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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discourses; and assailed the authority of the Vedas.
14, The
Jain ascetics, partcularly the Svetambaras, could freely
move in the cities like Ayodhya and Kanci, and distingui-
shed saints like the Vidyadhara Muni had access to the
15 kings also. There is an oblique reference to the Digam-
baras, though the obvious reference is to a bard reciting
a panegyric verse.
16 (2) YOGA AND TANTRIC MYSTICISM :-
Yoga and Tantric mysticism were the common integral
aspects of the personal spiritual life of those days, irre-
pective of all the varied sectarian schisms and ideelogical
differences among various faiths like Saivism, Vai峁ａ箛avism,
Buddhism or Jainism.
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There is an indirect reference to Yoga with its
17 practice of stopping the movement of the breath.
The
Vidyadhara Muni instantly resorts to Yoganidr膩 in order
to fathom the futurity about the male progeny of King
18 Meghavahana. Muttering of Mantras and Dhy膩na were a part
14. TM(N),p.1(14)路
15.
啶оぐ啷嵿ぎ 啶曕ぅ啶距さ啶苦ぇ啷�
[dharma kath膩vidhau
] ; 15 ( 14 ) -- 啶啶班い啶苦お啶曕啶粪啷嵿し 啶啶樴げ 啶啶ㄠた
啶曕ぅ啶距じ啷� 啶曕啶多ぞ 啶班啶多啶班さ啶｀ぎ啷� -- [pratipak峁k峁 yoghala muni
kath膩su ku艣膩 raja艣rava峁嘺m -- ] 1; 11 ( 13 ) - 啶呧啶︵ぐ啷嵿ざ啶� 啶膏啶ムた啶むた啶班た啶� 啶ㄠ啶椸ぎ啶掂啶さ啶灌ぞ啶班ぞ-
啶曕啶粪た啶啶むげ啷嬥啶� [a墨dar艣ana sthitiriva naigamavyavah膩r膩-
办峁辫迟补濒辞办腻 ] 1; 45(1ff.) 啶ㄠぞ啶ぎ啶距げ啶距お啷嬥 啶啶灌お啷嵿ぐ啶侧ぞ啶� 啶囙い啶� 啶
啶膏ぎ啶班啶ムえ啷�啶 啷�
[n膩mam膩l膩po峁� mohapral膩pa iti me
samarthan墨ya岣� |
] 1bid.,p.272(9ff.) -- 啶む啶班た啶曕ぞ啶侧う啶班啶多 啶啶ㄠた啶班啶す啶距く啶多 啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶す啶距げ啷嵿く啷� 啶た啶班え啷� 啶曕啶�
啶ぐ啶苦さ啷冟い啷� 啶す啶班啶粪た啶た啶� 啶曕 啶氞啶ぞ 啶啶ぞ啶く啷� - [trik膩ladar艣墨 munirmah膩ya艣o n膩ma mah膩lyo bhirane kai岣�
pariv峁泃o mahar峁bhi岣� k墨 cy膩 mup膩yayau -] 1; pp. 23-25.
16. 1b1脿.,p.240 (18) -- 啶ㄠ啷嵿え啶距啶距ぐ啷嵿く 啶忇啶� 啶膏ぎ啷佮啷嵿啶距ぐ啷嵿く 啶溹く啶多が啷嵿う啶-- [nagn膩c膩rya eka岣� samucc膩rya jaya艣abdam--] 1; AK, II,
1, 39: 啶ㄠ啷嵿え啷� 啶灌さ啶距じ啶距 啶︵た啶椸ぎ啷嵿が啶班 啷�
啶ㄠ啷嵿え啷� 啶曕啶粪お啶� 啶え啷嵿う啶苦え啷� - [nagno hav膩s膩岣� digambara岣� |
nagnau k峁pa峁嘺 bandinau -] 1
; also TKS, III,iii,245
17. cf.1bid.,p. 9 (21ff.) - 啶呧お啷嵿ぐ啶啶曕啶� 啶啶椸ぞ啶た 啶班 啶曕ぞ啶掂啶啶� 啶啶班啷佮啶� 啶溹え啶す啶むぞ啶お啶�
啶椸い啶� 啶膏啶むぎ啷嵿き啶え啷嵿い啷�啶た啶� --
[aprayukta yog膩bhi re k膩vya峁僼ha praku峁� janamahat膩mapi
gati stambhayant墨bhi岣� --
] 18. ibid... 30 (2) -- 啶囙い啷嵿く啷佮啷嵿い啶掂い啶� 啶ぞ啶班啶ムた啶侧 啶氞た啶むお啶班た啶ぞ啶掂た啶� 啶むう啷�啶啶� 啶むぞ啶� )-
[ityuktavati p膩rthile citaparibh膩vita tad墨yopa t膩pa )-
] 41
