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 TILAKAMAÑJARĪ
dominion.' Its capital Śrīnagara was established by Aśoka as evidenced by Rājatarangini. According to Kauțilīya Arthaśāstra diamond was available here. Kautilya has given the word 'Kāstīra' in place of Kāśmīra (RR g). Dr. R. P. Kangle quotes Dr. V. S. Agrawal who has quoted 'Kāśmīra rāṣṭrakam'. Dhanapala has deemed it a part of the Uttarapatha.5
Kulūta
Dr. Law" takes it to be the same as Kullu which also occurs as Kulūta in the Epics. The district of Kully (Kullū) in the upper valley of the Beas river exactly corresponds with the kingdom of Kiu-lu-to which is placed by Hieun-Tsang at 700 li or 117 miles to the north east of Jalandhar.
Strīrājya
Vatsyāyana in his Kāmasūtra 7 ग्रामनारीविषये स्त्रीराज्ये च बाह्लीके बहवो युवानोऽन्तःपुरस्वधर्माणः एकैकस्य परिग्रहभूताः refers to Strīrājya in association with grāmanārīviṣaya and Bāhlīka. According to Sir Monier Willams Strīrājya is a region perhaps in Bhūṭāna peopled by Amazonian women. According to Yasodhara, the commentator of Vātsyāyana.
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" स्त्रीराज्यसमीप एव परतौ ग्रामनारीविषयः'
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which easily makes it clear that both are the contiguous regions. Dhanapala has referred to Strīrājya in context with the inner apartment of Tilakamañjarī surrounded on all sides by lacks of 'Kumārīpuraprāsādas' having seven storeys as if it were the Strīrājya brought having been vanquished.
कुमारीपुरप्रासादलक्षैः
परिक्षिप्तपार्श्वदृश्यमानपुरुषप्रचारतया
सप्तभूमैः
स्त्रीराज्यमण्डलमिव विजित्यानीतम् अखिलतिलकमञ्जरीमन्दिरमयूरम् 10 Ayodhya Saketa
According to Dr. B. N. Puri-"
समन्ततः
1. HGAI p. 113.
2. Rāja. t. 1. 104. 124, 129, 306, IB 6.
3. KAŚ II. 11. 37, p. 52 Vol. I p. 115 Vol. II notes p. 115.
4. India in the age of Pāņinī, p. 65. Patanjali Kāli in Bharti verse MLBD, Banaras, 1955.
5. TM. p. 232 Vol. II. L.1.
6. HGAI p. 119.
7. II 6. 45. Vol. I p. 444.
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Skt. Eng. Dict. Under Strīrājya.
9 K. Sû. II. 6. 45. (ṭīkā) p. 445.
10. TM. Sm. Ed. P. 372. LL. 3-5
11. CAI p. 12.