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मण्डलीकनृपचरित of गङ्गाधर.
| Resource Type | : | Manuscript |
| Subject | : | Poems |
| Script | : | Devanagari Character |
| Notes/Description | : | This is a poem describing the life of King Mandalika IV, son of Mahipaladeva, son of Melagadeva, son of Mokalasinha, son of Jays.-sinha, son of Khangara, with whom the poem begins. These are the Cudasama princes of Girnar (Junagad. ) For their probable dates (Kharigara 1279 A. D.; Mandalika 1376 A. D. ),consult Duff', Indian Chronology, p. 284.The first two folios of the MS. are lost. Folio 3 begins with the second half of the 36th verse of canto ‘I, which has 99 verses in all. Other cantos have 59, 73, 36, 71. 78, 63, 63, 48 stan. zas in order. The MS. breaks off in v. 38 of the Xth canto. The author of the poem is Gangadhara, who was obviously patronised by King Mandalika.The IInd canto describes the youth of Mandalika and his marriage with Kunta, daughter of Arjuna, son of Gohilla Bhimadeva. Kunta was offered by her uncle Dudavanis’a, who had succeeded Arjuna. to the throne, when the latter had fallen in a battle with the Turks. The IIIrd describes Mandalika's battle with King Sangana, the defeat and death of the latter, and also his battle with his brother-in-law Duda who was instigated by the king of Yavanas; Duda is killed in the battle. Mandalika then ascends the throne of his father. In the IVth canto Mandalika asks his minister to look for a princess for him to marry; the minister says :-- Bhima, king of Malla however, has a daughter who deserves to be married to the king. In the Vth, Bhima of his own accord sends a messenger to Mandalika, requesting him to marry his daughter. Mandalika accepts the invitation and the description of his marriage occupies the rest of the canto. Cantos VI and VII describe the advent of the spring and the various amorous sports of King Mandalika, while his hunting expedition is described in the VIIIth.A naval fight between the King of the Sindhus and Mandalika and the successful entrance of the latter into Jirnadurga, his own capital, is the subject matter of the IXth. The tenth contains the praise of Mandalika by the author. |
| Pages/Folios | : | Folios: 3-34. , Lines: 13 , Folio Size in Inches: 10.5 x 4.25 |
| Identifier | : | MS_00001210 |
| Digitization Sponsor | : | Government of Maharashtra |
