Decoding the Panji of Mithila · Volume IV · Chapter 55

Nahar and Parhat-Sakararhi: From Tharhi-Satlakha to Teldihā-Munger, Entries (451)-(460)

Chapter 55. Nahar and Parhat-Sakararhi:
From Tharhi-Satlakha to Teldihā-Munger,
Entries (451)-(460)
  This chapter continues immediately after the suspended
Sukhait-Pilkhwar marker and covers entries (451) through
(460) only. The source first names Nahar, but then explicitly
opens the Parhat-Sakararhi gramarambh. The chapter
therefore follows the register as it moves from Nahar into
Parhat, then through Tharhi-Satlakha, Satlakha, Tedhra,
Patwaha-Bargaon-Irshad, Jhaua, Kachhua, Teldihā-Munger,
and Parhat-Teldihā, before closing on the suspended Parhar
marker of entry (460).

Entry (451): Nahar and the Parhat-Sakararhi
gramarambh
  Entry (451), headed Nahar, is the effective opening of the
Parhat-Sakararhi register. The source states ath Parhat
Sakararhi gramarambh and begins with Haridev, whose sons
are Abhinandan and Basudev. Abhinandan gives Umapati
through Hariamb-Yadupati-Damodar and Satlakha-Padum. An
apara Abhinandan line is connected through Pali-Shriram-
Lakshmikant and Darihara-Kishai. Another Abhinandan
branch gives Vanshidhar and Pa Bhavani through Jajival-
Dhanpati-Pathak Mahthu and Soderpur-Balli. The entry thus
uses Nahar as the surface heading but Parhat-Sakararhi as the
working gram-frame.
   Umapati gives Jyotishi Khakhnu and Tekan through Pali-
Ramkrishna-Shulpani and Darihara-Govardhan. Jyotishi
Khakhnu gives Harangi and Mohan through Soderpur-
Ghanshyam-Bandhu and Darihara-Madhav. Apara Umapati
gives Muni through Belaunch-Yadupati-Jiveshwar and
Budhwal-Dandpani. Tekan gives Bhikham through Ekhara-
Abhiram-Nehal and Soderpur-Kamalnayan. Bhikham gives

Jaydev through Alay-Baidyanath-Damodar and Soderpur-
Janaki; an apara Bhikham branch runs through Jajival-
Munshi-Gopali and Sakararhi-Shridhar. Jaydev gives
Madhukar through Soderpur-Parshuram-Umanath and
Khaual-Vanshidhar.
   The Madhukar portion then extends into Tejnath and
Lootan. Tejnath is linked through Panichobh-Feku-Babue and
Satlakha-Hibharan. Apara issue includes Lootan through
Sarisab-Modnath-Gopal and Karmah-Babue, and another
Lootan, Rumanji of Singhwad, through Hariamb-Narottam
with blanks left in the opposite route. Tejnath also gives a
Narun-Chhatri-Tufani-Madhav line and a Hariamb-Lekhnath
line. Lootan gives Raghuvansh and Pitambar through
Ghusaut-Mukund-Mathura        and   Soderpur-Bachche     Lal.
Raghuvansh is tied through Karmah-Narsingh-Khatrup or
Videshwar and, with the B reference, through Darihara-Vijay.
Pitambar is linked through Ahik-Am-Gunanand-Nageshwar
and Sukhait-Khaual-Pitambar. The entry therefore introduces
Parhat-Sakararhi by laying down both descent and long-range
route attachments.

Entries (452)-(453): Parhat to Tharhi-Satlakha and the
Satlakha continuation
   Entry (452) narrows the frame to Parhat to Tharhi-Satlakha.
Pa Bhavani gives Bahadur and Nanu through Pali-Shulpani-
Bachharan and Sarisab-Shyamram. Bahadur gives Pa
Duribaya through Karmah-Nakar-Lal and Soderpur-Benidatt.
Pa Duribaya gives Vaiyakaran Shrinandan, Pa Harinandan,
and Bhalchandra, also styled Kantira, through Takbal-
Hridaynath-Babulal and Balias-Udavi. Vaiyakaran Shrinandan
is connected through Karmah-Bachharan-Bholi and Gangoli-
Babulal; an apara line gives Umesh and Ramesh through
Kujouli-Punyadatt-Ishdatt and Soderpur-Govinddatt. Pa
Harinandan is tied through Karmah-Chhota-Dukhmochan and

Ekhara-Babulal. Bhalchandra gives Rameshwar through
Jajival-Premnath-Gopal and Satlakha-Ugri. Rameshwar is
further linked to Jajival-Jaldhar-Gayadatt and Mahishi-
Budhwal-Babunandan. Nanu gives Pa Yadunath through
Gangoli-Dukhni-Nandi and Hariamb-Kushal.
  The same entry then returns to Basudev. Basudev gives
Devkrishna through Vabhaniam-Dhanpati-Pathak Mahthu and
Soderpur-Balli. Devkrishna gives Shyamlal through Hariamb-
Hedu-Dharmpati and Pandua-Nandishwar. Shyamlal gives
Bokan, Guni, and Thithar through Hariamb-Bhaiya-Ramnath
and Darihara-Rohini. Bokan gives Babu Motilal, Hitlal,
Chhotakni, Mohanlal, Lalit, and Balli through Karmah-Rajju-
Bhardhi and Soderpur-Nandishwar. Apara Bokan gives Japlal
through Digho-Madhurapati-Shivnandan and Darihara-
Chitradhar; another apara Bokan line is linked to Baheradhi-
Maherman-Lakshan and Darihara-Nidhi. Jaylal, Moti, Kantu,
Markandey, Yugal, Brahmadev, and the Shastri Gopalji line
continue the entry through Ekhara, Sarisab, Ghusaut,
Budhwal, Kujouli, Pali, Khaual, Harianb, and Balias. The detail
shows how a single Satlakha-heading carries both Pa Bhavani
and Basudev sub-branches.
   Entry (453), Parhat to Satlakha, continues from Guni. Guni
gives Maujilal, Bachanu, Faturi, Pacham, and Rajendra
through Jajival-Gonan-Dharmdatt-Chalbal and Pali-Bhavadatt.
Maujilal is linked through Pali-Shankardatt-Banmali and
Sarisab-Pa Bhola. Bachanu has an Alay-Bhola-Banmali route
and a Balias-Fakiran route, while Faturi and Govind are both
tied through Pali-Krishnamani-Gulab and Khaual-Chaudhary
Nandi or Nand. Lalit gives Upendra, and Upendra gives
Yugpaltan through Hariamb-Vedanand and Soderpur-Mangu;
Yugpaltan then passes through Panichobh-Bhagwandatt-
Radhakant and Darihara-Lala. Thithar gives Lochan,
Govardhan, and Bunai through Narun-Saheb-Thakurdatt and
Karmah-Raja; Bechan gives Bachcha through Karmah-

Babujan-Rabushan and Khaual-Radhavallabh. Govardhan
gives Banmali through Jajival-Devidatt-Rudradatt and Pandua-
Chhatradhari. Bunai is again tied to Pali-Krishnamani-Gulab
and Khaual-Chaudhary Nand.
   Entry (453) then resumes the Basudev side through
Dinbandhu, Dukhni, Bhagirath, and Ram. Dinbandhu and
Dukhni are linked through Digho-Mahesh-Ram and
Vabhaniam-Chhatrakar. Bhagirath is tied through Pali-Jyotishi
Nilkanth-Badal and Sarisab-Shyam. Ram is tied through
Budhwal-Hingu-Haridash and Mandar-Bhagirath. Dinbandhu
gives Jaydatt through Karmah-Damu-Jagan and Satlakha-
Purandar. Jaydatt gives Bhaiyo or Keval Krishna through
Pabouli-Kaladhar-Machal and Balias-Bechu. An apara line
passes through Hariamb-Haripani-Dayaram and Karmah-
Narpati. Bhaiyo gives Doman, Madhukar, Babunandan,
Harinandan,      and    Grihinandan     through     Soderpur-
Parmeshwar-Tufani and Khaual-Rambhadra. Madhukar gives
Ganesh through Pali-Sonma-Kulmani and Belaunch-Jivanath,
while another Madhukar branch gives Bhola through
Hariamb-Babunath-Abhayanath or Bhaiya and Mandar-Gana.
This closes the Satlakha continuation and prepares the source
for Tedhra.

Entry (454): Tedhra and the extended Bhaiyo-
Harinandan lines
   Entry (454), marked Tedhra, begins with an apara Bhaiyo
branch. Bhaiyo gives Sinalal, Badrinath, and Anantalal
through Belaunch-Bechan-Chhota and Soderpur-Juri. Sinalal
gives Muktinath through Ekhara-Thakurdatt-Bhaiyan and
Balias-Shobhnath, with Karmah-Kanhai also recorded.
Muktinath is linked through Soderpur-Ram-Shrinath-Gopi and
Satlakha-Jayanand-Janaki. Badrinath is tied through Karmah-
Kamlakar-Pritinath-Gopal     and    Badgam-Darihara-Manik-
Bholanath. Anantalal is placed through Karmah-Ahpur-Saule-

Lal-Dinanath and Satlakha-Ratnu-Badri. These entries
demonstrate the register’s ability to append a second Tedhra
channel while keeping the preceding Satlakha lineage visible.
   The chapter then follows Babunandan, Harinandan, and
related modern branches. Babunandan gives Shyamsundar
through Hariamb-Santoshmani-Babujan and Jajival-Chalbal.
Apara Babunandan gives Gunadev through Alay-Chaudhary
Shivnath-Jagatlal and Sarisab-Bathan; a second apara branch
gives Badrinath through Karmah-Mangniram-Radhanath and
Mandar-Barja. Shyamsundar gives Umakant through Pali-
Shaktinath-Madhav and Balias-Ram. Gunadev is connected
through Hariamb-Dina-Bhushan and Darihara-Bachchu.
Yadunath is tied through Soderpur-Banmali-Madhusudan and
Budhwal-Shambhu. Harinandan gives Jahuri and Shrikrishna
through Belaunch-Bhushan-Harihardatt and Balias-Durmil.
Jahuri gives Vaiyakaran Gangadatt and Shubhchandra
through Jajival-Babujan-Bhaiye and Hariamb-Parmanandan;
an apara Jahuri branch gives Keshavchandra and
Yadavchandra through Ghusaut-Chandrashekhar-Kalishankar
and Pabouli-Parshamani. The source also records Shyam,
Shambhu, Shiva, Kamalanand, Chandranand, Suryanand,
Vidyanand, Vakil Damankant, Shubhkant, Bhuvankant,
Grihinandan, and Ratnamani routes, including Digaun-
Gangoli, Alay, Jalaya, Pandua, and Tisaunt connections. The
professional marker Vakil is preserved as an identifying title,
not translated away.

Entries (455)-(457): Parhar to Patwaha-Bargaon-
Irshad, Jhaua, and Kachhua
   Entry (455) is headed Parhar to Patwaha-Bargaon, with
Irshad-apara Kajhi. It first adds an apara Shrikrishna branch
giving Dhirendra at Bargaon. Dhirendra gives Neelendu,
marked M.A., connected to Bawalal at Chainpur-Kujouli, and
Neelendu gives Nilesh through Babubabhani and Ramji-

Mahendra Narayan Jha. A daughter of Dhirendra, Sujata, is
placed through Sadahpur-Digho-Durganand-Dilip Kumar. The
entry then turns to Bhagirath, whose children are Chitradhar,
Pankhi or Vidyadhar, Pannu or Pakshadhar, and Yashodhar
through Baheradhi-Sundar-M.M. Bhikhi and Soderpur-Anath.
Apara Bhagirath gives Gangadatt through Belaunch-
Lakshmipati-Bandhu, with a B-reference and Darihara-Dhani.
Chitradhar gives Krishnakant through Pabouli-Chaturbhuj-
Ramjiv and Karmah-Jagan. Pankhi or Vidyadhar gives
Vaiyakaran Akshdhar and Shridhar through Soderpur-
Bachharu-Juraun and Ghusaut-Ram. Vaiyakaran Akshdhar
gives Babulal through Pali-Manbodh; the subsequent Babulal-
Ramlal-Deolal-Jaydev-Jyotishi Sachchidanand sequence is
largely dotted and is therefore preserved as incomplete rather
than reconstructed.
   Entry (456), Parhat to Jhaua, continues Gangadatt’s line
through Ramadatt. Ramadatt is linked through Budhwal-
Parshamani-Mahipati and Khaual-Tulakrishna. Apara issue
includes Meghanath, Kanhai, and Chhota through Ekhara-
Panai-Hira and Soderpur-Keshav. Meghanath gives Kulmani
and Tirthmani through Karmah-Jagan-Gunpati and Sarisab-
Chhaban. Kulmani gives Yugeshwar through Pali-Nena-Gudar
and Sarisab-Bhaiya. Yugeshwar has both a Baheradhi-
Sansardhar-Bhaiye-Digho-Ram      route    and    a    Jalaya-
Avadhnarayan-Raghuvar Narayan-Mandar-Sonmani route.
Tirthmani is tied through Soderpur-Kodai-Thakurdatt and
Pali-Machal-Shyamlal. Kanhai is tied through Hariamb-Jivan-
Thakurdatt and Pabouli-Bathan. Ramadatt also has a Karmah-
Jagan-Mahapurush and Jajival-Tota line. Ram’s sons Lekhnath,
Horil, and Hridaynath continue through Soderpur-Harjiv-Kuli
and Pali-Bacha. Lekhnath has both Apuch through Pali-
Bachharu-Poshan and Soderpur-Nehal, and Babue through
Hariamb-Dayaram-Jivan and Kanhai-Ranjan. Hridaynath
gives Bachchu and Doman through Pali-Bachharu-Poshan and

Soderpur-Nehal; Bachchu gives Gayadatt and Prayagdatt,
while Doman gives Mahadev, Kashinath, Vaiyakaran
Lakshminath, and Jaynath. Horil is tied to Majhaura-Karmah-
Jivanath-Manbodh and Belaunch-Kauskidatt, with an apara
Hridaynath branch through Karmah-Pitambar-Sanphool and
Balias-Bhairav.
   Entry (457), Parhat to Kachhua, is explicitly associated with
Achchhdhar Jha. Gayadatt is linked through Soderpur-
Musahar-Gatinath and Pali-Girdhari. Prayagdatt is tied
through      Pabouli-Trilochan-Hridaynath-Bhupnath          and
Budhwal-Chaudhary Halla-Kalar. Mahadev has a Soderpur-
Gopal-Shrikrishna route and a Darihara-Muni-Madhusudan
route; an apara line runs through Ghusaut-Chitradhar-
Vaiyakaran Tejnath and Balias-Rai Chumman. Kashinath gives
Bharath through Kujouli-Babulal-Mukund and Soderpur-Bholi.
Lakshminath is connected to Belaunch-Tulsidatt-Jivchh-
Sadanand and to Khaual-Shrinath-Kanhai, with another
Belaunch-Phanindra notice. Gangadhar gives Bachh through
Fanandah-Umanand-Gunishwar and Khaual-Purandar. Apara
issue includes Ghana and Chhabnu through Pali-Lakhu-
Yashodhar and Darihara-Harinath. Bachh gives Gopal and
Gadi through Narun-Sudarshan-Sukhni and Khandbala-
Bhoranath. Gopal, Gadi, Vanshidhar, Ghana, Narayandatt, and
Badnu then carry the line through Budhwal, Khandbala,
Soderpur, Pali, Jajival, Ekhara, Kujouli, Karmah, Sakararhi,
Panichobh, and Balias. The entry preserves Kachhua as a
route label while keeping the internal lineage attached to
Achchhdhar Jha.

Entries (458)-(460): Teldihā-Munger, Parhat-Teldihā,
and the suspended Parhar marker
   Entry (458), Teldihā-Munger, begins from Jaykrishna. His
issue is Buddhimath, Vireshwar, Kripanidhi, Dinesh, and
Mahesh through Jajival-Nilkanth-Achyut and Hariamb-

Bhagirath. Buddhimath gives Dullah, Hira, and Sanphool
through Hariamb-Anandi-Chhabani and Mandar-Digambar.
Dullah gives Shankardatt, Hanumandatt, Khadganath, Nanu,
and Hiya through Panichobh-Narayan-Dharmpati and
Soderpur-Dukhbhanjan. Apara Dullah gives Premnath and
Gopinath through Narun-Bhairavdatt-Anhi and Uchati-
Hiranand. Hira gives Durganath through Budhwal-Nand-
Kaladhar and Balias-Raghudev. Durganath gives Vanshmani
through Fanandah-Ravinath-Godan, and the same passage
preserves Shatshastri Naiyayik Darshanshastragya Udaykant
through Takbal-Gopinath-Durvamjan and Jajival-Gauridatt.
This learned title is left intact because it is part of the Panji’s
identification of the person.
   The same Teldihā-Munger entry continues with apara
Lakshmikant, Matikant, and Udaykant’s descendants. Apara
Lakshmikant is linked through Panichobh-Bhikhari-Goni-
Sonelal and Khaual-Shivdatt-Govinddatt. Matikant is tied
through Jagati-Pabouli-Nandlal-Bauk and Darihara-Murlidhar.
Udaykant gives Vijaykant, Krishnakant, and Vinaykant
through Budhwal-Jagatlal-Yadunandan and Balias-Muktinath.
Krishnakant gives Atal Bihari and Lal Krishna, with blank
routes preserved. Vinaykant gives Jaymat, Hemant, and
Remant. Sanphool gives Dharanath through Panichobh-
Govind-Bawanu and Mandar-Anant-Shambhunath, with
Ekhara-Mahi also noted. Dharanath gives Bhairavnath and
Chandrashekhar through Karmah-Bhola-Bedpani and Pabouli-
Baburaiya. Bhairavnath gives Harshanath and Keshavnath
through    Mahishi-Budhwal-Chaudhary      Halli-Kalar  and
Darihara-Muni. Harshanath gives Baidyanath through
Ghusaut-Amoldatt-Babua and Sakararhi-Kallu. Baidyanath is
tied through Digho-Bachkun-Umesh and Balias-Lootan. Kedar
Nath gives Dharmnath through Chanpur-Malangia-Kujouli-
Bachchelal; Dharmnath is tied to Ghusaut-Yashodhar-Babuan
and Sakararhi-Shrinandan.

   Entry (459), Parhat to Teldihā, continues from
Chandrashekhar. Chandrashekhar gives Gangadhar through
Soderpur-Saburdatt-Musahar        and     Kujouli-Punyadatt.
Gangadhar gives Mush through Jajival-Atmaram-Gauridatt
and Belaunch-Hibharan. Apara Gangadhar gives Srishtidhar
through Pabouli-Vikram-Nandlal and Takbal-Bachchelal.
Mush is tied through Sarisab-Dhithar-Markandey and
Hariamb-Bhagirath. Srishtidhar has a dotted Sakuri-Pali-
Suvansh-Devi route, and an apara Srishtidhar branch gives
Rajshekhar and Balshekhar, with the note that Devi is in the
first-aparoksha position. Rajeshwar is linked through
Mangrauni-Pali-Ramanath or Ravharu-Premnath and Balias-
Neelambar. Kripanidhi gives Bhavanidatt, Subodh, Jaydatt,
and Shridatt through Panichobh-Purushottam-Ratnu and
Ekhara-Bahuri. Subodh is tied through Fanandah-Ravinath-
Godan and Balias-Premnath. Jaydatt gives Bhikshuknath and
Gokulnath through Budhwal-Raiya-Latun and Soderpur-Kalar-
Brahmadatt. Bhikshuknath gives Rajnath, Sarvanand,
Girjanand,    and     Mukund     through   Jajival-Durgadatt-
Pakshadhar and Budhwal-Bhaiya. Mukund gives Rangnath,
Prannath, and Umanath through Kahka-Soderpur-Kodai-
Vishweshwar-Damodar and Belaunch-Lal. Gokulnath gives
Yadadhar through Belaunch-Saheb-Mannu-Babujan, Darihara-
Dhanaram-Asharam, Karmah-Machal-Bhikham, and Balias-
Hridaynandan. Dinesh gives Poshan through Ekhara-Ramsut-
Bhramar and the Gangoli-Nil B-reference; Poshan gives
Shashinath and Rohinidatt through Budhwal-Yadupati-Gonar,
Ekhara-Dharni-Nath, and Khaual-Gatiram. The chapter closes
with entry (460), headed simply Parhar, where the source
supplies no additional genealogy in the available line. I have
therefore retained it as a suspended Parhar marker and stop
before entry (461), where a new Hadari-Saurath movement
begins.

Chapter conclusion
   Entries (451)-(460) form a coherent Parhat-Sakararhi
chapter. They begin with Nahar as the visible heading but
immediately declare Parhat-Sakararhi gramarambh, then
move through Tharhi-Satlakha, Satlakha, Tedhra, Patwaha-
Bargaon-Irshad, Jhaua, Kachhua, Teldihā-Munger, and Parhat-
Teldihā. The chapter preserves the Panji’s technical texture:
apara pathways, dotted incomplete routes, B-number cross-
notes, learned titles such as Jyotishi, Vaiyakaran, Shatshastri
and Naiyayik Darshanshastragya, professional titles such as
Vakil, and locality-embedded identities such as M.A. Neelendu
or Teldihā-Munger. Entry (460) is retained as a suspended
marker, and the next chapter begins with entry (461), Hadari
to Saurath.

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