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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sufferings? Jayantasv膩m墨, thus, indirectly represents
the omniscients the Tirthankaras and other saints
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of Jainism whose instructions should, according to
Dhanap膩la, be unquestionably accepted except at the cost
of dire consequences which follow in the case of dis-
klief belief in them. The whole series of prolonged
sufferings of Malayasundari is but a practical illus-
tration of the consequences of this a
short predi-
ction and Priya峁僾ad膩's loss of faith in it at the end of
her celestial life-span. Ultimately it is on the predi-
ction of Jayantasvami that the happy end of the TM rests.
(3) THE DIVINE NECKLACE CANDRATAPA :-
This necklace was originally presented by the
Milk Ocean to his daughter Srf, the Goddess-of-Prosperity.
She bestowed it upon Indr膩峁噄 when the latter gave birth
to Jayanta. Indr膩峁嚹�, in her turn, made it over to Priyan-
gusundari out of friendship with her. It was taken by her
husband Jvalanaprabha by way of a worthy token of remem-
brance of his beloved wife and as a means capable of
alleviating the pangs of separation. The god in his turn
delivered it to Meghav盲hana, perhaps deliberately, as he
was going to be born as the king's son afterwards. DHENGE
9鈥M(N). p. 410: - 啶啶班た啶じ啷� 啶膏啶ㄠ啶︵ぐ啷� 啶む啶掂啶距い啶い啶苦じ啶ぞ啶椸ぎ啶� 啶啶え啷佮い啷嵿お啶ㄠ啶� 啶掂た啶︵啶掂啶粪ぞ
啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啷嵿さ啶掂た啶︵啶啶膏た 啶曕た啶炧啶氞た啶︵啶む啶え啷嵿え啶距ぐ啶むた啶班ぐ啶むた 啶ぞ啶椸た啶ㄠ 啶さ啶苦し啷嵿く啶むた 啶さ啶距え啷嵿い啶班
啶掂ぐ啶距啷� 啶膏啶む啶曕啶距げ啶た啶むた 啶啶灌啶班啶啶灌啶� 啶啶班た啶啶掂う啶距 啶多啶氞げ啷�. --- [priyasu sundar墨 tvaj膩tapatisam膩gam膩 pyanutpanna vidve峁Ｄ�
sarvvavidyacasi ki帽cidutpann膩ratirarati bh膩gin墨 bhavi峁ati bhav膩ntare
var膩k墨 stokak膩lamiti muhurmuhu岣� priya峁僾ad膩峁� 艣ocal墨. --- ] 1
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