Login
Login

Atingkok

{{Contains special characters|Meitei}}{{Further|Names of the Supreme God in Meitei religion}}

{{Infobox deity|name=Atingkok|type=Meitei|god_of=Supreme Creator God
King of the Heaven and God of the Sky|member_of=Primordial deities|image=Meetei_Mayek_digit_one.svg|caption="Atingkok" is represented by the Meitei numerical letter "꯱" ("Ama", meaning "One"). |other_names=Names of the Supreme God in Meitei religion|script_name=Meitei|script=ꯑꯇꯤꯡꯀꯣꯛ|affiliation=Meitei religion (Sanamahism)|abode=Everywhere|weapons=Thunderbolt, spear, polo stick|texts=Wakoklon Heelel Thilel Salai Amailon Pukok Puya, Khongjomnubi Nongarol, Konthoujam Nongarol, Leisemlon, Leithak Leikharol, Sakok Lamlen, Tutenglon|gender=Male|region=Ancient Manipur|ethnic_group=Meitei ethnicity|festivals=Lai Haraoba|consorts=Leimarel Sidabi, Konthoujam Tampha Lairembi|children=

"Atingkok" ({{langx|mni|ꯑꯇꯤꯡꯀꯣꯛ}}) (literally, "father void"{{cite book| title = Traditional Customs and Rituals of Northeast India: Arunachal Pradesh, meghalaya, Manipur, Assam| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=9jtuAAAAMAAJ| year = 2002| publisher = Vivekananda Kendra Institute of Culture| isbn = }}) is the Supreme Creator God of the universe in Meitei mythology and religion.{{cite book| last = Parratt| first = Saroj Nalini| title = The Pleasing of the Gods: Meitei Lai Haraoba| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=COCBAAAAMAAJ| year = 1997| publisher = Vikas Publishing House| isbn = 978-81-259-0416-8 }}{{cite book| last = Brara| first = N. Vijaylakshmi| title = Politics, Society, and Cosmology in India's North East| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=NkMwAQAAIAAJ| year = 1998| publisher = Oxford University Press| isbn = 978-0-19-564331-2 }}{{cite book| author = Mohd. Anis Md. Nor| title = Dancing Mosaic: Issues on Dance Hybridity| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=135jMeynvZQC| year = 2012| publisher = Cultural Centre, University of Malaya| isbn = 978-967-03-8017-9 }}

He is regarded as the legendary male ancestor of the living beings on the earth.{{cite book| title = International Journal of Dravidian Linguistics: IJDL| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=lntJ3-eOToIC| year = 2011| publisher = Department of Linguistics, University of Kerala| isbn = }}

Names

thumb

{{Distinguish|Meitei deities}}

{{Expand list|date=February 2023}}

In Sanamahism (Meitei religion), Atingkok, the Supreme God is known with 1000 names as mentioned in multiple Meitei scriptures. In Sanamahism, the Supreme God, himself, is the Creator of the Universe as well as the King of the Heaven. He is also the God of the Sky. He is the one who controls weather, rain, thunder and lightning.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kbu_AwAAQBAJ&dq=sidaba+mapu&pg=PA9 | title=The Endless Kabaw Valley: British Created Visious Cycle of Manipur, Burma and India | isbn=9789384318000 | last1=Suresh Singh | first1=Dr Th | date=2 June 2014 | publisher=Quills Ink }}

class="wikitable"

!English Translations

!Classical Meitei

!Transliteration (including different spellings)

"The Round Hemisphere"{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lnswAQAAIAAJ&q=kuru+Sidaba | title=South Asia's Fractured Frontier: Armed Conflict, Narcotics and Small Arms Proliferation in India's North East | isbn=9788170998631 | last1=Nepram | first1=Binalakshmi | year=2002 | publisher=Mittal }} or "The Endless Sky" or "The Eternal one"{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pNmfdAKFpkQC&dq=kuru+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 }}

!ꯀꯨꯂꯨ (ꯀꯨꯔꯨ)

!Kulu (Kuru)

"The Supreme Breeder"{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_HmwAAAAIAAJ&q=salailel | title=Eastern Himalayas: A Study on Anthropology and Tribalism | isbn=9780896842625 | last1=Goswami | first1=Madhab Chandra | year=1980 }}

!ꯁꯂꯥꯢꯂꯦꯟ/ꯁꯂꯥꯏꯂꯦꯟ (ꯁꯂꯥꯢꯂꯦꯜ/ꯁꯂꯥꯏꯂꯦꯜ, ꯁꯂꯥꯢꯔꯦꯟ/ꯁꯂꯥꯏꯔꯦꯟ, ꯁꯂꯥꯢꯔꯦꯜ/ꯁꯂꯥꯏꯔꯦꯜ)

!Salailen (Salailel, Salairen or Salairel)

"Immortal Master" or "Eternal God" or "Immortal God"{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FkyAAAAAMAAJ&q=sidaba+mapu | title=Anthropology for North-East India, a Reader: Indian Anthropological Congress Commemorative Volume | last1=Basu | first1=Arabinda | last2=Gupta | first2=Biman Kumar Das | last3=Sarkar | first3=Jayanta | year=2004 }}{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LVpuAAAAMAAJ&q=sidaba+mapu | title=Recent Researches in Oriental Indological Studies: Including Meiteilogy | last1=Singh | first1=Moirangthem Kirti | year=1998 }}

!ꯁꯤꯇꯄ ꯃꯄꯨ (ꯁꯤꯗꯕ ꯃꯄꯨ)

!Sitapa Mapu (Sidaba Mapu)

"King of the Gods"{{cite web | url=http://manipuri.itgo.com/the_lais.html#mapu | title=The Manipuri Lais }}

!ꯁꯣꯔꯥꯔꯦꯟ/ꯁꯣꯔꯥꯔꯦꯜ

!Soraren/Sorarel

"King of the Gods"

!ꯂꯥꯢ ꯅꯤꯡꯊꯧ (ꯂꯥꯏ ꯅꯤꯡꯊꯧ)

!Lai Ningthou

"High God"

!ꯂꯥꯢ ꯑꯋꯥꯡꯄ/ꯂꯥꯏ ꯑꯋꯥꯡꯕ

!Lai Awangpa/Lai Awangba

"King of the Sky" or "King of the Rains"

!ꯅꯣꯡ ꯅꯤꯡꯊꯧ

!Nong Ningthou

"King of the Gods"

!ꯆꯤꯉꯨ ꯅꯤꯡꯊꯧ

!Chingu Ningthou/Chi-ngoo Ningthou

"Divine King with flawless aim"

!ꯆꯤꯉꯨ ꯅꯤꯡꯊꯧ ꯄꯥꯟꯆꯨꯝꯄ (ꯆꯤꯉꯨ ꯅꯤꯡꯊꯧ ꯄꯥꯟꯖꯨꯝꯕ)

!Chingu Ningthou/Chi-ngoo Ningthou Paanchumpa (Paanjumba)

"Master of the Universe"{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NkMwAQAAIAAJ&q=taibang+mapu | 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 }}

!ꯇꯥꯏꯄꯪ ꯃꯄꯨ/ꯇꯥꯢꯄꯪ ꯃꯄꯨ (ꯇꯥꯏꯕꯪ ꯃꯄꯨ/ꯇꯥꯢꯕꯪ ꯃꯄꯨ)

!Taipang Mapu (Taibang Mapu)

"Master of the Universe"

!ꯇꯦꯡꯄꯥꯟꯄ ꯃꯄꯨ (ꯇꯦꯡꯕꯥꯟꯕ ꯃꯄꯨ)

!Tengpanpa Mapu (Tengbanba Mapu)

"King of Thunder and Lightning"

!ꯈꯥꯛꯄ ꯅꯤꯡꯊꯧ

!Khaakpa Ningthou/Khakpa Ningthou

"King of the Gods"

!ꯈꯣꯌꯨꯝ ꯅꯤꯡꯊꯧ

!Khoyum Ningthou

"The Supreme Soul"{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pNmfdAKFpkQC&dq=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 }}

!ꯌꯥꯢꯄꯤꯂꯦꯜ/ꯌꯥꯏꯄꯤꯂꯦꯜ (ꯌꯥꯢꯄꯤꯂꯦꯟ/ꯌꯥꯏꯄꯤꯂꯦꯟ, ꯌꯥꯢꯄꯤꯔꯦꯜ/ꯌꯥꯏꯄꯤꯔꯦꯜ, ꯌꯥꯢꯄꯤꯔꯦꯟ/ꯌꯥꯏꯄꯤꯔꯦꯟ)

!Yaipilel (Yaipilen, Yaipirel, Yaipiren)

"The Supreme Soul"

!ꯌꯥꯢꯕꯤꯂꯦꯜ/ꯌꯥꯏꯕꯤꯂꯦꯜ (ꯌꯥꯢꯕꯤꯂꯦꯟ/ꯌꯥꯏꯕꯤꯂꯦꯟ, ꯌꯥꯢꯕꯤꯔꯦꯜ/ꯌꯥꯏꯕꯤꯔꯦꯜ, ꯌꯥꯢꯕꯤꯔꯦꯟ/ꯌꯥꯏꯕꯤꯔꯦꯟ)

!Yaibilel (Yaibilen, Yaibirel, Yaibiren)

"Supreme Grandfather"

!ꯏꯄꯨꯂꯣꯢ/ꯏꯄꯨꯂꯣꯏ (ꯏꯄꯨꯔꯣꯢ/ꯏꯄꯨꯔꯣꯏ)

!Eepuloi (Eepuroi)

!ꯑꯆꯤꯄ/ꯑꯆꯤꯕ

!Achipa/Achiba

!ꯑꯇꯤꯛꯉꯥ

!Atik-ngaa

"The Void" or "An empty space"{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9jtuAAAAMAAJ&q=atingkok | title=Traditional Customs and Rituals of Northeast India: Arunachal Pradesh, meghalaya, Manipur, Assam | year=2002 }}

!ꯑꯇꯤꯡꯀꯣꯛ

!Atingkok

"The Sky"{{cite web | url=https://www.india9.com/i9show/Atiya-Guru-Sidaba-65666.htm | title=Atiya Guru Sidaba in India }}

!ꯑꯇꯤꯌꯥ

!Atiya

"High"

!ꯑꯋꯥꯡꯄ/ꯑꯋꯥꯡꯕ

!Awangpa/Awangba

"Eastern Handsome Man" or "Highland Handsome Man"

!ꯑꯋꯥꯡ ꯄꯥꯈꯪ ꯌꯣꯏꯂꯦꯜꯄ (ꯌꯣꯏꯔꯦꯜꯄ)

!Awang Pakhang Yoilelpa (Yoirelpa)

See also

References

{{Reflist}}

Further reading

  • {{cite book| last = Lightfoot| first = Louise| title = Dance-rituals of Manipur, India: An Introduction to "Meitei Jagoi"| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=BDMYAAAAIAAJ| year = 1958| publisher = Ministry of Scientific Research and Cultural Affairs| isbn = 978-1-01-374640-6 }}
  • {{cite book| author = North East India History Association. Session| title = Proceedings of North East India History Association| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ljZuAAAAMAAJ| year = 1995| publisher = The Association| isbn = }}

Other websites

{{Commons}}

{{Wiktionary|Atingkok}}

Category:Meitei culture

Category:Meitei folklore

Category:Meitei mythology

Category:Manipur

Category:Kings in Meitei mythology

Category:Meitei gods

Category:Sanamahism