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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of the defeated army were granted general amnesty. 174 Sr膩-
ddha ceremony was performed, in a near-by river, for the
175.
deceased fighters. Wounded soldiers even of the enemy
were given red-cross treatment.
176 (f) MARITIME ACTIVITIES AND NAVAL EXPEDITION :-
177 Dr. Radhakumud Mookerji informs us that towards
the end of the tenth century and the early part of the ele-
venth one, Southern India witnessed a remarkable outburst
of naval activity under the strong government of a succe-
ssion of C艒la kings. R膩jar膩ja the Great conquered Ceylon
(Ilam) by means of his powerful navy, and his operation
extended to the countless islands, like the Laccadives and
Maldives, in the ocean. His inscriptions record his achie-
vement of a great naval victory over Sangr膩ma Vijayottu峁単a
Varman, the king of Kadaram, whom he caught by dispatching
his army in many ships across the stormy Bay of Bengal. In
addition to Kadaram he also took the flourishing sea-ports
of Takkolam and Matama or Martaban, and annexed the whole
kingdom of Sri Vishaya (or Vijaya) and Nakkavaram or the
Nicobar and Andaman Islands. This has heen confirmed by
174. cf. ibid.,p.97(4ff.) - 啶曕ぞ啶� 啶︵た啶多 啶曕げ啷嵿く 啶多い啷嵿ぐ啷佮げ啷嬥啶膏啶ぞ啶多啶掂ぞ啶膏え啶距ぐ啷嵿ぅ 啶膏ぎ啶ㄠ啶むぞ
啶膏き啶� 啶啶班う啶距え 啶ぐ 啶灌ぎ啶︵ぞ啶く啶む 啷� 啶むう啷�啶じ啶距ぐ啶椸啶班す啶｀啶︵啶い啶� 啶氞ぞ啶む啶� 啶膏啶ㄠた啶曕げ啷� 啶曕 啶ㄠ啶さ啶距ぐ啶い啷嵿イ
[k膩峁� di艣墨 kalya 艣atrulokasy膩艣v膩san膩rtha samant膩
sabhaya prad膩na para hamad膩payat | tad墨yas膩ragraha峁噊dyata峁� c膩tma sainikalo ke nyav膩rayat|
] 175. ibid., p.97(6ff.) -- 37121onifaf 啶︵い啷嵿い啷嵿さ啶� 啶膏啶椸ぐ 啶膏ぎ啶距お啷嵿い啶啶班ぞ啶｀啶啶 啶ぞ啶ㄠ啶оさ啷�
[dattv膩 sa峁僩ara sam膩ptapr膩峁噀bhyo b膩ndhave
] 927: TUT/982745
啶むた啶侧啶︵ 啶ㄠた啶掂ぞ啶ぞ啶炧啶溹げ啶苦ぎ啷� --- [tilodaka niv膩p膩帽jalim --- ] 1
176. ibid., p.97(8ff.)
啶曕ぐ啷嵿ぎ啶｀啶ぞ啶啶む啶ㄠぎ啷� - [karma峁噛膩ptajanam - ] 1
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177. HIMSA,pp.174-176.
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啶嗋う啶苦ざ啷嵿く 啶氞ぞ啶啶班啶� 啶啶班す啶距ぐ 啶曕啶粪い啶ぐ啷嵿お啶｀ぞ 啶ぐ啶距い啶苦く啷嬥ぇ啶距え啶� 啶啶粪ぇ-
[膩di艣ya c膩yurtha prah膩ra k峁tamarpa峁嚹� mar膩tiyodh膩n膩 mau峁dha-
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