Sidaba Mapu
Sidaba Mapu | |
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Member of Meitei Guardians of the Directions | |
Other names | Supreme God, creator of Universe, sky God, King of the Gods, Atingkok Maru Sidaba,[1] Atiya Kuru Sidaba,[2][3] Epuroi Salailen Sidaba,[4] Yaibirel Sidaba[5] |
Meitei | ꯁꯤꯗꯕ ꯃꯄꯨ |
Affiliation | Sanamahism |
Abode | Heaven |
Mantra | Hayum Sidaba! Salailen Sidaba! (Manipuri: ꯍꯌꯨꯝ ꯁꯤꯗꯕ! ꯁꯂꯥꯢꯂꯦꯟ ꯁꯤꯗꯕ) |
Weapon | thunderbolt, spear |
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Gender | Male |
Ethnic group | Meitei |
Festivals | Lai Haraoba |
Genealogy | |
Consort | Leimarel Sidabi and Tampha Lairembi |
Children | |
Equivalents | |
Greek equivalent | Zeus |
Roman equivalent | Jupiter |
Norse equivalent | Odin, Thor |
Hindu equivalent | Brahma |
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Sidaba Mapu[6] (Meitei: ꯁꯤꯗꯕ ꯃꯄꯨ, lit. 'immortal God')[7] or Salailel (Manipuri: ꯁꯂꯥꯢꯂꯦꯜ)[4] is the Supreme god, creator of Universe and the Sky God in Sanamahism, the indigenous religion of Manipur.[8] According to Meitei mythology, Sidaba Mapu, being the Creator of the Universe, from a philosophical theory known as Leithak Leikharol Nongsemlon and Leisemlon (Leisemlon Ahanpa).[9]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Vijaylakshmi Brara, N. (1998). Politics, Society, and Cosmology in India's North East. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-564331-2.
- ^ "The Manipuri Lais".
- ^ "Atiya Guru Sidaba in India".
- ^ a b Goswami, Madhab Chandra (1980). Eastern Himalayas: A Study on Anthropology and Tribalism. New Delhi, India: Cosmo Publications. p. 72. ISBN 9780896842625.
- ^ Dalal, Roshen (2010). The Religions of India: A Concise Guide to Nine Major Faiths. Penguin Books India. ISBN 9780143415176.
- ^ Ray, Sohini (2009). "Writing the Body: Cosmology, Orthography, and Fragments of Modernity in Northeastern India". Anthropological Quarterly. 82 (1): 141. ISSN 0003-5491. JSTOR 25488260.
- ^ Suresh Singh, Th. (2014). The endless Kabaw Valley: British created vicious cycle of Manipur, Burma and India (large print ed.). New Delhi, India: Quills Ink Publishing. p. 9. ISBN 978-93-84318-00-0. OCLC 906016706.
- ^ Parratt, Saroj Nalini (1997). The pleasing of the gods : Meitei Lai Haraoba. John Parratt. New Delhi: Vikas Pub. House. ISBN 81-259-0416-6. OCLC 38258174.
- ^ Singh, Moirangthem Kirti (1998). Recent Researches in Oriental Indological Studies Including Meiteilogy. Delhi, India: Parimal Publications. p. 59. "The typical Manipuri account of creation is set forth in Leithak Leikharol and most of the lores of rituals and physicians"