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 (“prose-romance�). 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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APPENDIX - G
TRIBUTES TO DHANAPALA AND HIS POETRY IN SANSKRIT
AND PRAKRIT LITERATURE
(1) नमà¤� शà¥à¤°à¥€ धनपालाà¤� येà¤� विजà¥à¤žà¤¾à¤¨à¤—à¥à¤®à¥à¤«à¤¿à¤¤à¤� à¥�
कं नालंकà¥à¤°à¥à¤¤à¥‡ करà¥à¤£à¤� सà¥à¤¥à¤¤à¤� तिलकमंजरी [namaá¸� Å›rÄ« dhanapÄlÄya yena vijñÄnagumphitÄ |
kaá¹� nÄlaṃkurute karṇÄ� sthatÄ tilakamaṃjarÄ« ] 11
PallÄ«pÄla DhanapÄla in his
TMS, I, 3.
(2) चैतà¥à¤°à¤µà¤¦à¤¨à¤ªà¤¾à¤²à¥‹ à¤� कसà¥à¤¯ राजपà¥à¤°à¤¿à¤¯à¤� पà¥à¤°à¤¿à¤¯à¤ƒ à¥�
सकणाà¤à¤°à¤£à¤‚ यसà¥à¤®à¤¾à¤œà¥à¤œà¤œà¥à¤žà¥‡ तिलकमंजरी ।।
[caitravadanapÄlo na kasya rÄjapriyaá¸� priyaá¸� |
sakaṇÄbharaṇaá¹� yasmÄjjajñe tilakamaṃjarÄ« ||
] � Muniratna in his Amamacarita.
Quoted by Jina Vijaya in his
artcle.cf.JSCH, Vol.xi, Nos.7-10.
(à¥�) वचनं शà¥à¤°à¥€ धनपालसà¥à¤¯ चनà¥à¤¦à¤¨à¤‚ मलयसà¥à¤¯ à¤� à¥�
सरसं हृदि विनà¥à¤¯à¤¸à¥à¤¯ को à¤à¥‚नà¥à¤¨à¤¾à¤� à¤� निरà¥à¤µà¥ƒà¤¤à¤ƒ à¥�
[7) vacanaá¹� Å›rÄ« dhanapÄlasya candanaá¹� malayasya ca |
sarasaá¹� há¹›di vinyasya ko bhÅ«nnÄma na nirvá¹›taá¸� |
] PC
KÄrti-kaumudi, Canto 1.
(4) सालंकारा लकà¥à¤–à¤�- सà¥à¤šà¥à¤¦à¤¯à¤� महरसà¤� सà¥à¤µà¤¨à¥à¤¨à¤°à¥à¤� à¥�
कसà¥à¤¸ à¤� हारइ हिययà¤� कहà¥à¤¤à¥à¤®à¤� पवरतरà¥à¤£à¥€à¤µà¥à¤� ।।
[sÄlaṃkÄrÄ lakkhaṇa- sucdayÄ maharasÄ suvannaruÄ« |
kassa na hÄrai hiyayaá¹� kahutmÄ pavarataruṇīvva ||
] TilakÄcÄrya in his commentary
on Samyaktva-saptati, introdu-
cing the story of Dhanapala's
TM as a specimen of pure speech.
