Decoding the Panji of Mithila · Volume IV · Chapter 73

Sudsuya-Belaunch: Banu Chhapra, Badhudhpara, Samauli and Tharhi-Sagarpur: Entries (601)-(606)

Chapter 73. Sudsuya-Belaunch: Banu Chhapra,
Badhudhpara, Samauli and Tharhi-Sagarpur:
Entries (601)-(606)
1. Where Chapter 73 begins
  Chapter 73 begins at entry (601), headed “ ॐ सुदसुय सँबानू छपरा.” The
first line of the body states “ath Sudsuya Belaunch gramaramabh,” so
the section should be read as a Sudsuya-Belaunch opening rather than
as a simple Banu Chhapra note. The chapter covers entries (601)-(606):
Banu      Chhapra,    Banu     Chhapra-Khetia,   Banu      Chhapra-Betia,
Badhudhpara, Samauli and Tharhi-Sagarpur. The next entry, (607),
changes the field to Kako-Belaunch and is therefore left for the following
chapter.

2. Entry (601): the Kripal, Ballabh and Kamdev
opening
   Entry (601) begins from Kripal. Kripal gives Ballabh and Kamdev.
Ballabh is attached through Mandar-Harikesh-Yadunath and Gangor-
Balbhadra. Ballabh then gives Shulpani through Baliyas-Jagdish-
Indrapati and Soderpur-Gopinath. Shulpani gives Dharmeshwar and
Hakdhar through Baliyas-Anant-Mahadev and Pabouli-Shubhankar.
Dharmeshwar is then tied to Panichobh-Damodar-Prannath and
Darihara-Gangesh, while Tekdhar is tied to Darihara-Ramabhadra and
another short line preserves Mitrakar and Budhwal-Dhani.
   Kamdev gives Gangaram through Soderpur-Krishnapati-Mahi and
Pali-Lala. Gangaram then gives Jivanath, Panni and Ramna through
Pabouli-Mitrakar-Narpati and Hariamb-Purushottam. Apara Gangaram
gives Bholanath, Abhiram and Matiram through Soderpur-Gopinath-
Purushottam and Hariamb-Shivdev. Panni gives Krishnadatt and
Bhushan through Karmah-Bhirwari-Rudra and Belunch-Bhaiya.
Krishnadatt then moves through Karmah-Chitradhar-Rajju and
Darihara-Nidhipani.
  Bhushan gives Haridatt, Kumar, Sundar and Sudhakar through
Dumra-Budhwal-Dullah-Krishnapati and Jajival-Sonmani. Haridatt gives
Radhamohan, Dhurjati, Purandar and Bhagwandatt through Baliyas-
Dharmadatt-Durmil and Pali-Kamaladatt. Dhurjati is tied through
Dhusaut-Durmil-Akshadhar and Sarisab-Kamaladatt. Kumar gives

Trilochan, Harimohan, Manmohan, Brajmohan and Chandramohan
through Pali-Kamaladatt-Kapileshwar and Soderpur-Babunath. The
Trilochan line then gives Vinayak through Soderpur-Gadadhar-Ramdatt
and Budhwal-Mukund, and an apara Trilochan branch gives Shashidhar
and    Gangadhar      through    Khaual-Aniruddha-Harinandan   and
Khandbala-Nityanand Singh.

3. Entry (602): Banu Chhapra-Khetia and the modern
official note
   Entry (602) continues the same Sudsuya-Banu Chhapra field with the
Khetia marker. Shivendra Mohan is linked through Rajetripurauli-
Narun-Lilanath-Baidyanath and Khandbala-Babu Gunadhari Singh.
Kanti Mohan is tied to Karmah-Premnath-Jagannath and Khaual-
Shivnandan; Jagannath then carries Alay-Nandlal-Shrikant and Sarisab-
Bambholi. Brajmohan is connected through Khandbala-Krishnadatt-
Nandan and Dhusaut-Faturi.
   A striking modern marker appears in the Chandramohan line: the
source preserves “D I G” before Chandramohan, and then names
Daman, Ganesh and Mahesh through Karmah-Haldhar-Govardhan and
Soderpur-Babulal. Ganesh is tied through Soderpur-Rajnidatt-Padmadatt
and Budhwal-Vaidya Shiveshwar. Mahesh goes through Mandar-Upa
Badrinath-Lilanath and Khandbala-Babu Ushapati Singh. The Sundar
branch gives Lalji, Gulabji, Shrikant and Devikant through Budhwal-
Durgapati-Jaykrishna and Pandua-Ramkrishna. Shrikant is also marked
with a modern note identifying him as an important economist
connected with Indira Gandhi’s economic advice and the Reserve Bank
of India.

4. Entry (603): Banu Chhapra-Betia
   Entry (603) changes the Banu Chhapra field to Betia. Madanmohan
gives a line through Pali-Sadanand-Raghunandan and Kujauli-Vaidya
Krishnalal. The apara Madanmohan line names Rukminidatt, Hemkant,
Pushpakant and Chhavikant through Dhusaut-Mukund-Janardan and
Narun-Shivnath. Rukminikant gives Vijaykumar, Manojkumar and
Rajeshkumar through Khaual-Vaidya Hari-Purushottam and Soderpur-
Jayanandan. Pushpakant gives Arun, Ashok and Pradip through Digho-
Mangnu-Chaudhary Kedarnath and Fanandah-Gunanand.
  Kamalakant gives Krishnakumar, Harikishor and Kanhaiya through
Baliyas-Babulal-Kirtinath and Kujauli-Durganath. Harikishor is tied to

Darihara-Harishankar-Divakar and Soderpur-Indranand. Vimalakant
gives Chakradhar, Padmakant and Santoshkumar through Soderpur-
Bhairav-Nirru and Baliyas-Ishdatt. Chakradhar is attached through
Sakararhi-Kedarnath-Vidhanath and Soderpur-Abhirman. The same
entry then preserves Bamdev, Jayashankar, Shubhankar, Virupaksha,
Dhubchandra and Shambhuka, followed by Lakshmidatt, Shridatt,
Bauku and multiple downstream branches through Karmah, Belunch,
Baliyas, Pali, Darihara, Hariamb, Sarisab, Jajival, Pabouli and Khaual.

5. Entry (604): Badhudhpara
   Entry (604) opens with the invocation to Vishwanath and moves
Sudsuya to Badhudhpara. Shridatt is tied through Belunch-Bhikshuk-
Balak Ram and Satlakha-Chhakkan. Bauk gives Virbhadra and Gopal
through Pabouli-Bhaiyan-Siddhi and Karmah-Dukhiya. Virbhadra is also
connected with Hariamb-Bhulan and Soderpur-Shriraman. Bholanath
gives Baduki through Jajival-Madhu-Hiru and Hariamb-Purushottam;
Baduki is tied to Sarisab-Hemangad-Hireshwar and Ekhara-M.M.
Gunishwar.
   Matiram gives Maunik through Tankbal-Gangadhar-Bodhkrishna and
Jajival-Badlu. Mauni gives Ishdatt through Pali-Rabaggu-Thadhu and
Belunch-Bhikham. Ishdatt gives Parameshwaridatt, Kalikadatt,
Narayandatt, Govinddatt and Bhagwandatt through Darihara-
Prayagdatt-Ganeshdatt and Karmah-Dharmanath. Kalikadatt gives
Bachcha through Pabouli-Natha-Moti and Karmah-Babunath. Bachcha
then gives Dukhmochan, Chandrashekhar, Markandey, Umeshchandra
and Maheshchandra through Pabouli-Ratinath-Prabhunath and
Mandar-Chhitan, followed by Narun, Mandar, Dhusaut, Pandua, Khaual
and Sarisab routes. Narayandatt gives Bachchan, Lalan, Singheswar,
Avadhvihari, Bahadur, Ranganath and Namonath through Khaual-
Balgopal-Hira and Pabouli-Moti, closing the Badhudhpara body with
additional Jagati-Pabouli, Khaual and Pali connections.

6. Entry (605): Samauli
   Entry (605) moves Sudsuya to Samauli. Vir gives Lala through
Baliyas-Raghav-Jagdish and Sakona-Narayan. Apara Vir gives Govind,
Gokulnath and Buddhinath through Bisfi-Pitambar-Mohan and Dhusaut-
Jagdish. Lala gives Balchandra through Darihara-Hingu-Nand and
Baliyas-Mahadev. Balchandra gives Mansukh and Manik through
Karmah-Bachhai-Vanshidhar and Khaual-Lakshmikant. Apara Lala

gives Chilkaka through Darihara-Bhagirath-Harikrishna and Dhusaut-
Sundar; Chilka gives Aankhi and Machal through Budhwal-Ramnath-
Bhavdev and Khaual-Andi.
   Govind is first tied to Budhwal-Badi-Ram and Soderpur-Bachhai, and
then through the apara Govind line to Dukhbhanjan, Madhukar and
Durgadatt through Soderpur-Haridev-Anath and Alay-Chaudhary
Vishweshwar. Dukhbhanjan gives Bahadur through Karmah-
Dhanshyam-Badli and Jajival-Dukhni; Bahadur gives Thithar, also called
Modnath, through Dhusaut-Thakur Thedhu-Umāpati and Khaual-
Gunakar. Durgadatt gives Fakiran and Jhohan through Karmah-
Raghudev-Juraun and Darihara-Bhramar. Fakiran gives Manilal and
Sorelal through Dhusaut-Chanan-Bhaiya and Baliyas-Kiru. Sorelal gives
Nandlal, Singheswar, Kapileshwar and Mutkeshwar through Karmah-
Kishor-Nathe and Sakararhi-Krishnaram. The entry closes with
Gokulnath and Buddhinath lines, especially Kamalapati through Khaual-
Parmanand-Matiram and Budhwal-Pradyumna, and Soni through
Soderpur-Dharadhar-Mani and Khaual-Ramdev-Raghunandan.

7. Entry (606): Tharhi-Sagarpur
  Entry (606), “ॐ: सुदसुय सँ ठाढ़ी सागरपुर पु (३०८),” keeps the Sudsuya line
but shifts the place marker to Tharhi-Sagarpur. Apara Buddhinath gives
Bodh through Alay-Lala-Lanhu and Ekhara-Shyam-Shambhu. Soni gives
Dharanath through Jajival-Bandi-Shumi and Pali-Bhikhi. Dharanath
gives Ramlal through Dhusaut-Umāpati-Shambhunath and Darihara-
Vacha. Ramlal gives Jaydev and Phaninath through Soderpur-Thedh-
Baidyanath-Kanhai and Alay-Madhurapati-Khelpati, with Baliyas-
Rudradatt also preserved.
   Bodh gives Dharmadatt and Dhodhan through Soderpur-Tulsi-
Chedna and Mandar-Bhaiyaram. Dharmadatt gives Gosain through
Gangoli-Kriparam-Rabadhav and Pali-Dukhmochan. Dhodhan gives
Girdhari, Bachchu, Fakiran and Uma through Khaual-Chaudhary Chan-
Poshan and Pali-Bodh. Kamalapati gives Muralidhar through Budhwal-
Mathura-Raghudev and Satlakha-Kamli. Muralidhar gives Sanphul,
Manphul and Jagannath through Khaual-Pashupati-Dhunath and
Hariamb-Harpati. Sanphul gives Bakanandan and Bhagwandatt through
Karmah-Kalidas-Sanphul and Khaual-Bhaiya. The later lines bring in
Jaynath, Medhnath, Kasturi, Brajkishor, Janardan and Chandrakant
through Hariamb, Satlakha, Jajival, Alay, Sarisab, Budhwal, Kodariya,
Narun, Pali and Khaual.

8. Reading the chapter as a network
   The six entries form one coherent Sudsuya-Belaunch network. Entry
(601) establishes the Kripal-Ballabh-Kamdev frame. Entry (602) carries
the Banu Chhapra-Khetia continuation and introduces modern public-
office and professional markers. Entry (603) extends Banu Chhapra
toward Betia. Entry (604) moves to Badhudhpara and gives a strong
Badhudhpara body through Shridatt, Bauk, Bholanath, Matiram, Ishdatt
and Narayandatt. Entry (605) shifts to Samauli through Vir, Lala,
Govind, Gokulnath and Buddhinath. Entry (606) brings the same line to
Tharhi-Sagarpur through Buddhinath, Bodh, Soni, Dharanath, Ramlal
and Kamalapati. The repeated place-routes—Mandar, Gangor, Baliyas,
Soderpur, Pabouli, Panichobh, Darihara, Budhwal, Karmah, Pali,
Khaual, Jajival, Fanandah, Narun, Alay, Satlakha and Hariamb—show
that the chapter is less a village list than a woven regional marriage-
and-descent map.

Chapter conclusion
   Entries (601)-(606) should therefore be treated as the Sudsuya-
Belaunch chapter. The repeated heading “Sudsuya” and the early
“Belaunch gramaramabh” frame the chapter, while the subordinate
place names—Banu Chhapra, Khetia, Betia, Badhudhpara, Samauli and
Tharhi-Sagarpur—mark movement within that frame. The next
threshold is entry (607), where the source begins “ ॐ अमरनाथाय नम:
काकोसँ अष्टजा…” and opens “ath Kako Belaunch gram.” That transition
belongs to the next chapter, because the field has shifted from Sudsuya-
Belaunch to Kako-Belaunch.

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