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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centres of learning. Dhanap膩la, as we already know, actu-
ally honoured with the title 'Sarasvati' by 脿 Mu帽ja.
Mu帽ja was also a great builder. It was probably
he who made Dh膩r膩 his permanent capital and beautified
it with many tanks, one of which is still called Mu帽ja-
s膩gara. He also built'gh膩ts' and temples at Ujjayini, at
Mahe艣vara on the Narmad膩, at Omk膩ra-Mandh膩t膩 and Dharam-
pur. A town in Gujarat was also founded by him and was
49 known as Mu帽japura.
Merutunga relates that when Mu帽ja was to be execu-
ted and was asked to call in mind his favourite deity,
he mournfully recited the verse -
1 Lak峁i will return to Govinda, V墨ra艣r墨 to the
house of the heroes; but now that Mu帽ja, the
storehouse of Fame, is about to die, the Goddess
of Learning will be without a support."50
(3) Sindhur膩ja ;- Dhanap膩la refers to him as a son
of King Siyaka Har峁deva. But strangely enough he does
not qualify Sindhur膩ja with any adjective indicating
that he was a crowned king, as is the case with his
49.GGD.p.117.
50.笔颁($闯骋惭)鈥.25: 啶侧啷嵿し啷嵿ぎ啷�啶班啶ぞ啶膏啶い啶� 啶椸啶掂た啶ㄠ啶︵ 啶掂啶班ざ啷嵿ぐ啷�啶ぐ啶掂啶多啶え啶� 啷�
啶椸い啷� 啶啶炧啶溹 啶ざ啶� 啶啶溹啶溹 啶ㄠた啶班ぞ啶侧ぎ啷嵿が啶� 啶膏ぐ啶膏啶掂い啷� 啷むイ
[lak峁墨ry膩syati govinde v墨ra艣r墨parave艣mani |
gate mu帽je ya艣a岣� pujje nir膩lamb膩 sarasvat墨 ||
] 51.罢惭(碍)鈮苍迟谤补虫
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