Lairembi (/ˈlaɪræmbi/; Old Manipuri: Lailempi) or Lairemma (/ˈlaɪræmmə/; Old Manipuri: Lailemma), is the Meitei word for 'goddess' or 'female deity',[1][2] the male form is "Lairemba". It is a female term for a deity in Sanamahism (Meitei religion).[1][2][3]
The idea and reverence for the goddesses appears in the Puya (Meitei texts).
See the main article: Imoinu |
Imoinu is the Meitei goddess of wealth, prosperity, hearth fire and family. She lives either in the kitchen or the Sanamahi Kachin.[4][5]
See the main article: Leimarel Sidabi |
Leimarel Sidabi is the highest female divinity in Meitei religion. She is the highest mother earth goddess as well as the wife of Atingkok, the supreme creator god.[6][7][8]
See the main article: Nongthang Leima |
Nongthang Leima (Meitei: ꯅꯣꯡꯊꯥꯡ ꯂꯩꯃ) is the goddess of using sex and beauty, thunder and lightning.[9][10][11][12] Created by Atingkok (or Salailen) to attract Haraba (Pakhangba),[11][13][14] she is the mistress of thunder and lightning in the chaos in the early world. She is also the predictor of the first rain.[15] She is known for limiting the chaos and permitting the creation.[16]
See the main article: Panthoibi |
Panthoibi is the Meitei goddess of war, love and fertility. She is the mother goddess in Sanamahism (Meitei religion) and she has many faces.[17][18]
See the main article: Phouoibi |
Phouoibi (Phouoipi) or 'Phouleima (Phoureima) is the goddess of the agriculture, crops, fertility, grains, harvest, paddy, rice and wealth.[19][20][21][22] She fell in love with Akongjamba[23] but fate doesn't permit her love to be fulfilled. So, Phouoibi and Akongjamba took rebirth.[20][22]
See the main article: Yumjao Leima |
Yumjao Leima (Old Manipuri: Yumchao Leima) or Yumjao Lairembi (Old Manipuri: Yumchao Lailempi) or Yumjao Lairemma (Old Manipuri: Yumchao Lailemma) is the mother goddess of house, household, royalty, rule and power.[24][25][26][27] Being the all time ruling Queen Mother,[28] she assumes a human form in white clothes and blesses kings.[29]