Thongalel: Difference between revisions

|hinduism_equivalent=[[Yama]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Elangbam Nilakanta |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=f1puAAAAMAAJ&dq=Thongaren&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=Thongaren+yama |title=Aspects of Indian Culture |date=1982 |publisher=Jawaharlal Nehru Manipur Dance Academy |language=en}}</ref>}}

'''Leinung Thongalel''' ({{lang-omp|ꯂꯩꯅꯨꯡ ꯊꯣꯡꯉꯥꯂꯦꯜ}}), also spelt as '''Khamnung Thongaren''' ({{lang-mni|ꯈꯝꯅꯨꯡ ꯊꯣꯡꯉꯥꯔꯦꯟ}}), is the god of the death and the ruler of the underworld ([[Khamnung]]) in [[Meitei mythology]] and [[Meitei religion|religion]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Wahengbam Ibohal |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=S_4dAAAAMAAJ&q=thongaren&dq=thongaren&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi0tr727_XuAhWDc30KHTvbDkMQ6AEwAHoECAMQAw |title=The History of Manipur: An early period |date=1986 |publisher=Manipur Commercial Company |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Mehrotra |first=Deepti Priya |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=w577ssi6CTAC&pg=PT39&dq=thongaren&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiPmOao8PXuAhVUU30KHYGDD_U4ChDoATADegQICBAD#v=onepage&q=thongaren%2520death&f=false |title=Burning Bright Irom Sharmila |date=2009-07-08 |publisher=Penguin UK |isbn=978-81-8475-153-6 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Mehrotra |first=Deepti Priya |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=9t47AAAAIAAJ&dq=thongarel&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=thongarel+death |title=The North Eastern Geographer |date=1980 |publisher=North East India Geographical Society |isbn=978-81-8475-153-6 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Mehrotra |first=Deepti Priya |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=9sljAAAAMAAJ&dq=thongarel&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=thongarel+death |title=Medieval Indian Literature: An Anthology |date=1997 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |isbn=978-81-8475-153-6 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Commission |first=India Indian Historical Records |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=LvRtAAAAMAAJ&dq=thongarel&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=thongarel+death |title=Proceedings of the Meetings of the Session |date=1976 |publisher=Manager of Publications. |isbn=978-81-8475-153-6 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Commission |first=India Indian Historical Records |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=TPiAAAAAMAAJ&dq=Thongaren&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=Thongaren+land+death |title=Contributions to Southeast Asian Ethnography |date=1982 |publisher=Board of Editors, Contributions to Southeast Asian Ethnography |isbn=978-81-8475-153-6 |language=en}}</ref>

He is the consort of [[Laikhurembi]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ray |first=Asok Kumar |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=bjkBM3qyZ00C&pg=PA79&dq=thongaren&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjTtLST563pAhWDc30KHfQVCT0Q6AEIHzAD#v=onepage&q=thongaren%2520laikhurembi&f=false |title=Society, Politics, and Development in North East India: Essays in Memory of Dr. Basudeb Datta Ray |last2=Chakraborty |first2=Satyabrata |date=2008 |publisher=Concept Publishing Company |isbn=978-81-8069-572-8 |language=en}}</ref>

He is equivalent to [[Yama]] of Hindu mythology.<ref name=":0" />

* {{Cite book |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=9sljAAAAMAAJ&q=thongaren&dq=thongaren&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi0tr727_XuAhWDc30KHTvbDkMQ6AEwBHoECAQQAw |title=Medieval Indian Literature: An Anthology |date=1997 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |language=en}}