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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referred to once as Tarkavidy膩 which excelled in marshall-
207.
ing irrefutable authoritative arguments; and as having
208 immense knowledge about the sources of knowledge (pram膩峁嘺).
The Vaise峁ka system maintained the absolute eter-
nity of Dravya, which was the primary Substance that served
209 as a substratum for Quality (guna). There is an obli-
210 que reference to the category called Samav膩ya also.
The Vedanta doctrine of Vivarta has been indirectly
alluded to once.211
And lastly, Dhanapala has clearly noticed the Tan-
tric sects of Dak峁峁嘺 and V膩mam膩rga of Saivism in which
their respective Agamas are considered authoritative, Siva
is upheld as the Ultimate Reality, and the ritual involves
the use of a corpse for propitiatory procedures.
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207. TM (N), p. 24 (5ff.)
208. ibid., p.10(17)
209. ibid., p.12(15)
啶膏い啶班啶曕さ啶苦う啷嵿く啶距ぎ啶苦さ 啶掂た啶оた 啶ㄠた啶班啶た啶むぞ啶� 啶掂う啷嵿く 啶啶班ぎ啶距ぃ啶距ぎ啷�-- [satarkavidy膩miva vidhi nir奴pit膩na vadya pram膩峁嚹乵--] 1
啶啶班ぎ啶距ぃ 啶掂た啶︵啶た啶多啶� 啶啶班ぎ啶距ぃ啶掂た啶о啶� ... [pram膩峁嘺 vidbhi艣ya pram膩峁嘺vidhai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 |
] WAK
15 (15拢f.) -- 啶掂啶多啶粪た啶曕ぎ啶む 啶︵啶班さ啷嵿く啶膏啶� 啶啶班ぞ啶оぞ啶ㄠ啶 啶椸啶｀ぞ啶ㄠぞ啶啶じ啶班啶溹え [vai艣e峁kamate dravyasya pr膩dh膩nya峁� gu峁嚹乶膩mupasarjana ] 鈥�啶ぞ啶掂
[产丑腻惫补岣�
] 210. ibid.,p.137(19).
211. ibid.,p.185(13).
212. ibid,p.198 (23rf.) 啶啶班い啶苦お啶ㄠ啶� 啶︵啷嵿し啶苦ぃ 啶掂ぞ啶啷嵿 啶ぞ啶椸啶ぞ啶椸た啶ㄠ啶� 啶ぐ啶� 啶多た啶掂
啶多啶膏う啷嵿ぇ啶苦ぐ啶た啶啶班啶� 啶膏ぞ啶� 啶曕啶� 啶多啶掂啶� --- [pratipanna dak峁峁嘺 v膩ma帽ca bh膩gy膩ginai岣� para峁� 艣iva峁�
艣a峁僺addhirabhipreta s膩tha kai岣� 艣aivai岣� --- ] 1
