Tilakamanjari

SR No.: 022659
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Dhanpal, Sudarshankumar Sharma
Publisher: Parimal Publications
Publication Year: 2002
Total Pages: 504
Language: English, Sanskrit
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 15 MB

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TILAKAMANJARĪ OF DHANAPĀLA
Uttarāpatha of Dhanapāla includes Kāśmira and other regions. Daks iņāpatha comprised of Kāñcīmandala the principality of Kusumasekhara.? Dakṣiṇāpatha as described by Dandin was divided into four parts Viz. Vidarbha, Āparānta, Dravida and Kosala Kalinga'. Dhanapāla has mentioned Dravidadesa, Dravida mandala and Dravideśvara." Kusumasekhara has been called 'Dravida mandalā dhipati' which implies Daksiņāpatha as identical with it and the word mandala may even imply the inclusion of Vidarbha, āparānta and Kalinga Kosala. But Vajrāyudha desirous of uprooting Kusumasekhara the crest jewel of the heads of enemy kings, started off facing the Kāñcī mandala, from Kundinapura' (modern Kundanpur, about 64 Kms. east of Amraoti, the capital of Vidarbha, modern Berar and old Nişadha) makes it clear that Kāñci mandala or Dakşiņāpatha had Vidarbha out of its jurisdiction. Dravida,' however, coincides with Dakş iņāpatha. Kośala referred to in line with Kalinga, Banga, Anga and Kulūta definitely is different from the uttarakośala of Meghavāhana and must be the Kośala Kalinga or Kalinga Kośala" of Dr. D. K. Gupta. According to Dr. Law the whole tract of land lying to the south of the Ganges and to the north of Godāvaril was called Dakşiņāpatha.
According to Kāvyamīmāṁsā (XVII. p. 94 --Techika 321921) Uttarāpatha lay to the western side of Pệthūdaka" (modern Pehowa in Haryana). According to Pāli literature it signified the entire northern India from Anga in the east to Gāndhāra in the north west and from the Himālaya in the north to the Vindhyas in the south. Bāņa Bhatta in his Harşacarita (HC, V.) seems to include within Uttarāpatha the western part of the Uttarapradeśa the Punjab and the North western Frontier Provinces of India
1. TM Vol. II p. 232. 2. Ibid. Vol. II p. 193. 3. KSN p. 119. 4. Ibid. Sm. ed. p. 325. 5. Ibid. Sm ed. p. 321. 6. Ibid. Sm ed. p. 427. 7. Ibid. Vol. II p. 193. 8. KSN p. 120. 9. Ibid. Sm. ed. p. 421.393, 365, 361, Vol. II p. 220, Vol. III p. 174, Vol. III p. 175. 10. Kālidāsa Special Number p. 119. 11. Ibid. p. 116. 12. HGAI p. 177. 13. HGAI p. 14