Maibi

{{Short description|Priestess in Sanamahism}}

Maibi are the priestesses of Manipur Kingdom commonly known for performing religious rites. They are considered as shamans as well as midwives.{{Cite book|last=General|first=India Office of the Registrar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6QkdAQAAMAAJ|title=Census of India, 1961|date=1966|publisher=Manager of Publications|language=en}} They possess various skills of religious activities and ancient medicinal knowledge.{{Cite journal|last1=Phurailatpam|first1=A. K.|last2=Singh|first2=S. R.|last3=Nongthombam|first3=R.|date=2015|title=Conservation of medicinally important plants by the indigenous people of Manipur (Meiteis) by incorporating them with religion and nature worship|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24905686|journal=Current Science|volume=109|issue=1|pages=25–30|jstor=24905686|issn=0011-3891}}{{Cite journal|last=Shakespear|first=J.|date=1910|title=Notes on the Iron Workers of Manipur and the Annual Festival in Honour of Their Special Deity Khumlangba.|url=https://zenodo.org/record/2261253/files/article.pdf|journal=The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland|volume=40|pages=349–359|doi=10.2307/2843263|jstor=2843263|issn=0307-3114}}{{Cite journal|last1=Bhattacharjee|first1=J.B.|last2=Bhattacharya|first2=J.B.|title='Loiyamba Shinyen': A Landmark in Meitei State Formation in Medieval Manipur|date=2003|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44145476|journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress|volume=64|pages=362–368|jstor=44145476|issn=2249-1937}}

The male counterpart is a Maiba.