The Paramāra Emperor Bhoja the Great and Kavi Dhanapāla : A Study in their mutual Relationship

The Jaina historical tradition preserved in the chronicles composed by Prabhacandra and Merutunga tallies with the internal evidence of the Tilakamatajari in testifying to the fact that the Paramara King Vakpatiraja Muñja conferred the title "Sarastan" on Kavi Dhanapala. But it is not certain whether he enjoyed the same favour from Munja's successor Sindhuraja, who,

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कंसारा परमार राजा भोज और कवि धनपाल के सम्बन्ध की जाँच तिलकमंजरी तथा प्रभाचन्द्र और मेरुतुंग के प्रबन्धों के आधार पर करते हैं। मुंज ने धनपाल को 'सरस्वती' विरुद दिया था; बाद में जैन धर्म स्वीकार करने और भोज के समक्ष उसकी मुखर अभिव्यक्ति की कथाएँ संकलित हैं। Kansara examines the relationship of the Paramara king Bhoja with the poet Dhanapala, using the Tilakamanjari alongside the chronicles of Prabhacandra and Merutunga. Munja had given Dhanapala the title Sarasvati; his later conversion to Jainism, and his outspokenness about it before Bhoja, run through the anecdotes.

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