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PREFATORY NOTE
The Sanskrit text of Tilakamanjarī of Dhanapāla was first published in full in 1930 by the Nirnaya Sāgara Press Bombay kāvyāmāla Series No. 85 in a single volume of three hundred and fifty pages. The second edition TM (N) published in 1938 A.D. being more or less a reprint preserving all the mistakes and misprints available has been reconstructed by Dr. N.M. Kansara of Gujarat College Ahmedabad in June 1991 L.D. Series ed. No. 110 published by L.D. Institute of Indology, Amedabad. This edition of 1938 in collaboration with the Botad edition (3 volume incomplete leaving the fourth volume to be reconstructed from the 1938 edition) has been followed by me in preparing the present work entitled “Tilakamañjarī of Dhanapāla- A critical and cultural study. It took me over three years to complete the MSS which was typewritten in 1972. This monumental project which is being followed by a complete English translation of the Text of Tilakamañjari now completed accepted for publication has been accomplished with the help of all the Critical editions mentioned in the Bibliography including now the L.D. Series ed. at typical spots. The Kāvyānuśāsana of Hemacandra, the Historical Geography of Ancient India by Dr. B.C. Law and many others referred to in the footnotes have been taken into consideration. My special knack for classical Sanskrit Prose already fructified in the critical study of Harşacarita of Bāņa bearing an English translation being revised into a better accomplished form, has helped me achieve this monumental effort. "Bāna Bhatta Kā Ādāna Pradāna by Dr. A.N. Pandeya of Kashi Vidyapeeth, Varanasi deserves a special mention.
I am greatly beholden up Dr. Satyavrat Shastri Visiting Professor of Sanskrit in Thailand, Vice Chancellor Puri University erstwhile Professor of Sanskrit University of Delhi, who thoroughly perused my work and was kind enough to give his expert comments on it.
I am equally grateful to the Proprietor of Parimal Publications, Delhi, for having offered his sporting gesture for undertaking the publication of this work.
Dr. Sudarshan Kumar Sharma
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