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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यज्ञ� कि� � करोष� मातृपितृभि� पुत्रैस्तथ� बान्धवैः �
[yajña� ki� na karoṣi mātṛpitṛbhi� putraistathā bāndhavai� ||
] PRC,17,138;PC(SJGM),p.38.
In
SPR, Pt. I, p. 48 it is identified as vs. 16 of canto VII
of "Dhanapala-kāvya".
26. निहतस्� पायज्ञ स्वर्गप्राप्तिर्यदीष्यत� �
स्वपित� यजमाने� किन्नु तस्मान्न हन्यते ||
[nihatasya pāyajña svargaprāptiryadīṣyate |
svapitā yajamānena kinnu tasmānna hanyate ||
] UP, p.117; not ascribed to
Dhanapāla in SPR, Pt. I, p. 48.
27. नेत्रे सारसुधार � सुभग� आस्य� प्रसन्नं सद�
[netre sārasudhāra va subhage āsya� prasanna� sadā
] PC(SJGM), p.38 (only one
quarter quoted.).
28. पद� पद� सन्त� भट� रणोद्भटा
� तेषु हिंसार� एष पूयत� �
विशीदृशं ते नृपत� कुविक्रम�
कृपाश्रय� यः कृपण� मृगे मय� ।।
-
[pade pade santi bhaṭ� raṇodbhaṭ�
na teṣu hiṃsārasa eṣa pūyate |
viśīdṛśa� te nṛpate kuvikrama�
kṛpāśraye ya� kṛpaṇe mṛge mayi ||
-
] UP, p.114.
29. पय� प्रदानसामध्यादन्या चेन्महिषी � किम् �
विशे� दृश्यत� ना त्या� महिषीतो मनागपि ।।
[paya� pradānasāmadhyādanyā cenmahiṣ� na kim |
viśeṣa dṛśyate nā tyā� mahiṣīto manāgapi ||
] PC(SJGM), p.38 (refers to
the cow-worship).
