Core Glossary

08 Core Glossary — Philippians — English → Manipuri

Notes on Use

[BASELINE REUSE] entries carry the EXACT rendering already fixed in the Romans translation_memory.json. These are non-negotiable per the hard rule governing this package; do not modify, paraphrase, or re-derive.
[NEW] entries are proposed for this Philippians curriculum. Provisional renderings follow the same descriptive-compound methodology the baseline itself uses. Any [NEW] term marked “Critical” or “High” requires human theologian confirmation before Phase 2 deployment; native-speaker confirmation is recommended for all [NEW] terms regardless of risk tier, since none currently has an attested printed-Bible precedent verified against a current Manipuri Bible edition.
Doctrine risk tiers follow the baseline’s risk_definitions: Critical (human theologian review, every occurrence) / High (human theologian review) / Medium (native speaker review recommended) / Low (automated review sufficient).
Chapter reference column cites every chapter in which the term is load-bearing (1–4).

#	English Term	Greek / Transliteration	Manipuri Rendering	Transliteration	Doctrine Risk	Doctrine Category	Baseline Status	Chapters	Key Notes
1	gospel	εὐαγγέλιον / euangelion	নুংঙাইবগী পাউ	nungngaibagi pao	High	Gospel	[BASELINE REUSE]	1, 4	Exact reuse from Romans TM.
2	grace	χάρις / charis	মথৌ তাদনা পীবা তেংবাং	mathou tadana piba tengbang	Critical	Grace	[BASELINE REUSE]	1, 2	Apply to Phil 1:29’s “granted… to suffer” (ἐχαρίσθη) — reinforce grace-not-merit even for suffering.
3	faith	πίστις / pistis	থাজবা	thajaba	High	Faith	[BASELINE REUSE]	1, 3	Object of faith = Christ (3:9); never ভক্তি.
4	righteousness	δικαιοσύνη / dikaiosynē	অচুম্বা চৎনবিরাক	achumba chatnabirak	Critical	Righteousness by Faith vs. Law	[BASELINE REUSE]	3	3:9’s law-vs-faith contrast directly parallels Romans 3–4; never ধর্ম.
5	law	νόμος / nomos	য়াথাং	yathang	Medium	Righteousness by Faith vs. Law	[BASELINE REUSE]	3	Mosaic Law; never ধর্ম.
6	salvation	σωτηρία / sōtēria	অহানবা	ahanba	Critical	Salvation	[BASELINE REUSE]	1, 2	2:12’s “work out your salvation” is high-risk for a works-merit misreading; must pair with grace note.
7	savior	σωτήρ / sōtēr	অহানবিবা	ahanbiba	Critical	Salvation / Citizenship in Heaven	[NEW]	3	Agentive form of অহানবা. Distinguish from Vishnu’s cosmic-preserver role; personal, returning Savior (3:20).
8	lord	κύριος / kyrios	মপু ইবুংগো	Mapu Ibungo	Critical	Lordship of Christ	[BASELINE REUSE]	2	2:11’s confession must match Romans 10:9 verbatim in doctrinal weight; never ঠাকুর.
9	god	θεός / theos	তেংবাং মপু	Tengban Mapu	Critical	Deity of Christ / Incarnation	[BASELINE REUSE]	2	Never ঠাকুর or সানামাহি.
10	jesus	Ἰησοῦς / Iēsous	জিসু	Jisu	Critical	Lordship of Christ	[BASELINE REUSE]	2
11	christ	Χριστός / Christos	ক্রিস্তো	Christo	Critical	Messianic Promise	[BASELINE REUSE]	1, 2, 3
12	holy spirit	πνεῦμα ἅγιον / pneuma hagion	থাওয়াই অসেংবা	Thawai Asengba	Critical	Sanctification	[BASELINE REUSE]	2	Never bare থাওয়াই; 2:1’s κοινωνία πνεύματος requires full form.
13	father (God)	πατήρ / patēr	ইপা	Ipa	Critical	Adoption / Deity of Christ	[BASELINE REUSE]	2, 4	2:11, 4:20.
14	glory	δόξα / doxa	মতিক চাউবা	matik chauba	High	Deity of Christ	[BASELINE REUSE]	2, 3, 4	Avoid Ras Lila-style radiance staging metaphors.
15	peace	εἰρήνη / eirēnē	ইনগবা	ingba	Medium	Contentment in All Circumstances	[BASELINE REUSE]	4	Phil 4:7’s experiential/guarding nuance differs from Romans 5:1’s forensic nuance — teach distinction, do not re-translate term.
16	thanksgiving	εὐχαριστία / eucharistia	থাগৎচরি	thagatchari	Low	Thanksgiving	[BASELINE REUSE]	4
17	fellowship / partnership	κοινωνία / koinōnia	লোইনবা	loinaba	Low–High (context-dependent)	Partnership in the Gospel	[BASELINE REUSE]	1, 2, 3	Base term reused; see compounds below for gospel-partnership and suffering-partnership senses.
18	partnership in the gospel	κοινωνία εἰς τὸ εὐαγγέλιον	নুংঙাইবগী পাউদা লোইনবা	nungngaibagi paoda loinaba	High	Partnership in the Gospel	[NEW compound on BASELINE roots]	1, 4	Use identically at 1:5 and 4:15.
19	fellowship of his sufferings	κοινωνία παθημάτων αὐτοῦ	মহাক্কী ওৎপগী লোইনবা	mahakki otpagi loinaba	High	Joy in Suffering / Partnership	[NEW compound on BASELINE root]	3	Links suffering and partnership doctrines.
20	resurrection	ἀνάστασις / anastasis	সিবদগী হিংজত-লকপা	sibadagi hingjat-lakpa	Critical	Resurrection	[BASELINE REUSE]	3	3:11, 3:21; never পুনর্জন্ম.
21	calling / the upward call	κλῆσις / klēsis	কৌবগী থৌদাং	koubagi thoudang	High	Divine Calling / Pressing on Toward the Goal	[BASELINE REUSE]	3	3:14’s “upward call”: মথাক্তগী কৌবগী থৌদাং.
22	kingdom of God	βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ	তেংবাং মপুগী লৈপাক	Tengban Mapugi leipak	Medium	Citizenship in Heaven	[BASELINE REUSE]	1, 3	Root for the new “citizenship” compound below; distinguish from historic Meitei kingship.
23	citizenship (in heaven)	πολίτευμα / politeuma	স্বর্গগী লৈপাক্কী মীওই ওইবা	swargagi leipakki miwoi oiba	Critical	Citizenship in Heaven	[NEW]	3 (root verb also 1:27)	MANDATORY theologian review. Must not be heard as commentary on present-day Manipur inter-community land/citizenship disputes, nor as replacing earthly ethnic/national identity; contrast with Pakhangba-descent royal citizenship concept.
24	conduct yourselves as citizens	πολιτεύεσθε / politeuesthe	তেংবাং মপুগী লৈপাক্কী মীওই ওইনা হিংবা	Tengban Mapugi leipakki miwoi oina hingba	High	Citizenship in Heaven	[NEW]	1	Verb form of #23; share root.
25	encouragement / appeal	παράκλησις / paraklēsis	ৱাফম পীবা	wafam piba	Medium	Unity and Humility	[NEW]	2	Provisional; confirm with native speaker.
26	love (agapē)	ἀγάπη / agapē	নুংশিবা	nungshiba	High	Unity and Humility	[NEW]	2	Distinguish explicitly from Ras Lila’s Krishna-Radha romantic-devotional love imagery; this is self-giving, not erotic, love.
27	of one accord / like-minded	σύμψυχος, ἰσόψυχος / sympsychos, isopsychos	পুক্নিং অমা ওইবা	pukning ama oiba	Medium	Unity and Humility	[NEW]	2	Shared root across 2:2 and 2:20; base word পুক্নিং (heart/mind).
28	mindset / to think, be minded	φρονέω / phroneō	ৱাখল অমা ওইনা থাবা	wakhal ama oina thaba	High	Unity and Humility / Incarnation	[NEW]	2	CRITICAL that the identical rendering link 2:2 (church command) and 2:5 (Christ’s own mindset) — the hymn’s logical hinge.
29	selfish ambition / rivalry	ἐριθεία / eritheia	নিজমসকতগী থৌনা	nijamasaktagi thouna	Medium	Unity and Humility	[NEW]	2
30	empty conceit / vainglory	κενοδοξία / kenodoxia	ৱাংথৌগী চাউথোকপা	wangthougi chauthokpa	High	Unity and Humility / Incarnation	[NEW]	2	Contrast (do not conflate root) with ἐκένωσεν, v.7; teach the Greek wordplay explicitly since Manipuri roots differ.
31	humility / lowliness of mind	ταπεινοφροσύνη / tapeinophrosynē	নিং তম্বা	ning tamba	Critical	Unity and Humility / Incarnation (Kenosis)	[NEW]	2	Doctrinal keyword; must share root with #33 (Christ’s self-humbling, v.8). No ready equivalent in bhakti dāsya-bhāva (a devotee’s posture toward a superior, not a superior’s posture toward inferiors) — teach the reversal explicitly.
32	form of God	μορφή θεοῦ / morphē theou	তেংবাং মপুগী মশক	Tengban Mapugi mashak	Critical	Incarnation (Kenosis) / Deity of Christ	[NEW]	2	Distinguish sharply from Vaishnava viśvarūpa (temporary revealed cosmic form) and avatar theology generally; this names ETERNAL essential nature.
33	equal with God	ἴσα θεῷ / isa theō	তেংবাং মপুগা মান্না ওইবা	Tengban Mapuga manna oiba	Critical	Deity of Christ	[NEW]	2	Full ontological equality; never soften to “like/similar to.”
34	a thing to be grasped/exploited	ἁρπαγμόν / harpagmon	লৌথোকপা য়াবা পোৎ	loutokpa yaba pot	High	Incarnation (Kenosis)	[NEW]	2	No ready parallel concept in either regional tradition; teach explicitly.
35	emptied himself (kenosis)	ἐκένωσεν / ekenōsen	নিজমসক ৱাংথোকপা	nijamasak wangthokpa	Critical	Incarnation and Self-Emptying of Christ (Kenosis)	[NEW]	2	The single highest-stakes term in this curriculum. MANDATORY theologian review at every occurrence. Must be sharply distinguished from Gaudiya Vaishnava līlā theology, in which Krishna’s descent involves no genuine relinquishing of divine power/opulence (often explained via yogamāyā concealment, not limitation). Kenosis is a real, historical, once-for-all self-limitation, not a divine play that leaves omnipotence intact and undiminished.
36	form of a servant/slave	μορφὴν δούλου / morphēn doulou	দাসগী মশক	dasgi mashak	Critical	Incarnation (Kenosis)	[NEW]	1 (as δοῦλος, self-designation), 2	Twofold risk: (1) দাস is also the standard Gaudiya Vaishnava devotee-identity suffix (“servant of Krishna”), risking a reversed reading (devotee serving God, rather than God becoming servant); (2) same root MUST be used for δοῦλος in 1:1 (Paul/Timothy) to preserve Paul’s deliberate self-comparison to Christ. Alternative gloss: থবক তৌবগী মশক.
37	likeness of men	ὁμοιώματι ἀνθρώπων / homoiōmati anthrōpōn	মীওইগী মান্নবা	miwoigi mannaba	High	Incarnation / Humanity of Christ	[NEW]	2	Cross-reference fixed baseline মীওইগী মহৈ লৌবা (incarnation); same historical event.
38	outward human appearance	σχήματι / schēmati	মীওই ওইনা উবা	miwoi oina uba	High	Humanity of Christ	[NEW]	2, 3 (root recurs in 3:21 μετασχηματίσει)	Guards against docetism; real, not illusory, humanity.
39	he humbled himself	ἐταπείνωσεν ἑαυτόν / etapeinōsen heauton	নিজমসক তম্বা ওইহনবা	nijamasak tamba oihanba	Critical	Incarnation (Kenosis) / Unity and Humility	[NEW]	2	Must share root with #31 (ταπεινοφροσύνη). Morphologically parallels baseline’s অচুম্বা ওইহনবা (justification) causative pattern.
40	obedient (of Christ)	ὑπήκοος / hypēkoos	ইনবা	inaba	High	Incarnation (Kenosis)	[NEW]	2	Shares root with baseline’s থাজবগী ইনবা (obedience of faith) — here Christ’s own active obedience, not the believer’s faith-response; do not conflate in teaching.
41	death of/on a cross	θανάτου σταυροῦ / thanatou staurou	ক্রুসদা সিবা	krusada siba	High	Incarnation (Kenosis)	[NEW]	2	Preserve the shameful/criminal/slave connotation of crucifixion; do not soften into generic “sacrifice.”
42	highly exalted	ὑπερύψωσεν / hyperypsōsen	য়াম্না মথাংদা ৱাংহনবা	yamna mathangda wanghanba	High	Incarnation / Deity of Christ	[NEW]	2	Pair explicitly with humbling (#39) to teach the full humiliation-exaltation reversal pattern.
43	the name above every name	ὄνομα τὸ ὑπὲρ πᾶν ὄνομα	মিং পুম্নমক্কী মথক্তা লৈবা মিং	ming pumnamakki mathakta leiba ming	Critical	Lordship of Christ / Deity of Christ	[NEW]	2	Identify explicitly as মপু ইবুংগো (Lord); must not read as one name added among many divine names in the Umang Lai pantheon or Krishna’s many devotional names/forms.
44	bow the knee	κάμψῃ γόνυ / kampsē gony	খুরু কুন্সিন্নবা	khuru kunsinnaba	High	Lordship of Christ	[NEW]	2
45	heavenly, earthly, under the earth	ἐπουρανίων, ἐπιγείων, καταχθονίων	স্বর্গগী, তলবগী, অমসুং লৈমাইগী মখাদা লৈবা পুম্নমক	swargagi, talbagi, amasung leimaigi makhada leiba pumnamak	High	Lordship of Christ	[NEW]	2	Teach as encompassing (not excluding) the Umang Lai spirit-realm and Vaishnava cosmological lokas — supreme over all, not one authority among several.
46	confess (openly)	ἐξομολογήσηται / exomologēsētai	ফোংদোকপা	phongdokpa	High	Lordship of Christ	[NEW, root shared with BASELINE prophet/prophecy terms]	2	Confirm no ambiguity with prophecy sense before deployment; substitute ফোংনা হায়বা if testing shows collision.
47	”Jesus Christ is Lord” (confession)	Κύριος Ἰησοῦς Χριστός	ক্রিস্তো জিসু মপু ইবুংগো নি	Christo Jisu Mapu Ibungo ni	Critical	Lordship of Christ	[BASELINE REUSE — lord term]	2	Must match Romans 10:9’s doctrinal weight verbatim; add Phil 2:11 to the Romans escalation-for-theologian-review list.
48	overseer / bishop	ἐπίσκοπος / episkopos	চেক্শিন্নরিবা মী	chekshinnariba mi	Medium	Church Leadership	[NEW]	1	Distinguish from Sanamahi village-elder oversight and Vaishnava temple-management offices.
49	deacon / minister	διάκονος / diakonos	থবক তৌবিরিবা	thabak toubariba	Medium	Church Leadership	[NEW]	1	Functional office, distinct from δοῦλος (#36), a status word.
50	servant/slave (self-designation)	δοῦλος / doulos	দাসগী মশক / থবক তৌবগী মশক (as identity: দাস)	dasgi mashak / thabak toubagi mashak	Critical	Incarnation (Kenosis)	[NEW]	1, 2	Same word/root as #36; Paul’s 1:1 self-designation deliberately echoes Christ’s 2:7 self-emptying — MUST render identically.
51	joy / rejoice	χαρά, χαίρω / chara, chairō	নুংঙাইবা (noun/adj.)	nungngaiba	Critical	Joy in Suffering and Imprisonment	[NEW, root shared with BASELINE gospel term]	1, 2, 3, 4	Natural verb হরাওবা (harauba) shares its root with লাই হরাওবা (Lai Haraoba), the Sanamahi festival name — if used, must be explicitly distinguished from festival merrymaking honoring the Umang Lai. 4:4’s “Rejoice in the Lord always” is the letter’s summary command and highest-visibility instance.
52	chains / imprisonment	δεσμά / desma	ফাগৎলবা	phagatlaba	Medium	Joy in Suffering and Imprisonment	[NEW]	1
53	suffer / suffering	πάσχειν / paschein	ওৎপা	otpa	High	Joy in Suffering and Imprisonment	[NEW]	1, 3	1:29’s “granted to suffer” should use the fixed baseline grace term to reinforce suffering-as-gift, not devotional merit.
54	work out [your] salvation	σωτηρίαν κατεργάζεσθε	নিংথীনা লৈরিবা অহানবা মপুং ফাহনবা	ningthina leiriba ahanba mapung phahanba	Critical	Salvation	[NEW compound on BASELINE root]	2	MANDATORY pairing with 2:13’s “God who works in you” in the same teaching unit, to forestall a works-merit misreading.
55	fear and trembling	φόβου καὶ τρόμου	কীবা অমসুং নীংথিজবা	kiba amasung ningthijaba	Low	—	[NEW]	2
56	grumbling and disputing	γογγυσμῶν καὶ διαλογισμῶν	ৱারী ৱারান্না অমসুং ঈশাগী ৱারী	wari warana amasung ishagi wari	Low	Unity and Humility	[NEW]	2
57	poured out (libation) / sacrifice and service	σπένδομαι / θυσία καὶ λειτουργία	থাদোকপা এরাংবা / থাগবা অমসুং সেবাগী থবক	thadokpa erangba / thagaba amasung sebagi thabak	High	Partnership in the Gospel	[NEW]	2	Sacrificial metaphor risks resonance with both Lai Haraoba offerings and Vaishnava pūjā/seva; teach as metaphor only.
58	like-minded (Timothy)	ἰσόψυχος / isopsychos	পুক্নিং মান্না ওইবা	pukning manna oiba	Low	Unity and Humility	[NEW]	2	Shares root with #27.
59	risked his life	παραβολεύομαι / paraboleuomai	মহাক্কী হিংবা থাদোকপা	mahakki hingba thadokpa	Low	Partnership in the Gospel	[NEW]	2
60	rubbish / dung (former credentials)	σκύβαλα / skybala	অহুম / আরানবা	ahum / aranaba	Medium	Righteousness by Faith vs. Law	[NEW]	3	Preserve deliberate crudeness; do not soften to “loss” (a separate, milder term, ζημία, used earlier in the same passage).
61	conformed (to Christ’s form)	σύμμορφος / symmorphos	মশক মান্না ওইহনবা	mashak manna oihanba	High	Incarnation (Kenosis) / Resurrection	[NEW]	3	Deliberately shares মশক (mashak, “form”) root with #32/#36 in the core passage.
62	press on / pursue	διώκω / diōkō	চেন্নরিবা	chennariba	High	Pressing on Toward the Goal in Christ	[NEW]	3
63	lay hold of / attain	καταλαμβάνω / katalambanō	লৌথোকপা	loutokpa	High	Pressing on Toward the Goal in Christ	[NEW]	3	Note: reused sense also underlies #34 (ἁρπαγμόν root differs in Greek but shares the English “grasp” gloss — do NOT use the same Manipuri word for both without a clarifying note, since the theological valence is opposite: #34 is something Christ refused to grasp, #63 is something Paul strives to attain).
64	prize	βραβεῖον / brabeion	মানা	mana	Medium	Pressing on Toward the Goal in Christ	[NEW]	3
65	goal / mark	σκοπόν / skopon	মচক	machak	Medium	Pressing on Toward the Goal in Christ	[NEW]	3	Shares Greek root with σκοπέω (2:4, #24 below) though not the Manipuri root; note for teaching.
66	look to / consider (others’ interests)	σκοπέω / skopeō	য়েংবা	yengba	Low	Unity and Humility	[NEW]	2
67	transform (resurrection body)	μετασχηματίσει / metaschēmatisei	হোংদোকহনবা	hongdokhanba	High	Resurrection	[NEW, shares σχῆμα root with #38]	3	Cross-reference fixed baseline সিবদগী হিংজত-লকপা (resurrection); never পুনর্জন্ম.
68	contentment / self-sufficiency	αὐτάρκης / autarkēs	পুক্নিং থামজবা	pukning thamjaba	Critical	Contentment in All Circumstances	[NEW]	4	Distinguish from Stoic self-generated contentment, Vaishnava bhakti santoṣa (devotional contentment via seva/surrender), and ৱাইফম (fate)-based resignation; Paul’s contentment is explicitly Christ-empowered (4:13), not self- or fate-derived.
69	gentleness / forbearance	ἐπιεικές / epieikes	ফজবা পুক্নিং	phajaba pukning	Low	Unity and Humility	[NEW]	4
70	fruit / fragrant offering / acceptable sacrifice	καρπός / ὀσμὴ εὐωδίας / θυσία δεκτή	মহই / মনম নুংশিৎলবা / লৌবা য়াবা থাগবা	mahei / manam nungshitlaba / louba yaba thagaba	Medium	Partnership in the Gospel	[NEW]	4	Sacrificial/agricultural metaphor for financial giving; teach as metaphor only, per #57’s caution.

Risk Summary (Philippians-Specific New Terms)

Tier	Count (New terms)	Notes
Critical	11	#7, #23, #28, #31, #32, #33, #35, #36, #39, #43, #47(baseline-linked), #50, #54, #68 — note some overlap with baseline-fixed Critical terms reused unchanged
High	24	Includes all core-passage kenosis-adjacent terms not already Critical
Medium	11
Low	9

Highest-priority theologian-review items for Phase 2: #35 (ἐκένωσεν / kenosis), #36 (μορφὴν δούλου), #32 (μορφή θεοῦ), #23 (πολίτευμα / citizenship in heaven), #51 (χαρά / joy vs. হরাওবা/Lai Haraoba), #68 (αὐτάρκης / contentment), #54 (working out salvation). These recur as the load-bearing terms of the eight curriculum doctrines named in this study and should be reviewed together with analysis/07_semantic_analysis.md before any Phase 2 segment translation begins.

Critical Risk Terms

Grace

Approved rendering: মথৌ তাদনা পীবা তেংবাং
Transliteration: mathou tadana piba tengbang
Doctrine: Grace
Rejected alternatives: কৃপা (bhakti-responsive favor, avoid as primary term), পুণ্য (devotional merit, never use)
Original: χάρις
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Philippians 1:29 extends grace to cover suffering itself as a granted gift (ἐχαρίσθη); this construction must always use this fixed term so suffering-for-Christ reads as unearned gift, not bhakti-style devotional merit accrued through endurance.

Righteousness

Approved rendering: অচুম্বা চৎনবিরাক
Transliteration: achumba chatnabirak
Doctrine: Righteousness by Faith versus the Law
Rejected alternatives: ধর্ম (avoid broad Hindu-derived duty sense)
Original: δικαιοσύνη
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Phil 3:9 directly parallels Romans 3-4’s faith-versus-law contrast; never collapse into ধর্ম.

Salvation

Approved rendering: অহানবা
Transliteration: ahanba
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: মোক্ষ (Vaishnava liberation, never use), লাইনিং (devotional union/absorption, never use)
Original: σωτηρία
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Phil 2:12’s ‘work out your salvation’ is a live risk for a works-merit misreading and must always be paired with 2:13’s ‘God who works in you’ in the same teaching unit.

Lord

Approved rendering: মপু ইবুংগো
Transliteration: Mapu Ibungo
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ঠাকুর (Krishna-specific devotional title, never use)
Original: κύριος
Category: Christology

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. This is the name given to Christ at his exaltation (Phil 2:9-11) and the object of the universal confession; never place Christ inside the existing bhakti-devotional system.

God

Approved rendering: তেংবাং মপু
Transliteration: Tengban Mapu
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ঠাকুর (Krishna-devotional framework, avoid), সানামাহি (Sanamahi household deity, never use as primary term for the biblical God)
Original: θεός
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Ultimate referent of μορφή θεοῦ (Phil 2:6) and recipient of the hymn’s climactic glory (2:11).

Jesus

Approved rendering: জিসু
Transliteration: Jisu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Original: Ἰησοῦς
Category: Christology

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Subject of the Christ Hymn (Phil 2:5-11).

Messiah

Approved rendering: ক্রিস্তো
Transliteration: Christo
Doctrine: Messianic Promise
Original: Χριστός
Category: Christology

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Used throughout Philippians as Christ’s title/name, including the confession ‘Jesus Christ is Lord’ (2:11); never presented as one avatar among Vishnu’s recognized sequence.

Holy Spirit

Approved rendering: থাওয়াই অসেংবা
Transliteration: Thawai Asengba
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: থাওয়াই alone (generic spirit/soul, risks Sanamahi ancestral/Umang Lai associations, never use without অসেংবা), শক্তি (maibi trance-power, never use)
Original: πνεῦμα ἅγιον
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Phil 2:1’s κοινωνία πνεύματος REQUIRES the full form; bare থাওয়াই risks Sanamahi Apokpa/Umang Lai spirit-world association.

Father

Approved rendering: ইপা
Transliteration: Ipa
Doctrine: Adoption into God’s Family / Deity of Christ
Original: πατήρ
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Recipient of glory at the hymn’s close (Phil 2:11) and in the closing doxology (4:20).

Resurrection

Approved rendering: সিবদগী হিংজত-লকপা
Transliteration: sibadagi hingjat-lakpa
Doctrine: Resurrection of Christ
Rejected alternatives: পুনর্জন্ম (rebirth/reincarnation, never use)
Original: ἀνάστασις
Category: Eschatology

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Paul’s hoped-for resurrection (Phil 3:10-11) and the pattern for believers’ final bodily transformation (3:21); never পুনর্জন্ম.

Savior

Approved rendering: অহানবিবা
Transliteration: ahanbiba
Doctrine: Expectation of Christ as Returning Savior
Rejected alternatives: Vishnu’s cosmic-preserver title/function, never use as equivalence
Original: σωτήρ
Category: Salvation

NEW. Agentive form built on the fixed baseline root অহানবা, following the pattern of তবিদগী থাবিরকপা (apostle). Phil 3:20: Christ as personal, historically anchored, returning Savior, distinct from Vishnu’s impersonal sustaining cosmic function in Vaishnava theology.

Citizenship In Heaven

Approved rendering: স্বর্গগী লৈপাক্কী মীওই ওইবা
Transliteration: swargagi leipakki miwoi oiba
Doctrine: Citizenship in Heaven
Rejected alternatives: bare political-citizenship loanword divorced from the kingdom-of-God root, rejected
Original: πολίτευμα
Category: Kingdom

NEW, built on the fixed baseline kingdom-of-God root plus স্বর্গ. MANDATORY theologian review at every occurrence (Phil 3:20): historic Meitei kingship’s Pakhangba-descent subject-of-the-realm concept and contemporary Manipur inter-community land/citizenship politics make this an unusually live, non-neutral word. Must never be taught as commentary on present-day disputes nor as replacing earthly ethnic/national identity.

Humility

Approved rendering: নিং তম্বা
Transliteration: ning tamba
Doctrine: Unity and Humility in the Church / Incarnation and Self-Emptying of Christ (Kenosis)
Rejected alternatives: dāsya-bhāva-style devotee humility toward a superior deity, rejected as a wrong-direction equivalence
Original: ταπεινοφροσύνη
Category: Unity and Humility

NEW. The doctrinal keyword of the Unity and Humility theme (ταπεινοφροσύνη, Phil 2:3), anticipating ἐταπείνωσεν in v.8. MUST share a root with humbled_himself below. No ready equivalent exists in bhakti dāsya-bhāva, which frames self-lowering only as a devotee’s posture toward a superior deity, never a superior’s posture toward inferiors — the reversal Christ models must be taught explicitly.

Form Of God

Approved rendering: তেংবাং মপুগী মশক
Transliteration: Tengban Mapugi mashak
Doctrine: Incarnation and Self-Emptying of Christ (Kenosis) / Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: viśvarūপ / temporary revealed cosmic form (Krishna’s form shown to Arjuna), never equate, avatar theology generally, rejected
Original: μορφὴ θεοῦ
Category: Incarnation

NEW, built on the fixed baseline term তেংবাং মপু. MANDATORY theologian review (Phil 2:6): must be sharply distinguished from Vaishnava viśvarūপ and avatar theology generally, in which a deity assumes visible form for a specific, time-bound purpose. This names Christ’s ETERNAL, essential nature, not a temporary theophany.

Equal With God

Approved rendering: তেংবাং মপুগা মান্না ওইবা
Transliteration: Tengban Mapuga manna oiba
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: softened ‘like God’ or ‘similar to God’, rejected as diluting full ontological equality
Original: ἴσα θεῷ
Category: Christology

NEW, built on the fixed baseline term তেংবাং মপু. Phil 2:6’s ἴσα θεῷ; must never be softened toward merely honorific or exalted-creature status.

Emptied Himself

Approved rendering: নিজমসক ৱাংথোকপা
Transliteration: nijamasak wangthokpa
Doctrine: The Incarnation and Self-Emptying of Christ (Kenosis)
Rejected alternatives: līlā/yogamāyā-concealment framing that leaves Krishna’s omnipotence intact and undiminished, never use as equivalence, অবতার, never use
Original: ἐκένωσεν
Category: Incarnation

NEW. The single highest-stakes term in this curriculum (Phil 2:7, ἐκένωσεν). MANDATORY theologian review at every occurrence. Must be sharply distinguished from Gaudiya Vaishnava līlā theology, in which Krishna’s earthly appearance is a joyful divine play in which his full divine power remains intact. This is a real, historical, once-for-all self-limitation, not a divine play.

Form Of Servant

Approved rendering: দাসগী মশক
Transliteration: dasgi mashak
Doctrine: Incarnation and Self-Emptying of Christ (Kenosis)
Rejected alternatives: থবক তৌবগী মশক (acceptable alternative gloss, but দাস preferred for consistency with 1:1’s δοῦλος self-designation)
Original: μορφὴν δούλου
Category: Incarnation

NEW. Phil 2:7, μορφὴν δούλου. MANDATORY theologian review on two grounds: (1) দাস is also the standard Gaudiya Vaishnava devotee-identity suffix (e.g. names ending ‘-Das’), risking a reversed reading (‘Christ became a devotee’ rather than ‘the eternal Son took on a servant’s nature’); (2) MUST be rendered identically to servant_slave_doulos (1:1) to preserve Paul’s deliberate self-comparison to Christ’s own humility.

Humbled Himself

Approved rendering: নিজমসক তম্বা ওইহনবা
Transliteration: nijamasak tamba oihanba
Doctrine: Incarnation and Self-Emptying of Christ (Kenosis) / Unity and Humility in the Church
Original: ἐταπείνωσεν ἑαυτόν
Category: Incarnation

NEW. Phil 2:8, ἐταπείνωσεν ἑαυτόν. MUST share its root with humility above so learners see Christ enacting the very virtue Paul commands. Morphologically parallels the baseline’s causative pattern in অচুম্বা ওইহনবা (justification).

Name Above Every Name

Approved rendering: মিং পুম্নমক্কী মথক্তা লৈবা মিং
Transliteration: ming pumnamakki mathakta leiba ming
Doctrine: Exaltation and Universal Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: rendering that reads as one more name added to the Umang Lai pantheon or Krishna’s many devotional names/forms, rejected
Original: τὸ ὄνομα τὸ ὑπὲρ πᾶν ὄνομα
Category: Christology

NEW. Phil 2:9, τὸ ὄνομα τὸ ὑπὲρ πᾶν ὄνομα. Must connect explicitly to the fixed baseline term মপু ইবুংগো (Lord), identified in v.11. Must NEVER read as additive to an existing pantheon of divine names.

Jesus Christ Is Lord

Approved rendering: ক্রিস্তো জিসু মপু ইবুংগো নি
Transliteration: Christo Jisu Mapu Ibungo ni
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ / Exaltation and Universal Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ঠাকুর-based rendering, never use
Original: Κύριος Ἰησοῦς Χριστός
Category: Christology

NEW confession built entirely on baseline-fixed terms. Phil 2:11 must match Romans 10:9’s doctrinal weight verbatim; ADD Phil 2:11 to the same mandatory-theologian-review escalation list as Romans 10:9.

Servant Slave Doulos

Approved rendering: দাসগী মশক
Transliteration: dasgi mashak
Doctrine: Incarnation and Self-Emptying of Christ (Kenosis) / Church Leadership and Service
Rejected alternatives: থবক তৌবগী মশক (acceptable alternative but must match form_of_servant exactly wherever used)
Original: δοῦλος
Category: Incarnation

NEW. Phil 1:1, δοῦλος, Paul and Timothy’s self-designation, deliberately echoing μορφὴν δούλου at 2:7. MUST use the SAME rendering as form_of_servant so the reader sees Paul modeling Christ’s own humility. Carries the same দাস/Vaishnava-devotee-suffix collision risk; flag at every occurrence.

Joy Rejoice

Approved rendering: নুংঙাইবা
Transliteration: nungngaiba
Doctrine: Joy in Suffering and Imprisonment
Rejected alternatives: হরাওবা used silently without a disambiguation note, rejected as a silent-avoidance failure mode
Original: χαρά / χαίρω
Category: Joy in Suffering

NEW. χαρά/χαίρω (Phil 1:4,18,25; 2:17-18; 4:4). Reuses the root of the fixed baseline gospel term নুংঙাইবগী পাউ. The ordinary Manipuri verb হরাওবা shares its root with লাই হরাওবা (Lai Haraoba), the Sanamahi festival of the gods’ merrymaking; if used, every occurrence must be explicitly taught as Christ-grounded joy amid suffering, not festival merrymaking. Phil 4:4 is the letter’s most quotable verse and carries the highest visibility for this risk.

Work Out Salvation

Approved rendering: নিংথীনা লৈরিবা অহানবা মপুং ফাহনবা
Transliteration: ningthina leiriba ahanba mapung phahanba
Doctrine: Salvation Worked Out by Grace, Not Earned by Effort
Original: σωτηρίαν κατεργάζεσθε
Category: Salvation

NEW compound on the baseline salvation root. Phil 2:12, σωτηρίαν κατεργάζεσθε. MANDATORY pairing with 2:13’s ‘God who works in you’ in the same teaching unit to forestall a works-merit misreading that would collapse into the bhakti-devotional-achievement framework the baseline’s grace entry warns against.

Contentment

Approved rendering: পুক্নিং থামজবা
Transliteration: pukning thamjaba
Doctrine: Contentment in All Circumstances
Rejected alternatives: Stoic self-generated autarkeia framing, rejected as the sole source, Vaishnava bhakti santoṣa (devotional contentment via seva/surrender to Krishna), rejected as an equivalence, ৱাইফম (fatalistic resignation), never use
Original: αὐτάρκης
Category: Contentment

NEW. Phil 4:11-13, αὐτάρκης. MANDATORY theologian review at every occurrence: must be explicitly distinguished from Stoic self-sufficiency, Vaishnava bhakti santoṣa, and ৱাইফম-resignation. Paul’s contentment is explicitly Christ-empowered (4:13), not self- or fate-derived; pair 4:11 and 4:13 in the same teaching unit.

High Risk Terms

Gospel

Approved rendering: নুংঙাইবগী পাউ
Transliteration: nungngaibagi pao
Doctrine: Gospel
Original: εὐαγγέλιον
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. In Philippians 1:12-18, the gospel’s advance despite Paul’s imprisonment must not be softened into generic ‘good tidings’; distinguish from Vaishnava festival-calendar announcements.

Faith

Approved rendering: থাজবা
Transliteration: thajaba
Doctrine: Faith
Rejected alternatives: ভক্তি (bhakti, too specific to Vaishnava devotional framework)
Original: πίστις
Category: Faith

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Object of faith (Christ) must be explicit at Phil 3:9’s law-versus-faith contrast.

Glory

Approved rendering: মতিক চাউবা
Transliteration: matik chauba
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Original: δόξα
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Avoid metaphors conflating with the ceremonial visual splendor of Ras Lila staging; recurs at Phil 2:11, 3:21, 4:19-20.

Calling

Approved rendering: কৌবগী থৌদাং
Transliteration: koubagi thoudang
Doctrine: Divine Calling
Original: κλῆσις
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged root. Phil 3:14’s ‘the upward call’ renders as মথাক্তগী কৌবগী থৌদাং; must not be reheard as ৱাইফম (fate) or a maibi’s ritual trance-calling by an Umang Lai deity.

Partnership In Gospel

Approved rendering: নুংঙাইবগী পাউদা লোইনবা
Transliteration: nungngaibagi paoda loinaba
Doctrine: Partnership in the Gospel
Original: κοινωνία εἰς τὸ εὐαγγέλιον
Category: Church

NEW compound on baseline roots (গospel + fellowship). Must be used identically at 1:5 and 4:15 for cross-passage consistency.

Fellowship Of Sufferings

Approved rendering: মহাক্কী ওৎপগী লোইনবা
Transliteration: mahakki otpagi loinaba
Doctrine: Partnership in the Gospel / Joy in Suffering and Imprisonment
Original: κοινωνία παθημάτων αὐτοῦ
Category: Church

NEW compound on the fixed baseline fellowship root. Phil 3:10 extends κοινωνία into the domain of shared suffering with Christ; links suffering and partnership doctrines directly to union with Christ.

Conduct As Citizens

Approved rendering: তেংবাং মপুগী লৈপাক্কী মীওই ওইনা হিংবা
Transliteration: Tengban Mapugi leipakki miwoi oina hingba
Doctrine: Citizenship in Heaven
Original: πολιτεύεσθε
Category: Kingdom

NEW, verb form of citizenship_in_heaven (Phil 1:27, πολιτεύεσθε); must share the same root as the 3:20 noun for structural consistency across the book.

Love Agape

Approved rendering: নুংশিবা
Transliteration: nungshiba
Doctrine: Unity and Humility in the Church
Original: ἀγάπη
Category: Unity and Humility

NEW; no baseline entry exists for standalone agapē. Must be explicitly distinguished at first occurrence (Phil 2:1-2) from the Krishna-Radha romantic-devotional love imagery pervasive in the Ras Lila dance tradition; this is self-giving, not erotic, love.

Mindset

Approved rendering: ৱাখল অমা ওইনা থাবা
Transliteration: wakhal ama oina thaba
Doctrine: Unity and Humility in the Church / Incarnation and Self-Emptying of Christ (Kenosis)
Original: φρονέω
Category: Unity and Humility

NEW. CRITICAL that the identical Manipuri rendering link Phil 2:2 (the church’s command) and 2:5 (Christ’s own mindset) — this is the Christ Hymn’s logical hinge and must never drift between occurrences.

Empty Conceit

Approved rendering: ৱাংথৌগী চাউথোকপা
Transliteration: wangthougi chauthokpa
Doctrine: Unity and Humility in the Church / Incarnation and Self-Emptying of Christ (Kenosis)
Original: κενοδοξία
Category: Unity and Humility

NEW. Greek κενοδοξία (Phil 2:3) shares the root κενο- with ἐκένωσεν (v.7); the Manipuri roots (ৱাংথৌ vs. নিজমসক ৱাংথোকপা) do not share this wordplay and it must be taught explicitly, not assumed transferable.

Thing To Be Grasped

Approved rendering: লৌথোকপা য়াবা পোৎ
Transliteration: loutokpa yaba pot
Doctrine: Incarnation and Self-Emptying of Christ (Kenosis)
Original: ἁρπαγμόν
Category: Incarnation

NEW. Phil 2:6’s ἁρπαγμόν; this verse’s logic (Christ had a right to divine glory but did not exploit it) has no ready parallel in either Sanamahi or Vaishnava thought and must be explicitly taught.

Likeness Of Men

Approved rendering: মীওইগী মান্নবা
Transliteration: miwoigi mannaba
Doctrine: Incarnation and Self-Emptying of Christ (Kenosis) / Humanity of Christ
Original: ὁμοιώματι ἀνθρώπων
Category: Incarnation

NEW. Phil 2:7, ὁμοιώματι ἀνθρώπων. Cross-reference the fixed baseline term মীওইগী মহৈ লৌবা (incarnation); both describe the same historical event and must cohere. Guards against docetism.

Outward Appearance

Approved rendering: মীওই ওইনা উবা
Transliteration: miwoi oina uba
Doctrine: Humanity of Christ
Original: σχήματι
Category: Incarnation

NEW. Phil 2:7, σχήματι, confirming real, observable, ordinary human bearing. Pair with likeness_of_men to teach REAL humanity. Same σχῆμα root recurs at 3:21 (transform_resurrection_body).

Obedient Christ

Approved rendering: ইনবা
Transliteration: inaba
Doctrine: Christ’s Own Obedience unto Death
Original: ὑπήκοος
Category: Incarnation

NEW. Phil 2:8, ὑπήκοος. Shares its root with the baseline’s fixed term থাজবগী ইনবা (obedience of faith), but names Christ’s own active, perfect obedience, not the believer’s faith-response; must not be conflated in teaching.

Death Of Cross

Approved rendering: ক্রুসদা সিবা
Transliteration: krusada siba
Doctrine: Incarnation and Self-Emptying of Christ (Kenosis)
Rejected alternatives: generic ‘sacrifice’ or ‘passing away’, rejected as too soft
Original: θανάτου σταυροῦ
Category: Incarnation

NEW. Phil 2:8, θανάτου σταυροῦ. The shamefulness of this specific criminal/slave mode of death is Paul’s rhetorical point and reinforces the δοῦλος theme of v.7; must not be softened.

Highly Exalted

Approved rendering: য়াম্না মথাংদা ৱাংহনবা
Transliteration: yamna mathangda wanghanba
Doctrine: Exaltation and Universal Lordship of Christ
Original: ὑπερύψωσεν
Category: Christology

NEW. Phil 2:9, ὑπερύψωσεν. Pair explicitly with humbled_himself (v.8) so learners see the full humiliation-exaltation reversal pattern, a genuinely new theological shape for readers from either Sanamahi or Vaishnava backgrounds.

Bow The Knee

Approved rendering: খুরু কুন্সিন্নবা
Transliteration: khuru kunsinnaba
Doctrine: Exaltation and Universal Lordship of Christ
Original: κάμψῃ γόνυ
Category: Christology

NEW. Phil 2:10; render as literal, universal kneeling (echoing Isaiah 45:23 applied to Jesus), not a metaphor for mere respect.

Cosmic Scope

Approved rendering: স্বর্গগী, তলবগী, অমসুং লৈমাইগী মখাদা লৈবা পুম্নমক
Transliteration: swargagi, talbagi, amasung leimaigi makhada leiba pumnamak
Doctrine: Exaltation and Universal Lordship of Christ
Original: ἐπουρανίων καὶ ἐπιγείων καὶ καταχθονίων
Category: Christology

NEW. Phil 2:10’s totalizing three-tiered scope MUST be taught as including — not excluding — the Umang Lai spirit-realm and the many lokas/heavens of Vaishnava cosmology; Christ’s Lordship is supreme over all of them, not one regional cosmological authority among several.

Confess Openly

Approved rendering: ফোংদোকপা
Transliteration: phongdokpa
Doctrine: Exaltation and Universal Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ফোংনা হায়বা (reserve as substitute if usage testing confirms collision with the prophecy sense)
Original: ἐξομολογήσηται
Category: Christology

NEW. Phil 2:11, ἐξομολογήσηται. Builds on the baseline root used in তোঙান তোঙানবা ফোংদোকপা (prophet) and ফোংদোকপা ৱারোল (prophecy); confirm no ambiguity with the prophecy sense before deployment.

Suffer Suffering

Approved rendering: ওৎপা
Transliteration: otpa
Doctrine: Joy in Suffering and Imprisonment
Original: πάσχειν
Category: Joy in Suffering

NEW. Phil 1:29-30, πάσχειν. Paul’s framing of suffering AS GRACE-GIVEN (ἐχαρίσθη) must use the fixed baseline grace term মথৌ তাদনা পীবা তেংবাং wherever this construction appears, reinforcing that suffering for Christ is unearned gift, not devotional achievement.

Poured Out Sacrifice Service

Approved rendering: থাদোকপা এরাংবা / থাগবা অমসুং সেবাগী থবক
Transliteration: thadokpa erangba / thagaba amasung sebagi thabak
Doctrine: Partnership in the Gospel
Original: σπένδομαι / θυσία καὶ λειτουργία
Category: Church

NEW. Phil 2:17, σπένδομαι / θυσία καὶ λειτουργία. This sacrificial-offering vocabulary risks resonance with BOTH Sanamahi Lai Haraoba offerings and Vaishnava temple pūjā/seva offerings; must be explicitly taught as metaphor for costly, joyful gospel service, never a literal cultic act.

Conformed To Christ

Approved rendering: মশক মান্না ওইহনবা
Transliteration: mashak manna oihanba
Doctrine: Resurrection and Future Bodily Transformation
Original: σύμμορφος
Category: Eschatology

NEW. Phil 3:10, 21, σύμμορφος. Deliberately shares the মশক (‘form’) root with form_of_god and form_of_servant in the core passage — believers are conformed to the same self-emptying/exaltation pattern Christ himself walked.

Press On Pursue

Approved rendering: চেন্নরিবা
Transliteration: chennariba
Doctrine: Pressing on toward the Goal in Christ
Original: διώκω
Category: Perseverance

NEW. Phil 3:12-14, διώκω. Part of a culturally novel athletic-metaphor set with no established Manipuri Christian racing idiom attested; confirm naturalness with native speakers before wide deployment.

Lay Hold Of Attain

Approved rendering: লৌথোকপা
Transliteration: loutokpa
Doctrine: Pressing on toward the Goal in Christ
Rejected alternatives: reuse of thing_to_be_grasped’s exact rendering without a disambiguating note, rejected due to opposite theological valence
Original: καταλαμβάνω
Category: Perseverance

NEW. Phil 3:12-13, καταλαμβάνω. Do NOT use identically to thing_to_be_grasped (Phil 2:6, ἁρπαγμόν) without a clarifying note: 2:6 is something Christ refused to grasp for himself; 3:12-13 is the goal Paul strives to attain in Christ — opposite theological direction.

Transform Resurrection Body

Approved rendering: হোংদোকহনবা
Transliteration: hongdokhanba
Doctrine: Resurrection and Future Bodily Transformation
Original: μετασχηματίσει
Category: Eschatology

NEW. Phil 3:21, μετασχηματίσει. Shares its σχῆμα root with outward_appearance (2:7). Cross-reference the fixed baseline resurrection term; this transformation is bodily, glorious, and continuing — never পুনর্জন্ম (rebirth/reincarnation).

Medium Risk Terms

Law

Approved rendering: য়াথাং
Transliteration: yathang
Doctrine: Righteousness by Faith versus the Law
Rejected alternatives: ধর্ম (avoid Vaishnavization-era religious-duty sense)
Original: νόμος
Category: Covenant

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Refers to the Mosaic Law named at Phil 3:6, 9 as Paul’s former basis for righteousness, now surpassed by faith in Christ.

Peace

Approved rendering: ইনগবা
Transliteration: ingba
Doctrine: Contentment in All Circumstances
Original: εἰρήνη
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged term. Phil 4:7’s experiential/guarding nuance (φρουρήσει, military imagery) differs from Romans 5:1’s forensic peace-with-God; teach the distinct emphasis without re-translating the fixed term.

Kingdom Of God

Approved rendering: তেংবাং মপুগী লৈপাক
Transliteration: Tengban Mapugi leipak
Doctrine: Kingdom Mission / Citizenship in Heaven
Original: βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ
Category: Kingdom

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Root concept underlying Philippians’ heavenly-citizenship vocabulary (1:27, 3:20); distinguish from the historic Meitei Pakhangba-descent kingship tradition.

Encouragement

Approved rendering: ৱাফম পীবা
Transliteration: wafam piba
Doctrine: Unity and Humility in the Church
Original: παράκλησις
Category: Unity and Humility

NEW, provisional descriptive rendering for παράκλησις (Phil 2:1), the first ground Paul appeals to for unity. No exact prior term in the baseline; confirm naturalness with native speaker review before deployment.

Of One Accord

Approved rendering: পুক্নিং অমা ওইবা
Transliteration: pukning ama oiba
Doctrine: Unity and Humility in the Church
Original: σύμψυχος / ἰσόψυχος
Category: Unity and Humility

NEW; built on পুক্নিং (heart/mind) to keep a shared root across σύμψυχος (2:2) and ἰσόψυχος (2:20, Timothy).

Selfish Ambition

Approved rendering: নিজমসকতগী থৌনা
Transliteration: nijamasaktagi thouna
Doctrine: Unity and Humility in the Church
Original: ἐριθεία
Category: Unity and Humility

NEW descriptive compound for ἐριθεία (Phil 2:3), the disposition opposite the unity urged in 2:2.

Overseer

Approved rendering: চেক্শিন্নরিবা মী
Transliteration: chekshinnariba mi
Doctrine: Church Leadership and Service
Original: ἐπίσκοπος
Category: Church

NEW. Phil 1:1, ἐπίσκοπος. Distinguish clearly from the Sanamahi village-elder oversight role and from any Vaishnava temple-management office; a spiritual shepherding office within কলিসিয়া.

Deacon

Approved rendering: থবক তৌবিরিবা
Transliteration: thabak toubariba
Doctrine: Church Leadership and Service
Original: διάκονος
Category: Church

NEW. Phil 1:1, διάκονος. A functional church office, distinct from δοῦλος, a status/identity word applied to Paul and to Christ.

Chains Imprisonment

Approved rendering: ফাগৎলবা
Transliteration: phagatlaba
Doctrine: Joy in Suffering and Imprisonment
Original: δεσμά
Category: Joy in Suffering

NEW. Phil 1:7,13,14,17, δεσμά. Paul’s literal Roman imprisonment, reframed as gospel-advancing; must be paired consistently with the joy-in-suffering theme, not treated as incidental background.

Rubbish Dung

Approved rendering: অহুম / আরানবা
Transliteration: ahum / aranaba
Doctrine: Righteousness by Faith versus the Law
Rejected alternatives: a polite gloss such as ‘loss’ used for the same word, rejected as flattening
Original: σκύβαλα
Category: Salvation

NEW. Phil 3:8, σκύβαλα. Preserve the deliberate crudeness/shock value; do not soften into the milder term already used for the separate, gentler Greek word ζημία (‘loss’) two clauses earlier — the intensification is Paul’s rhetorical point.

Prize

Approved rendering: মানা
Transliteration: mana
Doctrine: Pressing on toward the Goal in Christ
Original: βραβεῖον
Category: Perseverance

NEW. Phil 3:14, βραβεῖον. Part of the athletic-metaphor set requiring native-speaker naturalness confirmation.

Goal Mark

Approved rendering: মচক
Transliteration: machak
Doctrine: Pressing on toward the Goal in Christ
Original: σκοπόν
Category: Perseverance

NEW. Phil 3:14, σκοπόν. Shares its Greek root (σκοπ-) with σκοπέω (2:4, look_to_consider) though not the Manipuri root; note the wordplay for teaching purposes.

Fruit Fragrant Offering

Approved rendering: মহই / মনম নুংশিৎলবা / লৌবা য়াবা থাগবা
Transliteration: mahei / manam nungshitlaba / louba yaba thagaba
Doctrine: Partnership in the Gospel
Original: καρπός / ὀσμὴ εὐωδίας / θυσία δεκτή
Category: Church

NEW. Phil 4:17-18, καρπός / ὀσμὴ εὐωδίας / θυσία δεκτή. As with poured_out_sacrifice_service, teach explicitly as metaphor for generous gospel-partnership giving, not a literal cultic offering paralleling Lai Haraoba or Vaishnava pūjā.

Low Risk Terms

Thanksgiving

Approved rendering: থাগৎচরি
Transliteration: thagatchari
Doctrine: Thanksgiving
Original: εὐχαριστία
Category: Faith

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Named explicitly as the manner of prayer replacing anxiety at Phil 4:6, and at 1:3-4.

Fellowship

Approved rendering: লোইনবা
Transliteration: loinaba
Doctrine: Christian Fellowship
Original: κοινωνία
Category: Church

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged base term. Underlies Philippians’ partnership vocabulary at 1:5, 2:1, 3:10; see partnership_in_gospel and fellowship_of_sufferings below for book-specific compounds.

Fear And Trembling

Approved rendering: কীবা অমসুং নীংথিজবা
Transliteration: kiba amasung ningthijaba
Doctrine: Mutual Encouragement and Practical Unity
Original: φόβου καὶ τρόμου
Category: Unity and Humility

NEW. Phil 2:12, φόβου καὶ τρόμου; reverent seriousness, not anxiety, describing the manner of Christian obedience.

Grumbling Disputing

Approved rendering: ৱারী ৱারান্না অমসুং ঈশাগী ৱারী
Transliteration: wari warana amasung ishagi wari
Doctrine: Mutual Encouragement and Practical Unity
Original: γογγυσμῶν καὶ διαλογισμῶν
Category: Unity and Humility

NEW. Phil 2:14, γογγυσμῶν καὶ διαλογισμῶν; the practical opposite of the humility/unity commanded earlier in the chapter.

Like Minded Timothy

Approved rendering: পুক্নিং মান্না ওইবা
Transliteration: pukning manna oiba
Doctrine: Unity and Humility in the Church
Original: ἰσόψυχος
Category: Unity and Humility

NEW. Phil 2:20, ἰσόψυχος, of Timothy; shares its root with of_one_accord for consistency.

Risked His Life

Approved rendering: মহাক্কী হিংবা থাদোকপা
Transliteration: mahakki hingba thadokpa
Doctrine: Partnership in the Gospel
Original: παραβολεύομαι
Category: Church

NEW. Phil 2:30, παραβολεύομαι, of Epaphroditus; physical risk taken in gospel partnership.

Look To Consider

Approved rendering: য়েংবা
Transliteration: yengba
Doctrine: Unity and Humility in the Church
Original: σκοπέω
Category: Unity and Humility

NEW. Phil 2:4, σκοπέω. Attentiveness redirected from self-interest to others’ interest; shares its Greek root with goal_mark (3:14), a wordplay to flag for teaching only.

Gentleness

Approved rendering: ফজবা পুক্নিং
Transliteration: phajaba pukning
Doctrine: Unity and Humility in the Church / Mutual Encouragement and Practical Unity
Original: ἐπιεικές
Category: Unity and Humility

NEW. Phil 4:5, ἐπιεικές; gracious moderation and forbearance toward others, to be known by all.

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