A Shakadwipi village and Vaidya family in Bihar-



A  Shakadwipi village and  Vaidya family in Bihar-
(This is extract from the  article  published in Dr. Vijay Prakash Sharma edited book” Contemporary Indian Society- In the beginning of 21st century”, Anmol Publications Pvt Ltd, New Delhi, 2015  )
Village history:
Village Khaira is a multi-caste village under Maharajganj Panchayat of Kutumba block in Aurangabad district of Bihar situated at the bank of river Batre. During Jamindaari system of British Raj it was under Mali state. The mythology of village runs like –there was a daughter of Mali Raja who was very dear but suffering from chronic illness and there was no hope for her survival. In the meantime a person known as Toshdhar Vaidya, an Aaurved practitioner passing through the state boundary caught attention of the people and brought to Raja. On Raja’s request he examined the patient and prescribed some medicines and went off. Fortunately, the patient, so dear to Raja survived the illness. This was considered as miracle at that time. The Raja called the Vaidya again and asked for his desire as fee. The Vaidya denied to take any gift or favour saying it was his duty to cure patient. But on insistence by Raja and his family he said that the Village Khaira in forest area with Khair trees having medicinal plants be given to him for his work. The Raja donated the land with five villages-khaira, khusihaalpur, barwadih, sitabigha and haneya to the Toshdhar Vaidya who was a resident of Satgawan village in Maharajganj. This way, five village Jamindaari was bestowed on him and Khaira become the seat of Jammindaar in British India. The forest land was cleared with the help villagers for agriculture and accordingly life started in the village. The descendents of Toshdhaar Vaidya continue to develop their agricultural land and Jamindaari till it was abolished in independent India. Details –Toshdhsr Vaidya was a Shakdwipi Brahman traditionally affiliated to Shukla Yajurved, Shakha-Madhyandini, Sutra-Katyayan, Pravar-5-Garg,Gaurivrita,Angiras,Brihaspati and Bhardwaj, Gotra-Garg, Pur- Binsain(Binyark) ), Pramukh Purush-Ramraj Vaidya,Village-Kauriari, District- Gaya, Gajadhar Vaidya, Chakradhar Vaidya-Satgawan and then Toshdhar Vaidya- Khaira . He had three sons, Bansidhar Vaidya and Hemcandhandra vaidya from first wife and Sheocharan vaidya from second wife as he married twice. Hemcharan Vaidya had seven sons  and Sheo charan vaidya had three sons-Pamod Bihari Sharma,Anand Bihari And Binod Bihari Sharma.
Toshdhar Vaidya’s gotra people are decedents of Hariraj Vaidya of Sahijana, Devraj vaidya of Panwari(Jyotishi jee), Brahmraj Vaidya-Hariharganj (kaushal Kishore Vaidya) .
Genealogical tables:
Vansidhar Vaidya had five sons namely- Ramcandra Vaidya, Ramapati Vaidya, Rama Vallabh Shastry, Raghaw Durra Vidya and Kamlapati Vaidya. All the five earned great name and fame in Sanskrit literature and fields like KAVYA. VYAKARAN, PURAN, AYURVED etc. Four of them worked in various schools at Kolkata as respected teachers. Pt. Ramaballabh Shastry become Sanskrit teacher in Govind High School, Garhwa, Palamu and retired from there. Ramapati Vaidya become principal of Savitri Kanya Pathsala at Kolkata and retired after 42 years of yeomen service as principal. Pandit Kamlapati Vaidya took degree of “Vishak- Siromany” in Ayurveda from Dhaka Medical College, Kolkatta and founded Sri Krishna Aushdhaalaya at Satbarwa , Palamu where he was also elected twice as Mukhiya of Satbarwa Gram Panchayat. He died in 1957, his only son Banke Bihari Sharma, retired from Central Government Service lives in  Ranchi. This family of sacred specialists (Shakadwipi Brahmin) had five Sanskrit teachers and five Astrologers engaged in Sun worship as their family deity (KULDEVTA).
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