Social:Viji Purusha

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Short description: Earliest known ancestor in Maithili Brahmins


Viji Purusha (Maithili: बीजी पुरुष)[1] also called as Biji Purusha refers to the earliest known ancestor of a lineage in the Maithil Brahmins community of the Mithila region in the Indian subcontinent.[2] It is the foundational root of the Vamsha Vriksha (family tree) of a Maithil Brahmin family recorded in the Panjis system of Mithila. It is also known as apical ancestor. It is recorded by a Panjikar in the region.[3][4] The village where the Viji Purusha lived in the Mithila region is known as mool.[5] All Maithil Brahmins having common Viji Purusha, belong to a same gotra.[6][7]

Etymology

Viji Purusha is Maithili word having meaning "primal individual". The term Viji is derived from the Sanskrit term bīja which translates to seed. Similarly the Sanskrit term purūṣa translates to man. Thus the literal meaning of the compound form as per the Sanskrit-English Dictionary of Monier-Williams is "the progenitor of a tribe or family".[3]

Description

The Viji Purusha is also known as Adi Purusha.[8] A Viji Purusha of a mool is the founder and known progenitor of that particular mool.[9] He is also known as the original man of the mool. According to the genealogical record of the Panjis system in Mithila, the Viji Purusha of the great Maithil poet Vidyapati was Vishnu Thakur.[2]

The concept of recording Viji Purusha in the Panjis system of Mithila was introduced during the period of the King Harisimhadeva in the Karnat dynasty of Mithila.

References

  1. ↑ Miśra, Ajaya (1995) (in hi). Mahāmahopādhyāya Ḍô. Sara Gaṅgānātha Jhā kī sārasvata-sādhanā kā adhyayana. Nāga Prakāśaka. ISBN 978-81-7081-315-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=1XdjAAAAMAAJ. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Jhā, Durgānātha (1968) (in hi). Maithilī sāhityaka itihāsa. Bhāratī Pustaka Kendra. https://books.google.com/books?id=VNNEAQAAIAAJ. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Pandey, Anshuman. Recasting the Brahmin in Medieval Mithila: Origins of Caste Identity among the Maithil Brahmins of North Bihar. pp. 43. https://backend.production.deepblue-documents.lib.umich.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/3e6494bb-496a-4899-b2b7-d3af0a25e131/content. 
  4. ↑ Heinz, Carolyn Brown (2023-08-18) (in en). Bihar Days. Austin Macauley Publishers. ISBN 979-8-88693-815-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=NmDSEAAAQBAJ&q=Viji+Purusha. 
  5. ↑ Varmā, Vinoda Bihārī (1973) (in hi). Maithila Karana Kāyasthaka, pāñjika sarvekshaṇa. Binod Bihari Verma. ISBN 978-81-905911-0-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=XfoDGECaveMC&q=%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%80+%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B7+%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2+%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A3. 
  6. ↑ (in en) Ethnology. University of Pittsburgh. 1983. https://books.google.com/books?id=QeksAAAAMAAJ. 
  7. ↑ Jhā, Ramānātha (2010) (in hi). Ācārya Ramānātha Jhā racanāvalī. Vāṇī Prakāśana. ISBN 978-93-5000-210-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=Y0jUQm3X07sC&q=%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%80+%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B7+%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2+%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A3. 
  8. ↑ Ṭhākura, Vidyāpati (1961) (in hi). विद्यापति-पदावली. बिहार-राष्टभाषा-परिषद्. https://books.google.com/books?id=vs5EAQAAIAAJ. 
  9. ↑ Jha, Ugra Nath (1980) (in en). The Genealogies and Genealogists of Mithila: A Study of the Panji and the Panjikars. Kishor Vidya Niketan. https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Genealogies_and_Genealogists_of_Mith.html?id=V0xmAAAAMAAJ#Viji%20Purush. 



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