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{{Contains special characters|Meitei}}

'''Toro''' ({{Script|Mtei|ꯇꯣꯔꯣ}}) is a woman from the [[Angom]] clan, living in the [[ancient Moirang]] kingdom. She appears in the [[Khamba Thoibi]] classical epic, which belongs to the [[Moirang Kangleirol]] genre of [[Meitei mythology]] and [[Meitei folklore|folklore]].
She is the younger sister of [[Angom Nongban Kongyamba]], a well-known national wrestling champion of the [[Moirang kingdom]].<ref name=":Gouramani_classical_literature">{{Cite book|title=Khamba Thoibi Ahanba Saruk|url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.467162|date=1963-02-25|first=Kabrambam|last=Gouramani|publisher=Digital Library of India; Internet Archive|location=India|language=mni|others=Manipur University Library, Imphal; North Eastern States Libraries}}</ref><ref name=":Loitongbam_classical_literature">{{Cite book|title=Khamba Thoibi|url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.464230|first=Loitongbam Kalachand|last=Singh|publisher=Digital Library of India; Internet Archive|year=1963|location=India|language=hi, mni|others=Manipur University Library, Imphal}}</ref><ref name=":Pramodini_classical_literature">{{Cite book|title=Khuman Khamba|url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.466825|last=Pramodini|publisher=Digital Library of India; Internet Archive|year=1992|location=India|language=mni|others=Manipur University Library, Imphal; North Eastern States Libraries}}</ref><ref name=":Sarangthem_classical_literature">{{Cite book|title=Moirang Shaion|url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.465120|first=Sarangthem|last=Bormani|publisher=Digital Library of India; Internet Archive|year=2003|location=India|language=mni|others=Manipur University Library, Imphal; North Eastern States Libraries}}</ref>

== Literary appearance ==

Toro is often described in contrast to Princess [[Thoibi]], who is shown as extremely beautiful and admired by many men.<ref name=":Gouramani_classical_literature" /><ref name=":Loitongbam_classical_literature" /><ref name=":Pramodini_classical_literature" /><ref name=":Sarangthem_classical_literature" />

=== Description and character ===

Toro is described as not very beautiful. She has no suitors and no admirers, which makes her feel sad because she is not loved by any man.<ref name=":Gouramani_classical_literature" /><ref name=":Loitongbam_classical_literature" /><ref name=":Pramodini_classical_literature" /><ref name=":Sarangthem_classical_literature" />

She is described as having curly hair. In the traditional interpretation found in the story, curly hair (sham khoi) is linked to personality traits and is seen as a sign of feelings that are not straightforward (pukchel khoi).<ref name=":Gouramani_classical_literature" /><ref name=":Loitongbam_classical_literature" /><ref name=":Pramodini_classical_literature" /><ref name=":Sarangthem_classical_literature" />

== Relationship with Soura ==

Because she had no other option, Toro often flirted with Soura, a servant of her elder brother [[Nongban]]. Soura comforted her by saying that her brother was very powerful, and that men of [[Moirang]] were afraid to approach her because of him. This statement was meant to calm her sadness.<ref name=":Gouramani_classical_literature" /><ref name=":Loitongbam_classical_literature" /><ref name=":Pramodini_classical_literature" /><ref name=":Sarangthem_classical_literature" />

== Scholarly interpretation ==

The scholar N. Tombi Singh described Toro in his 1976 work "Khamba and Thoibi: The Unscaled Height of Love". He wrote that Toro was a symbol of the untamed energy of youth, though her behavior stayed within accepted social limits. According to him, Toro may not have been extremely beautiful, but she represented a girl of her generation with normal abilities and qualities.<ref>Tombi Singh, N.. Khamba and Thoibi: The Unscaled Height of Love. India: Chitrebirentombichand Khorjeirup, 1976. p. 2, 353</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Senu]]
* [[Khamnu]]
* [[Women in Meitei civilisation]]

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[[Category:Keke Moirang]]
[[Category:Women in Meitei culture]]

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