Sambodhi 1994 Vol 19

Author(s): Jitendra B Shah, N M Kansara
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

Page 92

SHRIDHAR ANDHARE
SAMBODHI Among the various names of Gajdhars was one Leeladharji Gajdhar, now about 62, a retired draughtsman from State P.W.Department. He narrated that his forefathers have worked on the designing, construction and carving of the Rām Pol', the last gateway while ascending the Chittor fort. By the left side of the gateway there are three inscriptional slabs giving details of the family. He showed a small size MS. with line drawings and text (perhaps a handbook or a working manual of the Sūtradhāra family in this connection. This being mainly of architectural interest a few pages were photographed. But the MS. unfortunately did not have any beginning or the end. However on careful study of one of the folios of the MS. it was revealed that it had the line drawings of five standing Devis holding their attributes in their hands. The five Sanskrit verses above the drawings turned out to be the iconograpliic descriptions of the Pañcadevīs i.e. the Pañca lila's as given in the Aparajitaprachha8 the text which is by and large accepted to be of the Māru-Gurjara (Western Indian)' text of the 13th Century A.D. from Western India.
The verses written on the sketch book appear in a corrupt Rajasthani and mixed Sanskrit language in Devnagari script as under:
पंचलीला प्रवक्ष्यामि शास्त्र भेदे सुर्भेदता । कयालील लीलांगी । ललिताच लीलावती ॥ १ ॥ तप्तकांचन वर्णाभा । बालसूर्य समप्रभा । सूवक्त्रा सुनेत्रा च स्वरूपा रूपदायनी ॥ २ ॥ अक्षमाला तथा कुंडी । अध्से हस्तेपु कारयेत । द्वौहस्तौ वीदशौ सर्वा । उध्व हस्तौ निगदायते ।। ३ ।। मृणाल युग्म लीला स्यां पद्म पुस्तकैः । लीलांगी पाश पद्माभ्यां । ललिता च वज्रांकुशैः ॥ ४ ॥ पार्शकुश लीलावती । लीलया पंथकीर्तिता । अस्यानंतर वक्शे । नवदुर्गाशु भावए ॥ ५ ॥
इति पंच लीलांग आवघस्वरुप । पंचलीला रा जाणा (वा) वाहनं हंस वर्गाभं रे।
The correct reading as per Aparajitaprachha is given below.10
लीलया पश्च वक्ष्यामि शात्रभेदैः प्रभेदिताः । लीलया लीला लीलाङ्गी ललिता च लीलावती ॥ २० ॥ प्रोक्तास्तयाऽनुक्रामतः स्वान स्या (?) चतुर्भुजाः । तप्तकांचनवर्णाभा बालसूर्यसमप्रभाः ॥ २१ ।। सुवक्त्राश्च सुनेत्राश्च स्वरूपा रुप दायिकाः । रक्तोष्ठाः कम्बुग्रीवाश्च कर्णपूरायते क्षणाः ॥ २२ ॥ अक्षसूत्र कमण्डलू अधो हस्ते पु कामदाः ।