Tilakmanjarisara

SR No.: 002611
Original Sutra Author: Pallipal Dhanpal
Author: N M Kansara
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad
Publication Year: 1969
Total Pages: 146
Language: Sanskrit, English
Classification: Book_Devnagari & Literature
File Size: 7 MB

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Priyangusundari. After his departure from the heaven, he met on his way King Meghavāhana at Sakrāvatāra and having deposited with him the necklace of his beloved, went to see his friend Sumāli whom he wan'ed to bring round to the holy path of Lord Jina. Having then performed his pilgrimage of all the holy temples in all the worlds, he expired and was born as prince Harivābana, the son of King Meghavāhana of Ayodhyā. His wise Priyangusundari on her part went to Jambudvipa in search of het beloved lover and met her friend Priyamvadā, a deserted beloved of the god Sumāli, and both the ladies approached the omnis. cient sage Jayantaswāmi who assured them that they shall be united with their respective lovers on the mountain peaks called Ekaśnga and Ratnakūta respectively. At this they made for those places and each one erected a temple of Lord Jina and passed their time awaiting the arrival of their divine consorts. Once Priyangusundari saw the goddess Sri who brought the message that as the end of Priyamvadā was approaching fast, she had lost all hopes about the return of the lover, her faith in the forecast of the sage being totally shaken, and that she had given him a ring. Moreover, the goddess Sri added that her friend had prevailed upon Priyangusundari to look after the temple at Ratnakūta. But seeing that the end of Priyangusundari was also not far off, the goddess Sri entrusted the task of guarding both the temples to her own attendant Mahodara, a Yakşa chieftain. Priyangusundari, however, never lost faith in the sage's forecast. After her death, she was born as Tilakamañjari, the daughter of the Vidyadhara king Cakrasena. Seeing the curiosity of the bashful Malayasundari, the sage further revealed that Sumāli was born as Samaraketu, the son of King Candraketu of the Simhala country and Malayasundari as the daughter of King Kusumasekhara of Kāñci.
The concluding verse (142) in the Mālini metre narrates how the whole assembly was wonderstruck and everybody returned home.
Canto 1X : Attainment of Both the Kingdoms In verses 1 to 28 the Gandharvaka's report takes us, with both the ladies, back to their tent (Patamandapa), where Malayasundari asked her if she would like to stay there or was she out to visit other holy places also. Tilakamañjars, however, complained that her right arm was thro bbing, which boded some impending calamity. And there came an attendant who reported the arrival of Citramāya. The latter reported that, as ordered by her, he combed the whole of the Ekaśnga region in search of prince Harivāhana, who, however, could not be found and hence he had asked the Vidyadharas to carry on the search operation. Malayasundart blamed her and asked Tilakamaħjari to personally the prince. Tila kamañjarl took the aeroplane and roamed over the region for the whole day, though unsuccessfully, and at last returned home late