啷嵿し啶ぞ啶むた啶ㄠぞ
啶︵啶掂啶� 啶掂ぞ啶� 啶︵啶む啶啶� 啶掂ぞ啶� 啶掂た啶︵啶ぞ啶оぐ啶� 啶掂啶班啶∴え啷嵿く啷囙え 啶掂ぞ 啶︵た啶掂啶げ啷嬥 啶ㄠた啶掂ぞ啶膏た啶ㄠぞ
啶呧え啷嵿い啶班た
[bho bho manu峁aloke vih膩ri峁噊峁� divy膩岣�, vidh膩y膩
nugraha峁� 艣ru峁噓ta saparigrahastha me峁� vij帽膩pan膩m| yena ke nacidbharatakula pak峁p膩tin膩
devena v膩峁� daityena v膩峁� vidy膩dhara峁嘺 va啷塺岣峚nyena v膩 divyaloka niv膩sin膩
antari
] 107. cf.ibid., p.33(15ff.)-3245942.
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; 153(10ff.).
108. cf.ibid., p. 406 (6)-- 啶呧啶苦じ啷嵿じ啶� 啶溹ぞ啶� 啶曕ぞ啶侧い啷嵿ぐ啶苦い啶� 啶椸啶氞ぐ 啶溹啶炧ぞ啶� 啶侧ぞ啶�-- 啶す啶班啶粪た啶-- [acissa峁� j膩ta k膩latritaya gocara j帽膩na l膩bha-- mahar峁m--] ;
407 (17拢拢 . ) .. 啶え啷�啶粪た啶むぞ啶班啶ムぎ啶距さ啷囙う啶え啷嵿い啶� 啶溹く啶ㄠ啶むじ啷嵿さ啶距ぎ啶苦じ啶傕啷嵿 啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啶溹啶炧ぎ啷�- [man墨峁t膩rtham膩vedayanta峁� jayantasv膩misa峁僯帽a sarvaj帽am-] 1
