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 (“prose-romance”). The author, Dhanapala was a court poet to the Paramara king Munja, who ruled the Kingdom of Malwa in ancient west-central India.
Appendix 1 - The oldest and the other manuscripts of the Tilakamanjari
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APPENDIX
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DHANAPALA IN
ANTHOLOGIES
In his Saduktikarnāmrta Sridhara (1205 A.D.)
quotes the following verses as Dhanapāla's :
(1) अस्थी न्यस्थीन्यजिनमजिनं भस्ममस्मेन्दुरिन्दु-
गंगा गंगारंग उरग इत्याकुलाः संभ्रमेण ।
भूषादानोपकरणकरण प्रापण व्यापतानां
नृतारम्भप्रणयिनि शिवे पान्त वाचां गणानाम् ||
[ asthī nyasthīnyajinamajinaṃ bhasmamasmendurindu-
gaṃgā gaṃgāraṃga uraga ityākulāḥ saṃbhrameṇa |
bhūṣādānopakaraṇakaraṇa prāpaṇa vyāpatānāṃ
nṛtārambhapraṇayini śive pānta vācāṃ gaṇānām ||
] Sd.Krn. vs.94, p.28.
( 2 ) पायं पायं पिब पिब पयः सिक-च सिक- चांगमंग
भूयो
भूयः कुरु कुरु सखे मज्जनों पज्जनानि ।
एषां शेषश्रमशमषटुदुःखिता ध्वन्यबन्धुः
सिन्धुदूरी भवति पुरतो मारवः पान्थ पन्थाः ।।
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[ pāyaṃ pāyaṃ piba piba payaḥ sika-ca sika- cāṃgamaṃga
bhūyo
bhūyaḥ kuru kuru sakhe majjanoṃ pajjanāni |
eṣāṃ śeṣaśramaśamaṣaṭuduḥkhitā dhvanyabandhuḥ
sindhudūrī bhavati purato māravaḥ pāntha panthāḥ ||
-
] }
Sd.Krn. vs.1935, p.525.
ER
1. The same verse, with the variant readings
"ityullasat-sambhramānām" at the end of b and "bhūsa-
vesopakarana" at the beginning of c, is quoted in the
SMV. ii.20 under "Isvara-tandavam". It is also quoted
in the SKB. II.235.
2. Also quoted by Saragadhara, cf.spd.vs.1151.
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