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Besides, he has written comentary on 'Stuti-c'atûr viņśatika' of 'Sobhanmuni'.
Why was the life of Rsabha in 'Rsabha-carita' attained another name of Tilak manjari? The explanation that is given is that when Dhanapala composed Rsabhacarita, his daughter Tilak manjari entered the room and read the manuscript Her memory was so sharp that by reading only once she could remember every thing. When the King Bhoja burnt that book, Tilak Manjari repeated the whole work to her father, and to commemorate that incident Dhanapala called that book as Tilak manjari Just as 'Vasavadattâ' of 'Subandhu', 'Kâdambarı' of Bana', 'Daśakumarcarita' of 'Dandi' and 'Udayasundarı' of Sodhala' enjoy a unique place in the literature, so enjoys Tilak-Manjari a unique place in the literary world Still Tilak-Manjari has one peculiarity. Its verses are neither difficult nor are they numerous Śreemad Hemcandrācārya consider the verses of Tilak Manjari of a very high type and has quoted some of them in his Kavyānāśaśana as the illustrations of pun and in his 'Chhaṇdonāśaśana' as the illustrations of Matrâ a kind of metre.
Dhanapala was considered to have: been a great scholar, revered by the king at the time of the king Munja. He was granted the title of Saraswati (the goddess of learning) Dhanapala at first, was a follower of Védic religion but had then accepted the Jain religion. His conversion was the cause of many discussions between him and King Bhoja. By giving tactful answers, Dhanapala made the King to remain silent
One illustration out of many will be enough to show what firm faith Dhanapâla had in Jain religion.
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The Brahmins jealous of Dhanapala the king that Dhanapâla a priest does other diety than the lord Jinéswar (the Jams). To test Dhanapala the king gave
poisoned the ears of not bow down to any Supreme Deity of the him on some proper
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