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HISTORICAL DATA IN THE TILAKAMAÑJARI OP DHANAPĀLA
Sudarshan Kumar Sharma
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Tilakamanjari of Dhanapala 18 a prose romance dealing with the love episode of Harivahana and Tilakamanjari, the prioce of Ayodhya and a princess of Vidyadhara descent on the one hand, and on the other hand of Samaraketu and Malayasundari, the prince of Simhala and a princess of Kanci Both these episodes stand intertwined and interfused within the frame-work of one another. Dhanapala belonged to the second half of tho tenth and first half of the eleventh cent. A. D. In the introductory verses [38-43j1 the poet has referred to the mythical origin of the Paramaras' through the Agnikanda, having Paramara' for their Progenitor whose namo was awe-inspiring to the Gorjaras on the Mount Arbuda, even to the days of the poet's age 2 The Geneology of the Paramaras as given by Dhanapala 18 as under :
Paramāra, born of Agoikunda and startjog the lineage, had Vairisimha for one of his scions; Vairisimha had Sri Sıyaka alias Harse for his anccessor, who was blessed with a son named Sindhuraja having an elder brother in Sri mad Vākpatırāja and a son in Bhoja, Dhanapala has also described Sri Bhoja, the son of Sindhuraja having been consecrated to his own throne (yah sve Vakpatiraja bhūmipating rājye' bhışıktah svayam] by the king Vakpatiraja also known as Muñja, personally [verse 43, P. 35]
Dhanapala bag-categorically expressed the view that Sri Bhoja" was conversant with the entire stock of literature and had a special pencbant to listen to the narratives told according to the scriptures of the Jinas (Buddhas as well as the Jainas).
For the sake of regalement of that king of apotless character, the present katha [Tilakamañjari] bad been composed by him, a fact corroborated by Merutungācārya in his Praband baciotamani . Being a son of Sarvadoya, a resident of Samkasya 10 Madhyadeśa, he can be presumed to have depicted the details about the politcal bistory of the times of the Paramara Bhoja and some of his illustrious pedecessors The Agoikola legend describing the mythical origin of Paramāras has posed a problem Dbanapala seems to have emulated Padmagupta alias Parimalas, the court poot of Sindhuraja who had perhaps framed this story to explain the clan name 'Paramara'.' Several Paramāra inscriptions, the documents of the Cahamanas, the Pfthvirajaraso of Canda Bardai and innumerable bardic chronicles have repeated this atory as held by Dr Pathakalo. The earliest referrence to it is found in the Vasantagarh insc of Parnapala dated A. D 1049. Earlier Paramara Sambodhi 5.1
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