In making adikarmala, kanya's (virgin's) father's name and her mother's father's name are used to trace out panchami [five generations] and khasti [six generations]. We are looking for anadikar ["without permission"], the people with whom she can't marry. With the girl, you start counting from her, but with the boy you start from the father, so that gives fewer generations for the girl. The father's side is stronger than the girl's side, so we don't have to go back so far on the weaker female side.

Khasti

An example of khasti:

Another example of khasti:

The girl can marry the line of Ganganath because she has passed the khasti level.

Panchami 

 

CBH: Panditji, How do you know when to use the khasti rule and when to use the panchami rule?

If the girl is related to the boy through his mother, than panchami applies. But if she is related through his father, then khasti applies. So if a boy being considered for marriage has some old link to the girl's line, but if it is through his mother's side, the panchami rule applies. Tomorrow I'll show you a controversial case where another panjikar made a mistake and I had to make the final ruling.

Matrisapinda

Another way I must check for anadikar is matrisapinda. This is the all-male line of the boy's mother. (Of course the girl must also not be in his own sapinda; that goes without saying). A Brahman boy cannot marry a girl who is in either his own sapinda or his mother's sapinda. Here is an example:

This marriage was prohibited on grounds of matrisapinda. Kanya is a true sapinda of the boy's mother.

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Santan ki katama

Kanya must also not be in the family of the boy's stepmother. Here is an example of a forbidden match:

This match was forbidden because the girl was the boy's stepmother's brother's daughter.

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