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{{Short description| Meitei God}}
{{Short description|Ancient Meitei God}}
{{for|Other related deities|Kanglei mythology}}
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{{Contains Meitei text}}
'''"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}}
"The typical Manipuri account of creation is set forth in Leithak Leikharol and most of the lores of rituals and physicians"</ref>
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{{infobox deity
| name = Sidaba Mapu <br/> ꯁꯤꯗꯕ ꯃꯄꯨ
| type = Meitei
| deity_of = [[Supreme God]], [[Creator deity|Creator]] of Universe, [[Sky God]] and King of the Gods
| name = Sidaba Mapu  
| 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>
| deity_of =  
| affiliation = [[Meitei mythology]] and [[Sanamahism]]
| other_names = Supreme God, creator of Universe, sky God, King of the Gods, 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| publisher=Oxford University Press }}</ref> Atiya Kuru 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 Salailen Sidaba,<ref name=Goswami1980 /> Yaibirel Sidaba<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|publisher=Penguin Books India }}</ref>
| affiliation = [[Sanamahism]]
| abode = [[Heaven]]
| abode = [[Heaven]]
| mantra = Hayum Sidaba! Salailen Sidaba! ꯍꯌꯨꯝ ꯁꯤꯗꯕ! ꯁꯂꯥꯢꯂꯦꯟ ꯁꯤꯗꯕ
| mantra = Hayum Sidaba! Salailen Sidaba! {{Manipuri|ꯍꯌꯨꯝ ꯁꯤꯗꯕ! ꯁꯂꯥꯢꯂꯦꯟ ꯁꯤꯗꯕ}}
| weapon = [[Thunderbolt]],<br/> [[spear|Leisem Cheibi Chei]] (ꯂꯩꯁꯦꯝ ꯆꯩꯕꯤ ꯆꯩ)
| weapon = [[thunderbolt]], [[spear]]
| texts = * [[PuYa|Malem Leishemlol PuYa]],  
| texts = * Malem Leishemlol, Malem Chakkhong, Leithak Leikharol
* [[PuYa|Malem Chakkhong PuYa]],  
* [[PuYa|Leithak Leikharol]]
| consort = [[Leimarel Sidabi]] and Tampha Lairembi
| consort = [[Leimarel Sidabi]] and Tampha Lairembi
| children = * [[Lainingthou Sanamahi]]
| children = * [[Lainingthou Sanamahi]]
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* [[Emoinu]]
* [[Emoinu]]
* [[Irai Leima]]
* [[Irai Leima]]
* [[Meitei deities|many others]]
* many others
| ethnic_group = [[Meitei people|Meitei ethnicity]]
| ethnic_group = [[Meitei people|Meitei]]
| norse_equivalent = [[Odin]], [[Thor]]
| norse_equivalent = [[Odin]], [[Thor]]
| roman_equivalent = [[Jupiter (mythology)|Jupiter]]
| roman_equivalent = [[Jupiter (mythology)|Jupiter]]
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| gender = Male
| gender = Male
| abodes =  
| abodes =  
| script = ꯁꯤꯗꯕ ꯃꯄꯨ
| script = {{Manipuri|ꯁꯤꯗꯕ ꯃꯄꯨ|label=no|p=no}}
| script_name = Meitei
| script_name = Meitei
| type = Meitei deity
| hinduism_equivalent = [[Brahma]]
| hinduism_equivalent = [[Shiva]]
}}
}}
{{Sanamahism}}
{{Sanamahism}}
'''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> {{Meitei|ꯁꯤꯗꯕ ꯃꯄꯨ|lit=immortal God}}<ref>{{Cite book|last=Suresh Singh|first=Th.|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 {{Manipuri|ꯁꯂꯥꯢꯂꯦꯜ}}<ref name=Goswami1980>{{cite book |first=Madhab Chandra |last=Goswami |title=Eastern Himalayas: A Study on Anthropology and Tribalism |date=1980 |publisher=Cosmo Publications |location=New Delhi, India |isbn=9780896842625 |page=72 |url={{GBurl|_HmwAAAAIAAJ}} }}</ref> is the Supreme god, [[Sanamahi creation myth|creator of Universe]] and the Sky God in [[Sanamahism]], the indigenous religion of [[Manipur]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Parratt|first=Saroj Nalini|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 [[Meitei mythology]], Sidaba Mapu, being the Creator of the Universe, from a philosophical theory known as Leithak Leikharol Nongsemlon and Leisemlon (Leisemlon Ahanpa).<ref>{{cite book |first=Moirangthem Kirti |last=Singh |author-link=Moirangthem Kirti Singh |title=Recent Researches in Oriental Indological Studies Including Meiteilogy |date=1998 |publisher=Parimal Publications |location=Delhi, India |page=59 |url={{GBurl|LVpuAAAAMAAJ}} }}
"The typical Manipuri account of creation is set forth in Leithak Leikharol and most of the lores of rituals and physicians"</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
* [[Sanamahi creation myth]]
* [[Meitei deities]]
* [[Meitei deities]]
* [[Lists of Creatures in Meitei Folklore]]


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* [http://www.iitg.ernet.in/rcilts/phaseI/his_mnea.html History of Manipur]
* [http://www.trimanipur.com/tribesofmanipur.aspx TRIBAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE]


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[[Category:Deities]]
[[Category:Religion in Manipur]]
[[Category:Gods and goddesses of Kanglei mythology]]


[[Category:Meitei gods]]


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Latest revision as of 23:01, 18 July 2025


Sidaba Mapu
Member of Meitei Guardians of the Directions
Other namesSupreme 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]
MeiteiTemplate:Manipuri
AffiliationSanamahism
AbodeHeaven
MantraHayum Sidaba! Salailen Sidaba! Template:Manipuri
Weaponthunderbolt, spear
Texts
  • Malem Leishemlol, Malem Chakkhong, Leithak Leikharol
GenderMale
Ethnic groupMeitei
FestivalsLai Haraoba
Personal information
ConsortLeimarel Sidabi and Tampha Lairembi
Children
Equivalents
Greek equivalentZeus
Roman equivalentJupiter
Norse equivalentOdin, Thor
Hinduism equivalentBrahma

Template:Sanamahism Sidaba Mapu[6] Template:Meitei[7] or Salailel Template:Manipuri[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 | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Vijaylakshmi Brara, N. (1998). Politics, Society, and Cosmology in India's North East. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-564331-2.
  2. "The Manipuri Lais".
  3. "Atiya Guru Sidaba in India".
  4. 4.0 4.1 Goswami, Madhab Chandra (1980). Eastern Himalayas: A Study on Anthropology and Tribalism. New Delhi, India: Cosmo Publications. p. 72. ISBN 9780896842625.
  5. Dalal, Roshen (2010). The Religions of India: A Concise Guide to Nine Major Faiths. Penguin Books India. ISBN 9780143415176.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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"

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