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Sidaba Mapu
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<p>2405:201:F:9033:747C:6A01:7C86:1489: Changes the god equivalent to Shaivavism</p>
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<div>{{Short description| Meitei God}}<br />
{{for|Other related deities|Kanglei mythology}}<br />
{{Contains Meitei text}}<br />
'''"Sidaba Mapu"'''<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ray|first=Sohini|date=2009|title=Writing the Body: Cosmology, Orthography, and Fragments of Modernity in Northeastern India|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25488260|journal=Anthropological Quarterly|volume=82|issue=1|page=141|jstor=25488260|issn=0003-5491}}</ref> ({{lang-mni|ꯁꯤꯗꯕ ꯃꯄꯨ}}) (literally,''"Immortal God"''<ref>{{Cite book|last=Suresh Singh|first=Th.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/906016706|title=The endless Kabaw Valley : British created vicious cycle of Manipur, Burma and India|publisher=Quills Ink Publishing|year=2014|isbn=978-93-84318-00-0|edition=large print|location=New Delhi, India|pages=9|oclc=906016706}}</ref>) or '''Salailel'''<ref>{{harvp|Madhab Chandra Goswami,Eastern Himalayas:A Study on Anthropology and Tribalism|1980|page=72}}</ref> ({{lang-mni|ꯁꯂꯥꯢꯂꯦꯜ}}) is the [[Supreme God]], [[Creator deity|Creator]] of the universe and the [[Sky God]] in [[Meitei mythology]] and [[Meitei religion|religion]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Parratt|first=Saroj Nalini|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38258174|title=The pleasing of the gods : Meitei Lai Haraoba|date=1997|publisher=Vikas Pub. House|others=John Parratt|isbn=81-259-0416-6|location=New Delhi|oclc=38258174}}</ref> According to [[Kanglei mythology]], Sidaba Mapu, being the Creator of the Universe, from a philosophical theory known as Leithak Leikharol Nongsemlon and Leisemlon (Leisemlon Ahanpa).<ref>{{harvp|Moirangthem Kirti Singh,Recent Researches in Oriental Indological Studies Including Meiteilogy|1998|page=59}}<br />
"The typical Manipuri account of creation is set forth in Leithak Leikharol and most of the lores of rituals and physicians"</ref><br />
{{infobox deity<br />
| name = Sidaba Mapu <br/> ꯁꯤꯗꯕ ꯃꯄꯨ<br />
| deity_of = [[Supreme God]], [[Creator deity|Creator]] of Universe, [[Sky God]] and King of the Gods<br />
| other_names = Atingkok Maru Sidaba,<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NkMwAQAAIAAJ&q=atingkok+Sidaba|title = Politics, Society, and Cosmology in India's North East|isbn = 978-0-19-564331-2|last1 = Vijaylakshmi Brara|first1 = N.|year = 1998}}</ref> Atiya Kuru Sidaba (Atiya Guru Sidaba),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://manipuri.itgo.com/the_lais.html#mapu|title = The Manipuri Lais}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.india9.com/i9show/Atiya-Guru-Sidaba-65666.htm|title=Atiya Guru Sidaba in India}}</ref> Epuroi (Epuloi) Salailen Sidaba (Salailel Sidaba),<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_HmwAAAAIAAJ&q=salailel+Sidaba|title = Eastern Himalayas: A Study on Anthropology and Tribalism|isbn = 9780896842625|last1 = Goswami|first1 = Madhab Chandra|year = 1980}}</ref> Yaibirel Sidaba (Yaipilel Sitapa)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pNmfdAKFpkQC&q=yaibirel+Sidaba&pg=PA237|title=The Religions of India: A Concise Guide to Nine Major Faiths|isbn=9780143415176|last1=Dalal|first1=Roshen|year=2010}}</ref><br />
| affiliation = [[Meitei mythology]] and [[Sanamahism]]<br />
| abode = [[Heaven]]<br />
| mantra = Hayum Sidaba! Salailen Sidaba! ꯍꯌꯨꯝ ꯁꯤꯗꯕ! ꯁꯂꯥꯢꯂꯦꯟ ꯁꯤꯗꯕ<br />
| weapon = [[Thunderbolt]],<br/> [[spear|Leisem Cheibi Chei]] (ꯂꯩꯁꯦꯝ ꯆꯩꯕꯤ ꯆꯩ)<br />
| texts = * [[PuYa|Malem Leishemlol PuYa]], <br />
* [[PuYa|Malem Chakkhong PuYa]], <br />
* [[PuYa|Leithak Leikharol]]<br />
| consort = [[Leimarel Sidabi]] and Tampha Lairembi<br />
| children = * [[Lainingthou Sanamahi]]<br />
* [[Pakhangba]]<br />
* [[Nongshaba]]<br />
* [[Nongthang Leima]]<br />
* [[Emoinu]]<br />
* [[Irai Leima]]<br />
* [[Meitei deities|many others]]<br />
| ethnic_group = [[Meitei people|Meitei ethnicity]]<br />
| norse_equivalent = [[Odin]], [[Thor]]<br />
| roman_equivalent = [[Jupiter (mythology)|Jupiter]]<br />
| greek_equivalent = [[Zeus]]<br />
| festivals = [[Lai Haraoba]]<br />
| member_of = [[Meitei Guardians of the Directions]]<br />
| gender = Male<br />
| abodes = <br />
| script = ꯁꯤꯗꯕ ꯃꯄꯨ<br />
| script_name = Meitei<br />
| type = Meitei deity<br />
| hinduism_equivalent = [[Shiva]]<br />
}}<br />
{{Sanamahism}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Sanamahi creation myth]]<br />
* [[Meitei deities]]<br />
* [[Lists of Creatures in Meitei Folklore]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.iitg.ernet.in/rcilts/phaseI/his_mnea.html History of Manipur]<br />
* [http://www.trimanipur.com/tribesofmanipur.aspx TRIBAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE]<br />
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[[Category:Deities]]<br />
[[Category:Religion in Manipur]]<br />
[[Category:Gods and goddesses of Kanglei mythology]]<br />
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