Omnipresent Supreme Knowledge-Mother
Kirati · deity · primordial / before creation · Recorded classification
Kirati high god of the Limbu (Yakthung) branch. 'Tagera' = omnipresent, 'ningwa' = mind/knowledge, 'phu' = earliest/foremost, '-ma' = feminine/motherhood suffix, giving roughly 'Omnipresent Supreme Knowledge-Mother'; sometimes rendered 'Supreme Body of Knowledge'. Classed as deity (a supreme creatress). The supreme principle is impersonal/abstract but is personified on earth as the dyad Yuma Sammang and Theba Sammang.
Domains
- creation
- supreme knowledge
Powers
- create the universe and all beings
- take earthly form as the grandmother-goddess
Epithets
- Tagera Ningwaphuma The supreme, all-knowing being; the source from whom Yuma proceeds (Limbu)Limbu (Kirati) Mundhum tradition (secondary)
Sources
- Tagera Ningwaphuma is the supreme primordial creator of the Limbu (Yakthung) Yumaism tradition, an almighty goddess whose name means roughly 'omnipresent supreme motherly mind of antiquity'.: 'Kirati people', Wikipedia, accessed June 2026 (encyclopedia); 'Kirat Mundhum', Wikipedia, accessed June 2026 (encyclopedia)
- Yumaism is henotheistic/kathenotheistic: a single almighty goddess who nonetheless created and recognises other gods as her manifestations; no idol worship.: 'Kirati people', Wikipedia, accessed June 2026 (encyclopedia)