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
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Krsņāguru' (Black aloe wood), Granthiparņa? (a type of grass eaten by the musk deer), Nameru (trees) Samtānaka tree,4 Tagara, Madhūka, (bassi-a Latifolia), Nīlanāgalatā? (blue areca nut creeper), Syāmalatā or (Priyangu), Kimśuka or Palāśa, Kataka tree,'' Kramuka," Nāgarakhanda,2 ghanasāral3 (Camphor), Lakuca, Sinduvāra,' Kimkirāta, Karņikāra,16 Kurabaka,"7 Muchukunda,'' Khadira," (Catechu) etc. and Jalajambū trees.20 Dhanapāla has also referred to Nāranga (orange) TM p. 172 Vol. III. Panasa ( a bread fruit), Nalikeri or nalikela (cocoanut) p. 172 Vol.III P. 293 Vo.II and Kharjūrataru p. 293 Vol. II (date palm). Fauna
Of the fauna Dhanapāla has mentioned a number of Birds, Beasts, Fish and other aquatic beings along with the sea fauna.
Of the birds, he has mentioned Peacock known variantly in Sanskrit as:
Śikhandī,” Mayūra,22 Nīlakantha,23 Pracalākī,24 Śikhī,25 Kalāpī,26 Śitikant ha,21 Barhiņa,28 etc.
1. TM Vol. III p. 86, Sm. ed. p. 303. 2. Ibid. Vol. III p. 86. 3. Ibid. Vol. III p. 87. 4. Ibid. Vol. III p. 87. 5. Ibid. Vol. III p. 87. 6. Ibid. Vol. III p. 87. 7. Ibid. Vol. III p. 87. 8. Ibid. Vol. III p. 88. 9. Ibid. Vol. III p. 119, Sm. ed. p. 297. 10. Ibid. Vol. III p. 174. 11. Ibid. Vol. III p. 174. 12. Ibid. Vol. III p. 174. 13. Ibid. III p. 86. L.7 14. Ibid. Vol. III p. 157. 15. Ibid. Sm. ed. p. 297. 16. Ibid. Sm. ed. p. 297. 17. Ibid. 18. Ibid. 19. Ibid. Sm. ed. p. 304, Vol. III p. 45. 20. Ibid. Vol. II p. 236. 21. Ibid. Vol. I p. 73, II p. 236, III p. 298, III p. 30, 90, 133, Sm. ed. pp. 301, 361. 22. Ibid. Vol. I p. 89, Vol. II p. 238, Vol. III p. 70, Vol. III p. 95, TM Sm. ed. p. 426. 23. Ibid. Vol. II p. 320, Vol. III p. 140, Sm. ed. p. 351 24. Ibid. Vol. III p. 85. 25. Ibid. Vol. III p. 90, Sm. ed. p. 337. 26. Ibid. Vol. III p. 95. 27. Ibid. Vol. III p. 116. 28. Ibid. Sm ed. p. 329.