Historical Data in the Tilakamañjarī of Dhanapāla

Tilakamanjari of Dhanapala is a prose romance dealing with the love episode of Harivahana and Tilakamañjarī, the prince of Ayodhya and a princess of Vidyadhara descent on the one hand, and on the other hand of Samaraketu and Malayasundar, the prince of Simhala and a princess of Kancı Both these episodes stand intertwined and interfused

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शर्मा धनपाल की संस्कृत गद्यकथा 'तिलकमंजरी' से ऐतिहासिक सामग्री निकालते हैं। अग्निकुण्ड की कथा से आरम्भ कर वे वैरिसिंह, सीयक, मुंज और सिन्धुराज होते हुए भोज तक परमार वंशावली देते हैं, तथा हरिवाहन, समरकेतु एवं चन्द्रकेतु को ग्यारहवीं शती के चोल, राष्ट्रकूट और सिंहल शासकों से मिलाते हैं। Sharma mines Dhanapala's Sanskrit prose romance Tilakamanjari for history. He traces the Paramara genealogy from the Agnikunda legend through Vairisimha, Siyaka, Munja and Sindhuraja to Bhoja, and matches the romance's Harivahana, Samaraketu and Candraketu against Cola, Rashtrakuta and Simhala rulers of the eleventh century.

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