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.
Appendix 1 - The oldest and the other manuscripts of the Tilakamanjari
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regal power (1,9).
NABHIS弄NU: also called Nabhis奴ti (1,11;1,16); he
is Rsabh, the son of King Nabhi %; he is the first
Jina born at the beginning of the Yuga (35,21);
his image was established by Indra at Sakr膩vat膩ra-
tirtha (40,1).
PADMA-MAH膧HRADA: the huge lake in which the goddess
SrI resides (61,5).
BALA and other haughty demons (35,19ff.)
A BHARATA: the first Cakravarti in the Jain
mythology and the son of 峁氠梗abha (30,10}405,22ff.);
he foresaw the future incarnations of the Tirthan-
karas and installed their idols in advance on Mount
Ast膩pada (406,lff.).
MAH膧V莫RA : the last, i.e. twenty-fourth Tirthankara
referred to as the Lord of the Worlds (409,19).
MAHODARA: the chief of the Yak峁 attendants of the
goddess Sri (56,12)
VIDY膧-DEVAT膧: they are eight in number (400,10ff.);
维
they reside on the Vaitadhya mountain (204,13ff.);
their names and means of transport are as follows:
(i) Prajnapti
peacock.
(iii) Manasi
swan
(ii)Padmavati
& Vairoty膩 )
(iv) Acyut膩
-
horse
Cobra
(v) Mah膩m膩nasi - lion
(iii) Cakrayudh膩
Garuda
