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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CULTURAL DATA IN TILAKAMANJARĪ
According to Dr. D. K. Gupta To the South of Videha and East of Kāśī was situated the great Janapada of Magadha comprising modern districts of Shahabad, Patna and Gaya, which region is still known as Magadha. Its capital was Kusuma (Puspa) pura or Pățaliputra, near Patna, at the confluence of Ganga and Sona.'
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Dandin in his Daśakumāracaritam has described Puspapuri, a town, the crest ornament of the Magadhadeśa. In Avantisundarikatha, the author has likewise given a variant Kusumapura for Puspapuri and described it as the decoration of the Magadha Viṣaya.2 Dhanapala has referred to Suraketu, the Lord of the Magadhas, foremost of all the magnanimous, whose birth was successful on account of his abiding constantly in Kusumapra.3 By this also the conjecture of Mark Collins that Kusumapura in Dandin' is an older name for Kanyakubja stands refuted in so far as Collins follows Hiuen Tsangin making this assertion. Kālidāsa has referred to Magadha and its capital Puspapura in his Raghuvaṁśa.“
Saurāṣṭa
Saurāṣṭa mandala or Surastra country has been mentioned by Valmiki 7 as well as by Patanjalii. According to Padama Purana,' it is in Gurjara. It is modern Kathiawāḍa in Gujarāta. Dhanapāla refers to Saurāṣṭramandala having its king Mahabala, whose gardens surrounding the precincts of Raivataka (Girinagara or Girnar) were enjoyed at will by the ladies of the harem sporting therein.
Gurjara
It was situated 300 miles to the north of Valabhi or 467 miles to the north east of Ujjain. The people of this place once dwelt in the Punjab and
1. KSN p. 119.
2. मण्डनं मगधविषयस्य.... कुसुमपुरं नाम..... नगरम् ASK p. 19.
3. कुसुमपुरततवाससफलीभूत जन्मनो मनस्विनां धौरेयस्य मगधेश्वरस्य सुरकेतोः शकुन्तला । TM Vol. III
p. 185.
4. DKC p. 125 M. R. Kale.
5. KSN DK Gupta p. 119.
6. Ragh. V. I-31, IV 20-21; Vi 21-24.
7. Rām. Ādi or Bäla Kanda Ch. Sarga XII. Ayodhyākāṇa sarga Kişkindhyākāṇa XLI.
8. Mahābh. I. 1. 1. p. 31.
9. 190. 2.
10 क्रीडदवरोधसुन्दरी स्वच्छन्दोपमुक्तरैवतकपरिसरोधानस्य सौराष्ट्रमण्डलपतेमहाबलस्य बन्धुमती । TM Vol. III p. 186.