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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lived and enjoyed with her lover in the Nandisvara and
other 'Dvipas' 74 When a god is about to descend to earth
from the heaven he offers worship to all the images of
the Jinas all over the world in order to accumulate
.75
merit. 艢r墨mat墨 asks her nurse Pa峁囜笉it膩 to take her por-
76 trait and search for her beloved by showing it to people.
There is a fine piece of appreciation of a portrait of
Svaya峁僷rabh膩 by Vajrajangha. This might have inspired
77 Dhanap膩la for the piece of appreciation of Tilakamanjar墨's
portrait by Hariv膩hana. Lovers meet again in the next
78 birth. Ayodhya was planned and constructed by Indra for
.79.
N膩bhir膩ja and Marudev墨. Dreams predicting the birth of a
all
divine son as in the case of the first as well as/the
rest of the Tirthankaras, are a regular feature and among
the sixteen dreams the first is that of the Airavata
80 elephant of Indra. An elephant seen in the dream indicates
81 the birth of a glorious son in future. Discussions of
82 poetic pieces as favourite pastime is here mentioned.
This might have induced Dhanap膩la to depict the apprecia-
tion of the loverletter in the company of his friends in
his palace garden. The procedure of worshipping an image
74. MPJ.V.283.
75. ibid.VI.32;55.
76. ibid.VI.169鈥�171.
77. ibid.VII.118-135.
78. ibid.VII.151.
79.ibid.XII..69.
80.ibid.XII.5.120
81.ibid. XII.155.
82.ibid.XII.213.
叠叠碌驴丑谩诲峁団瓚窜窜窜陇200.
