Tilakmanjarisara

Author(s): Pallipal Dhanpal, N M Kansara
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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PREFACE
It is really a matter of great pleasure to place before the lovers of Sanskrit literature a critical edition of Pallipāla Dhanapāla's Tilakamañjarisāra, a work hither-to unpublished. This work (1261 V. S.) is a metrical literary abridgement of the well known prose-romance Tilakamañjari of Kayi Dhanapala (11th Cent. V. S.) on whom Bhoja of Dbārā conferred the title of • Kürcālasarasvati'. The author of the present work has succeeded in preserving the charm and story-structure of the original. The language is simple and the descriptions apt and sweet. The form closely resembles that of a Sanskrit Mahākāvya. I record my hearty thanks to Prof. Kansara who critically edited the Sanskrit text of this interesting work and who wrote a studied introducton to it. My thanks are also due to Pt. A. P. Shah who corrected the proofs.
I hope that the students of Sanskrit literature will find this work interesting. May this abridgement arouse an interest in the original.
L. D. Institute of Indology,
Abmedabad-9.
4-4-69.
Nagin J. Shah, Acting Director.