Essay name: Shringara-manjari Katha (translation and notes)
Author: Kumari Kalpalata K. Munshi
An English translation of the Shringara-manjari Katha by Bhojadeva. This detailed study includes four sections including an introduction the Sanskrit text, an English translation, notes, index of rare words and an index of maxims.
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take that as identical with our Pūrṇapathaka.
Manyakheá¹a was
the capital of the RÄá¹£á¹rakÅ«á¹as whose feudatory was SÄ«yaka, Bhoja's
grandfather. He had, however, thrown off the suzerainty of Manya-
kheá¹a. After the RÄá¹£á¹rakÅ«tas, Taillapa, the CÄlukya, who ultimately
defeated Bhoja's uncle Muñja, was ruling from MÄnyakheá¹a; there-
fore the echo of Manyakheá¹a being the seat of a sovereign ruler is
heard in the text.
Simhala-dvipa is the southernmost extremity of India that is
mentioned, and UdyÄna is the northern-most. UdyÄna is identified
with Uá¸dayana situated on the Swat river.
The most important city mentioned is, of course, DhÄrÄ, the
capital of the ParamÄras. It was during the rule of Vairasimha or
Siyaka II that DhÄrÄ became the capital of the ParamÄras. ¦
In the Navasahasanka-carita of Padmagupta, a poet at the court of
Bhoja's uncle Muñja and his father SindhurÄja, DhÄrÄ is called the
'other Capital' (aparÄ kularÄjadhÄnÄ«). 11 And historians record that
Bhoja rebuilt the city in the middle of the 11th century and trans-
ferred the capital there from Ujjayini. 12 It is taken to be the most
distinguished city during Bhoja's time, and the description of the
city that we get, though conventional, speaks of the wealth and
prosperity of the city.
Two islands outside India are mentioned, namely, Suvarṇadvipa
and Ratnadvipa. Suvarṇadīpa is in South East Asia and can be
roughly identified with Sumatra. Ratnadvipa is one of the islands
near Java. There is the usual reference about these places that
merchants from India went to these places and returned laden with
riches.
Among the mountains the well-known HimÄcala, Kailasa, Meru,
Añjanagiri. Mandara, RohaṇÄcala, Amaragiri, Mekala, the Sukti-
mantaparvata and the Sriparvata are mentioned. Mekala is the
same as Amarakaṇá¹aka from which the NarmadÄ takes its rise. ÅšrÄ«-
parvata is in the South. 13 RohaṇÄcala is the Adam's peak in Ceylon,
also called Sumana-KÅ«á¹a. Suktimantaparvata is a portion of the
Vindhya range.
9. In the History of the ParamÄras Ganguly gives a list of names of Mandalas of
the ParamÄras of Malwa from available records. Among them PÅ«rṇapathaka
is mentioned (p. 236).
10.
11.
Udaipur Prasasti of the Kings of MãälwÄ, EI, I, 233 ff.
I. 90.
जातसà¥à¤¤à¤¸à¥à¤®à¤¾à¤¦à¥à¤µà¥ˆ रिसिहोनà¥à¤¯à¤¨à¤¾à¤®à¥à¤¨à¤� लोको बà¥à¤°à¥‚ते वजà¥à¤°à¤Ÿà¤¸à¥à¤µà¤¾à¤®à¤¿à¤¨à¤� यमà¥� à¥�
शतà¥à¤°à¥à¤µà¤°à¥à¤—ं धारयासेरà¥à¤¨à¤¿à¤¹à¤¤à¥à¤� शà¥à¤°à¥€à¤®à¤¦à¥à¤µà¤¾à¤°à¤� सूचिता येà¤� राजà¥à¤žà¤¾ à¥�
जेतà¥à¤� पà¥à¤°à¥€ साऽपà¥à¤¯à¤ªà¤°à¤¾à¤¸à¥à¤¤à¤� यसà¥à¤¯ à¥� धारेति नामà¥à¤¨à¤¾ कà¥à¤²à¤°à¤¾à¤œà¤§à¤¾à¤¨à¥€ ||
[jÄtastasmÄdvai risihonyanÄmnÄ loko brÅ«te vajraá¹asvÄminaá¹� yam |
Å›atruvargaá¹� dhÄrayÄsernihatya Å›rÄ«madvÄrÄ sÅ«citÄ yena rÄjÃ±Ä ||
jetuá¸� purÄ« sÄ'pyaparÄsti yasya | dhÄreti nÄmnÄ kularÄjadhÄnÄ« ||
] 12. Ganguly, op. cit., p. 27.
13. In a Prakrit inscription from a Buddhist site at NÄgÄrjunikoṇá¸a we read
सिरिपरà¥à¤µà¤¤à¥‡ विजयपà¥à¤°à¤¿à¤¯à¤ªà¥‚रà¥à¤µà¥à¤µà¤¦à¤¿à¤¸à¤¾à¤à¤¾à¤—े विहारे [siriparvate vijayapuriyapÅ«rvvadisÄbhÄge vihÄre ] etc. The editor of the inseription observes
that the tradition in Tibet that NÄgÄrjuna spent the concluding part of his life
