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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Brahmins employed as the priests and teachers by the royal-
ty were expected to be well-versed in the Vedic lore.
11 10
The Vaisnavas were certainly devoted to K峁涐梗峁嘺-worship
but they seem to have had a very hard time in that Dhanap膩la
has slyly referred to their being subjected to firy perse-
cution. This is not impossible in view of the fact recor-
ded by none else than a Jain chronicler like Prabh膩candra
in his PRC, that even at the hands of such a venerated sta-
unch Jain teacher like Haribhadrasuri a defeated Buddhist
disputant named Surapala was compelled to burn himself alive
in a caldron of boiling oil as per the stipulation of the
12 scholastic debate.
The Buddhists, particularly the Nihilists, were ra-
ther rarely met with and they seem to have been a morally
degenerated sect with theie nuns swarming at the royal
harems, serving as petty go-betweens in the love-affairs
of princes, and at times found to be more reckless than
13 even the ordinary youths.
The Jains seem to have been rather aggressive in their
onslaughts against the rival faiths during their religious
10. TM (N),p.78 (1011.) - 啶呧啶苦げ 啶掂啶︵啶曕啶� 啶掂た啶оた啶掂た啶︵ぞ 啶掂啶оじ啷囙さ啶距お啶班 啶膏啶掂く啶�
啶啶班啶оじ啶� 啶ㄠた啶班啶оぞ啶班啶む啶むた啶むぞ啶侧お啷嵿ぐ啶距ざ啶ㄠぞ啶︵た啶� 啶膏啶� 啶膏啶膏啶曕ぞ啶班じ啷嵿く --- [akhila vedokta vidhivid膩 vedhasev膩pare svaya峁�
purodhas膩 nirdh膩rttit膩lapr膩艣an膩di岣� sakala sa峁僺k膩rasya --- ] ; 78(23ff.)
啶膏ぎ啷嵿く [samya] 鈥�啶椸ぞ啶膏啶掂た啶� 啶椸啶班啶曕啶侧ぞ啶ㄠぞ 啶さ啶椸い啶距ぐ啶苦 啶� 啶多ぞ啶膏啶む啶班ぎ啶 啶ㄠた啶班啶げ啷� 啶曕啶むた啶 啶曕 啶ㄠぞ啶啶班啶�
啶ぞ啶啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶侧が啷嵿ぇ 啶溹え啷嵿ぎ啶ㄠぞ 啶掂た啶︵啶ぞ啶椸啶班啶ぞ啶す啶班す啶� 啶膏啶椸啶班す啶啶班啶む-- [g膩sevita gurukul膩n膩 mavagat膩rikha ka 艣膩stramam nirmalo ktiyu k墨 n膩murta
m膩mn膩ya labdha janman膩 vidy膩gurup膩maharaha岣� sa峁僩rahamakarot--] 1
啶班ぞ啶溹ぞ
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[谤腻箩腻
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] 11. ibid.,p.12 (14)-- 啶掂啶粪啶｀さ啶距え啶距 啶曕啶粪啶� 啶掂ぐ啷嵿げ啷嵿ぁ 啶ㄠた 啶啶班さ啷囙ざ啶�
[vai峁ａ箛av膩n膩峁� k峁涐梗峁嘺 varl岣峚 ni prave艣a岣�
] 12. PRC(KV), Intro.,pp.50-54.
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13. TM(N),p.15 (13ff.) -- 啶啶︵啶оぞ啶ㄠ啶げ啶啶о 啶班じ啶︵啶掂啶さ啶灌ぞ啶班お啷嵿ぐ啶掂ぐ啷嵿い啶曕い啷嵿さ啶
[bauddh膩nupalabdhe rasadvyavah膩rapravartakatvam
] ;&&&窜楼
;84(2)
(P.I.O.).
