imported>Ira Leviton: Fixed typos found with Wikipedia:Typo Team/moss.

2021-06-09T12:48:23Z

Fixed typos found with Wikipedia:Typo Team/moss.

New page

'''Panjis''' or '''Panji Prabandh''' are extensive [[genealogical]] records maintained among the [[Maithil Brahmin]]s of the [[Mithila (region)|Mithila]] region similar to the [[Hindu genealogy registers at Haridwar]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://discoverbihar.bih.nic.in/pages/maithili_culture.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2007-09-16 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070717095736/http://discoverbihar.bih.nic.in/pages/maithili_culture.htm |archivedate=2007-07-17 |df= }}</ref>

==Utility==
The Panjis have enormous value when arranging marriages, as they ensure that incestuous relationships do not occur, delineating the last 07 generations from the paternal side and 06 generations from the maternal side of the prospective bride and groom.

==Saurath Sabha==
The [[Maithil Brahmin]] delegates assembled in a conference to deliberate upon new marriage alliances duly checked with the respective {{transl|hi|panjikars}} at a place near [[Madhubani, India|Madhubani]] of India called as Saurath. the conference itself was called [[Saurath Sabha]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20110912202835/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-11-25/india/27830846_1_saurath-sabha-gachhi-marriage-mithila].

==Current status==
Due to progressive loss of Panjis, Panjikars taking up modern professions and increasing cosmopolitan behaviour, the practice of fixation of marriage by consulting Panjis is dying. There have been cases reported of sale of Panjis to foreign agencies [https://web.archive.org/web/20110815035055/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-04-03/patna/27869819_1_marriages-middleman-leaf]. The recent Saurath sabhas are all but deserted [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/574951.cms]. Increasingly, people are looking forward to more modern methods of match making like internet, rather than centuries old palm leaves.

==Books on Panji System==
*[[Maithili Karna Kayasthak Panjik Sarvekshan]], by [[Binod Bihari Verma]]
*Maithil Brāhamano ki Pañji Vyavasthā (Hindi), by Pt Ramānāth Jhā, published by Granthālaya, Darbhangā.
*Genome Mapping- 450 AD to 2009 AD- Mithilak Panji Prabandh, by [[Gajendra Thakur]], published by Shruti Publication, 2009 Delhi ISBN No.978-81-907729-6-9
*Panji System in Maithil Karna Kayastha: A Sociological Evaluation, [By: Dr. Binod Kumar Karna.]

==References==

<references/>

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070717095736/http://discoverbihar.bih.nic.in/pages/maithili_culture.htm Bihar government site about Mithila including Panjikars]
*[http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/ahr/110.5/chatterjee.html A history of Panji system in North India]
*[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1848092.cms Times Of India article on Brahmins Panjis]
*[https://www.jstor.org/stable/312524 JSTOR article on the usage of Panjis on Mithila and Bengal]
*[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/574951.cms Times of India article on Saurath Sabha in Madhubani]
*[http://www.anthrosource.net/doi/abs/10.1525/var.2006.22.2.5 Kinship ritual and visual imagery in Mithila]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120402105252/http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/charcoal/49/panjik_sarvekshan.htm Review of the book 'Panjik Sarvekshan']

[[Category:Culture of Mithila]]
[[Category:Family registers]]
[[Category:Social history of India]]
[[Category:Indian genealogy]]

Panjis - Revision history

imported>Ira Leviton: Fixed typos found with Wikipedia:Typo Team/moss.