Decoding the Panji of Mithila · Volume IV · Chapter 67

Ojholi-Sagarapur-Pandoli and the Kapileshwar Pause: Entries (563)-(564)

Chapter 67. Ojholi-Sagarapur-Pandoli and the
Kapileshwar Pause: Entries (563)-(564)
  This chapter deliberately treats a short transitional unit.
Entry (563) closes the Ojholi-Narun and Sagarapur-Pandoli
material that follows the Shaktiraypur and Sagarapur blocks
of the preceding chapter. Entry (564) is not a developed
genealogy; it is an invocatory, suspended Kapileshwarnath
marker. The chapter therefore preserves both the active
genealogy and the empty rubric, and it stops before the new
Bhakhrauli-Kujouli gramarambh of entry (565).

Entry (563): Ojholi to Sagarapur and Pandoli
   Entry (563), under the invocation Ashutoshaya namah, is
headed Ojholi to Sagarapur and Pandoli. Its working frame is
not a large new panji province but a tightly compact route-
sheet. Madhav gives Shripati, with Shripati tied through
Mandar-Babudatt-Vaiya Ravinath and Hariamb-Muse. Govind
is then carried through Hariamb-Lakshminath-Shrinath and
Sarisab-Jhotan. Mahi is routed through Sakararhi-Haridev-
Basudev and Budhwal-Haridash. These three openings
establish the chapter as a connector between Ojholi,
Sagarapur, Pandoli, Hariamb, Sakararhi, and Budhwal lines
rather than as a simple single-village descent.
   The next operative node is Ghanshyam, marked by the
cross-reference B 49/6. Ghanshyam gives Buddhi, Dhairyi,
Sahib, and Horil through Khaual-Damodar-Chilka and Didho-
Bhaiya. Buddhi is then tied through Satlakha-Karu-Pitambar
and Soderpur-Chhatu. Dhairyi gives Rupnath, Harilal, Bholan,
Hridaynath, Chengan, and Ghonghan through Soder-Jay-Pati
and Alay-Anath. This is a characteristic panji passage: a
compact set of sons is followed by several marriage or
settlement routes, and the branch expands sideways through

the named houses rather than by one continuous linear
descent.
   Rupnath gives Lalit through Soderpur-Dubari-Indramani
and Darihara-Manbodh. Harilal gives Gopal through Pali-
Bhikhi-Naresh and Soder-Dukhbhanjan. Gopal gives Dwarika
through     Alay-Dubari-Yadu      and   Narun-Mani-Chhatri.
Hridaynath gives Nenan through Balias-Girish-Pritam and
Karmah-Mahant, while Chengan is linked through Pali-
Mansukh-Chandradev and Balias-Pritam. The repeated
alternation of Soderpur, Darihara, Pali, Narun, Balias, and
Karmah makes the record a map of relational movement
rather than a mere list of names.
   The Sahib branch carries the register into another dense
learned cluster. Sahib gives Baidyanath and Shambhunath
through Kujouli-Bachharu-Shivnand and Budhwal-Jangal.
Baidyanath gives Deonath and Kulanand through Pali-
Manbodh-Shobhanath and Jajival-Hemu. An apara Baidyanath
line gives Thakur, Govind, Vaiya Vishwanath, and Gokulanand
through Karmah-Mahant-Dullah. Dullah itself is routed
through Digho-Narpati-Kala and Belaunch-Chiranjeev. The
presence of Vaiya Vishwanath marks a learned or honorific
sub-identity within the branch, while the apara notation
protects a secondary line from being collapsed into the main
descent.
   The last lines of entry (563) complete the branch through
Thakur, Vaiya Vishwanath, Ramanand, and Shobhanand.
Thakur is tied through Darihara-Nanu-Muni and Karmah-
Sanphool. Vaiya Vishwanath gives Ramanand and
Shobhanand through Sakararhi-Hridaynath-Bachchu and
Baheradhi-Venidatt. Ramanand is connected through Bisfi-
Thakur Phanilal-Dukhan and Pali-Krishnamani. Shobhanand
closes the entry through Darihara-Gehenath-Gulab and
Karmah-Jaynath. The closing pattern is important: Bisfi

appears inside an Ojholi-Sagarapur-Pandoli register, and
Sakararhi and Baheradhi function as route controls, showing
how a geographically headed entry preserves much wider
marriage memory.

Entry (564): The Kapileshwarnath Marker
  Entry (564) reads as an invocation to Kapileshwarnath but
does not carry a developed genealogical body in the available
source. It should therefore be read as a suspended or
separating marker. The text moves immediately afterward to
entry (565), where a fresh Bhakhrauli-Kujouli gramarambh
begins. In the present decoding, entry (564) is preserved as a
meaningful blank: it marks a ritual pause and chapter
boundary without supplying names, sons, or route-pairs.

Chapter conclusion
   Entries (563)-(564) form a short but useful hinge. Entry (563)
finishes the Ojholi-Sagarapur-Pandoli material through
Madhav, Shripati, Govind, Mahi, Ghanshyam, Dhairyi, Sahib,
Baidyanath, and Vaiya Vishwanath, while preserving a dense
mesh of Soderpur, Hariamb, Sakararhi, Budhwal, Didho,
Satlakha, Alay, Narun, Balias, Karmah, Kujouli, Jajival, Digho,
Belaunch, Bisfi, and Baheradhi routes. Entry (564) then
supplies only an invocation, not a descent. The next chapter
must begin afresh with the Bhakhrauli-Kujouli gramarambh
of entry (565).

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