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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Jaina Jnanamandira, Baroda. the
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The readings of the text of the TM accepted by this
commentary are sometimes not very exact. Moreover, it
leaves out many passages, about the critical readings of
which it is only" generally helpful" as has been rightly
31 evaluated by Pandits Virachand and Prabhudas?
(4) PAR膧GA-VIVRTI :- This commentary was composed
by Shri Vijayal膩va峁噛as奴ri, a disciple of a well-known
Jain Ac膩rya Shri Vijayanemis奴ri. Born at Botad (in Saura-
shtra) in V.Sam. 1953 (i.e. 1897 A.D.) as a son of Jivan-
lal and Amritben, and mamed Lavji, he took to ascetic life
at a tender age of nineteen years and had his initiation
(dik峁Ｄ�) at the holy hands of the able preceptor Shri
Vijayanemis奴ri, who rechristened him as 'Muni L膩va峁噛a-
vijaya'. The pupil devoted himself to the study of Sansk-
rit lore, especially Grammar, Logic and Jain Agamas and
Prakara峁嘺s, and grew under him gradually as a 'Gani',
'Panny膩sa', 'Up膩dhy膩ya', and finally blossomed forth into
a full 'Ac膩rya' authorized to the title "Suri".32
Shri Vijayal膩va峁噛as奴ri seems to have been a prolific
30. This ms, was kindly loaned to me by Shri Gulabchand
Zaveri of Baroda, along with other n忙z谋 mss.
31. TMKS, Intro., p. 2 a: 啶ぐ啶ㄠ啶む [parantu ] "啶椸啶班啶� 啶掂啶多う啷嵿く啷� 啶膏ぞ啶ぞ啶ㄠ啶い啶� 啶膏す啶距く啶︵ぞ啶む啶班
啶囙い啷嵿く啷囙い啶︵じ啷嵿ぎ啶距啶お啶� 啶い啶 啷�
[gra峁僼ha vai艣adye s膩m膩nyata岣� sah膩yad膩tr墨
ityetadasm膩kamapi matam |
] 32. TM(P),Pt. I, Intro.,pp.34-35.
