Salailen
Manipuri · deity · primordial · deity
Supreme sky-father deity of the Meitei tradition (Sanamahism). Multiple parallel theological titles across the puya corpus: Salailen / Soraren in the older puya tradition; Atingkok Maru Sidaba (the Atingkok primordial-void title) in the cosmological tradition; Tengbanba Mapu in the Leithak Leikhalon Puya philosophical theology. The same supreme-creator-figure under different titles. Father of the major Meitei pantheon (Sanamahi, Pakhangba) and, under the Mongán-pattern medieval-literary divine-paternity tradition, father of the Moirang king Chothe Thangwai Pakhangba by Queen Thamoilembi.
Children
Domains
- supreme sky father and source of creation
- thunder and lightning as divine manifestation
Powers
- Names and blesses the firstborn god
- Smites evil spirits with a thunderbolt
Epithets
- Atiya Sidaba
- Atingkok Maru Sidaba
- Tengbanba Mapu
- Soraren
Relations
- father of: Chothe Thangwai Pakhangba
- spouse: Leimarel Sidabi