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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his power. Shri K.M.Munshi opines that about 960 A.D.
he added Ujjayani and the region around it to his domi-
nions. Between A.D. 965 and 968 he had a temporary set-
-back at the hands of Narasimha, his feudatory. Two of
the inscriptions of K峁涐梗峁嘺 III - one of 965 A.D. and the
other of 968 A.D. describe his general's subordinates
12 as "Ujjayan墨-bhujanga"s, i.e. the destryers of Ujjayini.
But this conflict did not leave Siyaka still referred
to as "Gurjara" any the weaker, since after the death
of Krsna III in 968 A.D., he had almost consolidated his
power and was now now bidding for imperial power by
destroying his suzerain himself. In 972 A.D.
Siyaka 1I was at the gates of Manyakheta which he cap-
tured and sacked, as has been recorded by Dhanap膩la him-
self in his PLN and also by the Udayapur Prasasti. By
this time, it seems, he had shifted his capital to
Dh膩r膩 further away from the reach of Manyakhe峁璦.
13 Siyaka II was the real founder of the Param膩ra king-
dom, and the first imperial ruler of his family. From
the position of a petty local chief, he succeeded by
his ingenuity and military skill in occupying a place
12.EC.Vol.XI.Nos.23,33.How the word "Bhujanga"can mean
ja destroyer' is but a mystery.lt can, however, mean
& lover' or!lord'in general sense.
13.PLN(D). 276; also.EI.Vol.I.pp.233-238, vs.12.
