Decoding the Panji of Mithila · Volume IV · Chapter 51

Manikouli, Nahas-Kaivalakh, and Nahas-Dhamdaha: Entries (423)- (428)

Chapter 51
   Manikouli, Nahas-Kaivalakh, and
   Nahas-Dhamdaha: Entries (423)-
                (428)
1. Why entries (423) to (428) belong together
   Entries (423) to (428) are best read as a single chapter because they
continue the Nahas-Khaual and Kaivalakh material from the previous
chapter while shifting the visible local field into Manikouli and then into
Dhamdaha. The previous chapter ended with Kaivalakh-Nahas and the
Bharam continuation. Entry (423) now changes the heading to
Manikouli, but the underlying logic does not abandon Nahas, Khaual or
Kaivalakh. Instead, the register follows the same interconnected
network through Manikouli, through a second and third Manikouli
continuation, back to Nahas san Kaivalakh, and finally to Nahas san
Dhamdaha.
   The chapter is therefore not a simple village-by-village list. It is a
controlled movement across several layers: Manikouli as the explicit
heading of entries (423), (424) and (425); Nahas and Kaivalakh as the
larger route and mool context of entry (426); Khaual (1/1) and Khaual
(1/2) as internal subdivisions; and Dhamdaha as the destination field in
entry (428). This is why the entries are kept together even though their
headings change. The families and marriage routes remain interlocked.
   Another reason to keep these entries together is their unusually
modern social vocabulary. The older Panji terms, such as suta, suata,
dau, ddau, apara, and kasthut, appear beside modern descriptors: judge,
uchchanyadhish, professor, law expert, advocate, Chief Engineer,
B.P.S.C., I.A.S., journalist, Patna University, K.P.J.R. Institute and World
Bank. The chapter therefore shows how the Panji register preserves
both old genealogical method and modern professional status without
abandoning its technical grammar.

2. Entry (423): the first Manikouli register
  Entry (423) opens under the heading Manikouli and bears the
number 216. It begins with Pitambar. The first notice is a marriage route

in which Pitambar gives a daughter through Radhapur-Pabouli-Ajay to
uchchanyadhish Lakshmikant, and then onward to Hariamb-Taradatt.
The word uchchanyadhish marks a judicial office and should not be
flattened into a mere personal title. The entry immediately tells us that
Manikouli is not a closed locality; it is a register where legal office,
scholastic family memory and older Panji routing are all recorded
together.
   The next major line is through Bhaylal. Bhaylal gives Kashinath and
Lakshminath through Pabouli-Narayanadatt-Vedanand and Darihara-
Gokulnath. Kashinath gives Sushil Kumar and Sachchidanand through
Khandwala-Yognath-Durganath and Babhaniam-Santalal. Sushil Kumar
is then connected through Phandah-Jayant-Radhanath and Khaual-
Divakar. Sachchidanand is explicitly called nyayadhish, judge, and his
children are listed as Nripendra Nath, Professor Upendranath, Thakur
Rajendranath and Samarendra Nath, with Samarendra described as
kanun-bind, a man of law or legal expertise. Their route runs through
Tisaut-Jayanarayan-Pitambar and Belaunch-Kumar.
   The entry then moves through Ugari. Ugari gives Madhusudan,
Purandar, Durga and Gita through Tisaut-Bhaiyo-Kamalnayan and
Belaunch-Babunath. Purandar is connected through Hariamb-
Chhotkani-Bamma and Khaual-Harkhu. Durga gives Surendra through
Belaunch-Bhushan and Budhwal-Jaykrishna. Surendra is then
connected through Hariamb-Pheku-Gunnath and Khandwala-Yogipati.
Gita is routed through Khandwala-Jagatkant-Bodhkant and Hariamb-
Govind. Apara then introduces Virendra through Khandwala-
Krishnadatt-Harinandan and Ghusaut-Faturi, and Virendra continues
through Soderpur-Shitaladatt-Pitambar and Sakararhi-Durganand.
   The final portion of entry (423) introduces Nenmani and then a
Khaual half-register. Nenmani is linked through Budhwal-Achal-
Hemnath and Soderpur-Vighneshwar. The phrase Khaual (1/2) then
introduces Bathan, whose sons are Sufal and Babunu. Sufal gives Yuvraj,
Devaraj and Shivraj through Khandwala-Hempati-Chhatramani and
Pali-Umadatt. Yuvraj gives Ghanshyam and Bachnu, called Komalkant,
through Hariamb-M.M. Sachal-Khagdatt and Digho-Thakur Udan.
Ghanshyam gives Durmil, called Kulanand, Sadanand and Harinandan
through Tisaut-Chiranjeev and Kujouli-Manbharan. The apparent shift
from Manikouli to Khaual (1/2) is not a contradiction; it is an internal
Panji subdivision embedded in the Manikouli entry.

3. Entries (424) and (425): the Manikouli continuation
   Entry (424) continues Manikouli without a long new heading. It
begins with Durmil, called Kulanand, and places him through Darihara-
Bagishwaridatt-Yadav and Mandar-Narsingh. The line then moves to
Rudranand, whose route is through Khandwala-Chiranjeev-Bhushan
and Naroun-Shivnath. Harinandan gives Sachchidanand through
Phandah-Lakshminath-Balel and Belaunch-Keshav; Sachchidanand is
then joined through Khandwala-Devkinandan-Shankar and Pali-
Rabusharu, called Kulanand.
   Bachnu, called Komalkant, is a central figure in this continuation. He
gives Trivenikant, Tarakant, Ganeshkant, Shubhkant, Vijaykant and
Maheshkant through Kujouli-Manbharan-Ramanand and Belaunch-
Bhushan. Trivenikant gives Mohan Ji, called Shashikant, Shishirkant and
Sachikant through Ghusaut-Jayvallabh-Kumar and Pandua-Apuch.
Shashikant is linked through Karmaha-Premnath-Amritkant and
Pabouli-Gunanand. Shishirkant is linked through Khandwala-
Jayanarayan Singh-Ayodhyanath Singh and Khaual-Gita. Sachikant is
linked through Surgan-Rai Leelanand-Phalanand Narayan and Ekhara-
Mishra Umanath.
   Tarakant gives Nareshkant, Dineshkant and Bhola through Soderpur-
Ramdatt-Bachchan and Budhwal-Vishwanath. Ganeshkant gives
Nishikant, Parshnath, Dayakant, Navinkant, Satishkant, Vipinkant and
Vinaykant through Phandah-Bhikhiya-Vanshmani and Jajival-Adinath.
Nishikant is connected through Karmaha-Mahonarsingh-Jagdish and
Baliyas-Rai Gangesh. Parshnath is linked to Raja Kalikanand Singh and
Kumar Divyanand Singh and then to Pandua-Gunanand. Dayakant is
linked   through    Karmaha-Premnath-Leelanath        and   Sakararhi-
Durganath.
   Entry (425), again headed Manikouli and numbered 217, is the short
residual continuation of the same family field. Navinkant, Satishkant
and Vipinkant appear with local notes such as Kamrail, Behat and
Pahitole Mahishi-Pali. Shubhkant, Vijaykant and Maheshkant continue
the previous list. Vipinkant is connected through Pahitole Mahishi-Pali-
Vijaynath-Kashinath and Ramapur-Rajaura-Mandar-Kantru. Shubhkant
repeats the Phandah-Bhikhiya-Vanshmani and Jajival-Adinath route.
Vijaykant is routed through Ghusaut-Faturi-Ramanand and Khaual-
Shrinath. Maheshkant gives Ashwinikant and Avanikant through
Pabouli-Buddhi-Ramanath and Karmaha-Premnath. The brevity of entry

(425) is important: it is not an empty marker but the closure of the
Manikouli continuation before the register returns to Nahas and
Kaivalakh.

4. Entry (426): Nahas san Kaivalakh
   Entry (426) is headed Nahas san Kaivalakh. This heading shifts the
visible field away from Manikouli but keeps the same broader network.
The first named figure is Devaraj. Devaraj gives Madhusudan, Bhaiyan,
Gokulnath, Dwarikanath, Harihar Nath and Jayanandan through Pali-
Phalgun-Govind and Baliyas-Babulal. Bhaiyan is connected through
Hariamb-Dina-Bhushan and Sarisab-Ramkrishna. Gokulnath is
connected through Sarisab-Harshdatt-Halli and Pali-Balmukund.
Dwarikanath gives lines through Hariamb-Gulbadan-Jaykrishna, called
Babuaji, and Jajival-Babulal.
   Apara introduces Manmohan and Lakshman. Manmohan gives
Govindmohan through Ghusaut-Bhunai-Harimohan and Sakararhi-
Shrinandan. Lakshman is also linked through Ghusaut-Bhunai-
Harimohan and Sakararhi-Shrinandan, which suggests a repeated route
rather than a new mool. Harihar Nath gives Gaurinath, Umanath,
Ayodhyanath, Bholanath and Sitaram through Pabouli-Mushhar-Ananar
and Ekhara-Jhumkalal. Apara adds Vishwanath through Jalay-
Hitnarayan-Chaudhary Vasudev Narayan and Ekhara-Manrakkhan.
   Jayanandan gives Amarnath and Bhaktinath through Alay-Bechanlal-
Balbhadra and Sarisab-Janardan. Abhayanath gives Shashinath, Gopal,
Sumanji, Bhagwanji and Santosh through the Sanha resident Malangia-
Kujouli-Dwarikanath-Shashikant route and Jagaur-Mandar-Bhunai.
Shastrinath is recorded with a partly blank route through Singhwar-
Digho-Chaudhary Kedarnath. Bhaktinath gives Balram, Shriram, Sanjiv,
Ajit and Irshad through Kavi Naroun-Jyotishi Apuch-Shubhankar and
Hati-Soderpur-Bhavanandan. Ayodhyanath gives Ramesh and Lalit
through Phandah-Vanshmani-Jitendramani and Belaunch-Janakinath.
Bholanath gives Videshwar, Kapileshwar and Bhuvaneshwar through
Bhaur-Khandwala-Durganath-Ramdatt, with a suspended ddau. Sitaram
gives Mithilesh, Avadhera and Rajesh through Mahishi-Pali-Shrotriya
Sadhu-Dhanurdhar and Khandwala-Durganath. Entry (426) is therefore
a major bridge from the Manikouli sequence into a wide Nahas-
Kaivalakh distribution.

5. Entry (427): Khaual (1/1), Rudradatt and the
grammatical line
  Entry (427) is headed only by an invocation, but internally it is not
vague. It begins with the reference Khaual (1/1) and with Dhan, called
Rudradatt. Rudradatt gives Haradatt, Jaydatt and Narayanadatt through
Karmaha-Raghunath-Umanath and Pandua-Krishnapati. Haradatt gives
Babujan and Umadatt through Karmaha-Chitradhar-Neya and Soderpur-
Bhavanidatt. Umadatt gives Mahoraja, called Shivdatt, Jyotishi Apuch
and Vaiyakaran Rabudi through Pali-Dinanath-Shaktinath and
Soderpur-Girdhari.
   Mahoraja gives Bhavdatt and Ishdatt through Soderpur-Ishannath-
Manhar and Khaual-Nanu. Bhavdatt gives Bhimdatt through Naroun-
Keshav-Anant and Kodariya-Nanu Prasad. Ishdatt gives Adayadatt
through Hariamb-Bachchelal-Chiranjeev and Kodariya-Nanu Prasad.
Apara then gives a Soderpur-Bhekhnath and Alay-Raja Padyanand Singh
route. Bhimdatt is linked through Surgan-Vedanand Narayan-
Raghunandan Narayan and Mandar-Gonu. Jyotishi Apuch is connected
through Karmaha-Vishnudatt-Phenke and Soderpur-Duni; apara routes
then connect through Belaunch-Kanhaiyalal-Babua and Hariamb-
Tulsidatt.
   The most distinctive feature of this entry is the grammatical line.
Vaiyakaran Khuddi gives Taradatt and Baladatt through Ghusaut-
Mukund-Keshav and Baliyas-Govardhan. Taradatt gives Sharadadatt,
Tripuradatt and Kshamadatt through Karmaha-Bholi-Narsingh and
Khaual-Vanshmani. Sharadadatt is linked through Pabouli-Suvansh-
Neelambar and Hariamb-Shyam Sundar. Tripuradatt is linked through
Sarisab-Brajgopal-Revatiman and Karmaha-Neelambar. Kshamadatt is
linked through Hariamb-Bhavanath-Prannath and Mandar-Pinak Nath.
Baladatt gives Dharadatt, Varadatt, Pramadatt and Hemadatt through
Karmaha-Bholi-Narsingh and Khaual-Vanshmani. Dharadatt gives
Ashish Kumar with a Lohna route to Baidyanath and a Shyam Sidhap
note. Varadatt also points to Lohna and Baidyanath. Pramadatt is linked
through Kujouli-Parmanand-Jagatanand and Khaual-Gonu. The entry
thus preserves a specialist scholarly identity, Vaiyakaran, inside a
Khaual subdivision.

6. Entry (428): Nahas san Dhamdaha
   Entry (428) is headed Nahas san Dhamdaha and numbered 218. It
begins with Jaydatt. Jaydatt gives Gopal through Karmaha-Chitradhar-
Riddhi and Darihara-Babnu. Gopal gives Manohar through Khandwala-
Mahinath-Lal and Pali-Bhavanidatt. Apara gives Abhayanath through
Soderpur-Lal-Matinath and Mandar-Mani. Manohar gives Upendra
through Pali-Hiranand-Tekanand and Soderpur-Nanu. Upendra gives
Bachcha, called Krishnachandra, through Belaunch-Kamalnath-
Vishwanath and Soderpur-Sonelal.
   Apara Upendra gives Ramchandra and Girishchandra through
Hariamb-Govind-Narsingh      and    Sakararhi-Kanhai-Ragi.    Advocate
Bachcha, called Krishnachandra, gives Chief Engineer Sachinath,
Vibhutinath, Lalan and Dayanath through Soderpur-Mitranath, called
Lala, and Babuaji, with Baliyas-Bhay as the ddau route. Chief Engineer
Sachinath is then linked through Phandah-Harinandan-Shobhanand
and Khaual-Buchchi. Ramchandra gives Sushil Kumar, Mihir Kumar and
Shankar    Kumar     through     Pabouli-Lakshman-Madhusudan       and
Panichobh-Narsingh. Girishchandra is linked through Khandwala-
Deonath Singh-Tejnath Singh.
   The most modern passage in entry (428) appears in the apara
Upendra line. Dr. Jagdishchandra is recorded with M.A. twice, as
Department Head at Patna University, connected with the K.P.J.R.
Institute at Patna, and as Visiting Professor of Germany and West Indies,
according to the wording of the register. Alongside him appear
Vishweshchandra, B.P.S.C. Ishwarchandra and Bagishchandra, routed
through Belaunch-Kamalnath-Vishwanath and Soderpur-Sonelal. Dr.
Jagdishchandra gives journalist Subhashchandra, called Rajan, I.A.S.,
also noted as an advisor at the World Bank, and Abhash Kumar through
Khandwala-Jayanarayan Singh-Ayodhyanath Singh. Subhashchandra,
called Rajan, is linked through Madhepur-Bhaur-Khandwala and Babu
Janakinandan Singh. I.A.S. Abhash is linked through Kanhauli-Soderpur-
Shital and I.A.S. Vindhyanath.
   Vishweshchandra gives Pramod Kumar and Ashutosh Kumar
through Belaunch-Sudhakar-Vimalakant and Kanhauli-Soderpur-Nirsu.
Pramod Kumar is routed through Baigani-Alay-Kumar Krishnanand
Singh with a B.P.S.C. note. Ishwarchandra gives Jayant and Sumant
through Kanhauli-Soderpur-Nirsu-Suryakant and Kujouli-Dharmanath.
Jayant is linked with a partially blank Bhramarpur-Khangar-Sarisab

route. Sumant is linked with a partially blank Naduar-Karmaha route to
Navinchandra. Bagishchandra gives Samir through Samaul-Nagwad-
Ghusaut-Vidyanand-Shankaranand and Khaual-Durga. The entry ends
with Narayan giving Gonor through Karmaha-Bhairav-Aniruddh and
Pandua-Pa Mansukh. This closure before entry (429) is deliberate: the
next heading opens a Chanpura register, a new local field.

7. Why the chapter stops before Chanpura
   Entry (429) opens with “Chanpura.” Although entry (428) still has
modern professional names and late branches, it is still governed by
Nahas san Dhamdaha and Khaual-related routing. Entry (429) changes
the heading and begins a new Chanpura field with Paramanand,
Hiranand, Shivram, Matiram, Gatiram, Harpati, Dinaram, Rajaram,
Hridayram and Chan. For that reason it must be treated separately. The
chapter stops here so that Manikouli, Nahas-Kaivalakh and Nahas-
Dhamdaha remain an exclusive unit and the next chapter can begin
cleanly with Chanpura.

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