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== Etymology == | == Etymology == | ||
[[File:PHOULEIMA.jpg|thumb|300px|"Phouleima", written in Meetei Mayek script]] | [[File:PHOULEIMA.jpg|thumb|300px|"Phouleima", written in Meetei Mayek script]] | ||
'''Phouleima''' or '''Phouoibi''' literally means ''Lady of the Paddy'' in [[Meitei language | '''Phouleima''' or '''Phouoibi''' literally means ''Lady of the Paddy'' in [[Meitei language]] ([[Manipuri language]]).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=KYLpvaKJIMEC&pg=PA334&dq=phou-oibi+lady+paddy+plenty+rice+goddess+fickle&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiqwsXUtJD1AhXV6XMBHQaUAcIQ6AF6BAgJEAM#v=onepage&q=phou-oibi%20lady%20paddy%20plenty%20rice%20goddess%20fickle&f=false|title=Medieval Indian Literature: Surveys and selections|last=Paniker|first=K. Ayyappa|date=1997|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-0365-5|language=en}}</ref> | ||
'''Phou (Fou)''' means "unhusked | '''Phou (Fou)''' means "unhusked rice", paddy. "Oibi" is derived from the verb "oiba" (meaning "to become") with the feminine suffix "i".<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.461915/page/n147/mode/1up?q=Phouoibi+supreme+mother+Leimalel+unhusked+rice+paddy+oibi+oiba+paddy&view=theater|title=A Critical Study Of The Religious Philosophy|last=Singh|first=L. Bhagyachandra|date=1991|pages=147}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.108375/page/91/mode/1up?q=Phouoibi+umang+lai+four+corners+three+sections&view=theater|title=Religion Of Manipur|last=Parratt|first=Saroj Nalini|date=1980|publisher=Firma Klm|pages=91}}</ref> | ||
== Description == | == Description == | ||
Phouleima is a goddess who is very fickle in love. She fell in love with many mortals. However, she doesn't live permanently with anyone of them. She went to many places and made love with many mortals only to discard them later. She lived with her favorite lover for some time and later left him. Her nature symbolizes that wealth doesn't last long. There were frequent wars and natural calamities in ancient times. So, the goddess of paddy is described as very inconstant in favouring to the mankind.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=KYLpvaKJIMEC&pg=PA334&dq=phou-oibi+waron+lady+paddy+plenty+rice+goddess+fickle&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiqwsXUtJD1AhXV6XMBHQaUAcIQ6AF6BAgJEAM#v=onepage&q=phou-oibi%20waron%20lady%20paddy%20plenty%20rice%20goddess%20fickle&f=false|title=Medieval Indian Literature: Surveys and selections|last=Paniker|first=K. Ayyappa|date=1997|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-0365-5|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=c276DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT137&dq=phouoibi&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjhq9ulwq_uAhU28HMBHVhDCoIQ6AEwAnoECAEQAg#v=onepage&q=phouoibi&f=false|title=The Cultural Heritage of Manipur|last=Meitei|first=Sanjenbam Yaiphaba|last2=Chaudhuri|first2=Sarit K.|last3=Arunkumar|first3=M. C.|date=2020-11-25|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-000-29637-2|language=en}}</ref> | Phouleima is a goddess who is very fickle in love. She fell in love with many mortals. However, she doesn't live permanently with anyone of them. She went to many places and made love with many mortals only to discard them later. She lived with her favorite lover for some time and later left him. Her nature symbolizes that wealth doesn't last long. There were frequent wars and natural calamities in ancient times. So, the goddess of paddy is described as very inconstant in favouring to the mankind.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=KYLpvaKJIMEC&pg=PA334&dq=phou-oibi+waron+lady+paddy+plenty+rice+goddess+fickle&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiqwsXUtJD1AhXV6XMBHQaUAcIQ6AF6BAgJEAM#v=onepage&q=phou-oibi%20waron%20lady%20paddy%20plenty%20rice%20goddess%20fickle&f=false|title=Medieval Indian Literature: Surveys and selections|last=Paniker|first=K. Ayyappa|date=1997|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-0365-5|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=c276DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT137&dq=phouoibi&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjhq9ulwq_uAhU28HMBHVhDCoIQ6AEwAnoECAEQAg#v=onepage&q=phouoibi&f=false|title=The Cultural Heritage of Manipur|last=Meitei|first=Sanjenbam Yaiphaba|last2=Chaudhuri|first2=Sarit K.|last3=Arunkumar|first3=M. C.|date=2020-11-25|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-000-29637-2|language=en}}</ref> | ||