Sidaba Mapu

Short description: Meitei God

"Sidaba Mapu"[1] (Meitei: ꯁꯤꯗꯕ ꯃꯄꯨ) (literally,"Immortal God"[2]) or Salailel[3] (Meitei: ꯁꯂꯥꯢꯂꯦꯜ) is the Supreme God, Creator of the universe and the Sky God in Meitei mythology and religion.[4] 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).[5]

Sidaba Mapu
ꯁꯤꯗꯕ ꯃꯄꯨ

Supreme God, Creator of Universe, Sky God and King of the Gods

Member of Meitei Guardians of the Directions
Other names| Atingkok Maru Sidaba,[6] Atiya Kuru Sidaba (Atiya Guru Sidaba),[7][8] Epuroi (Epuloi) Salailen Sidaba (Salailel Sidaba),[9] Yaibirel Sidaba (Yaipilel Sitapa)[10]
Meitei| ꯁꯤꯗꯕ ꯃꯄꯨ
Affiliation| Meitei mythology and Sanamahism
Abode| Heaven
Mantra| Hayum Sidaba! Salailen Sidaba! ꯍꯌꯨꯝ ꯁꯤꯗꯕ! ꯁꯂꯥꯢꯂꯦꯟ ꯁꯤꯗꯕ
Weapon| Thunderbolt,
Leisem Cheibi Chei (ꯂꯩꯁꯦꯝ ꯆꯩꯕꯤ ꯆꯩ)
Texts|

* Malem Leishemlol PuYa,
* Malem Chakkhong PuYa,
* Leithak Leikharol

Gender| Male
Ethnic group| Meitei ethnicity
Festivals| Lai Haraoba
Personal information
Consort| Leimarel Sidabi and Tampha Lairembi
Children|

* Lainingthou Sanamahi
* Pakhangba
* Nongshaba
* Nongthang Leima
* Emoinu
* Irai Leima
* many others

Equivalents
Greek equivalent| Zeus
Roman equivalent| Jupiter
Norse equivalent| Odin, Thor
Hinduism equivalent| Vishnu, Indra

## See also

* Sanamahi creation myth
* Meitei deities
* Lists of Creatures in Meitei Folklore

## References

1. ↑ Ray, Sohini (2009). "Writing the Body: Cosmology, Orthography, and Fragments of Modernity in Northeastern India". Anthropological Quarterly 82 (1): 141. ISSN 0003-5491. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25488260.
2. ↑ 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. pp. 9. ISBN 978-93-84318-00-0. OCLC 906016706. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/906016706.
3. ↑ Madhab Chandra Goswami,Eastern Himalayas:A Study on Anthropology and Tribalism (1980), p. 72
4. ↑ 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. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38258174.
5. ↑ Moirangthem Kirti Singh,Recent Researches in Oriental Indological Studies Including Meiteilogy (1998), p. 59 "The typical Manipuri account of creation is set forth in Leithak Leikharol and most of the lores of rituals and physicians"
6. ↑ Vijaylakshmi Brara, N. (1998). Politics, Society, and Cosmology in India's North East. ISBN 978-0-19-564331-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=NkMwAQAAIAAJ&q=atingkok+Sidaba.
7. ↑ "The Manipuri Lais". http://manipuri.itgo.com/the_lais.html#mapu.
8. ↑ "Atiya Guru Sidaba in India". https://www.india9.com/i9show/Atiya-Guru-Sidaba-65666.htm.
9. ↑ Goswami, Madhab Chandra (1980). Eastern Himalayas: A Study on Anthropology and Tribalism. ISBN 9780896842625. https://books.google.com/books?id=_HmwAAAAIAAJ&q=salailel+Sidaba.
10. ↑ Dalal, Roshen (2010). The Religions of India: A Concise Guide to Nine Major Faiths. ISBN 9780143415176. https://books.google.com/books?id=pNmfdAKFpkQC&q=yaibirel+Sidaba&pg=PA237.

## External links

* History of Manipur
* TRIBAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE

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