Glossary Term
Risk: Critical- Approved rendering
- তেংবাং মপু
- Transliteration
- Tengban Mapu
- Rejected alternatives
- ঠাকুর (a devotional title strongly associated with Krishna in Manipuri Vaishnavism, avoid as the primary term), সানামাহি (never use as the primary term for the biblical God; reserve strictly for describing traditional Sanamahi belief about the household deity)
God
CRITICAL: তেংবাং মপু, the established Manipuri Christian term for God, is deliberately preferred over both ঠাকুর (which would place God inside the existing Krishna-devotional framework) and সানামাহি (the household/ancestral deity of indigenous Sanamahi religion, currently undergoing active revival). This curriculum should name and explain this choice rather than let it pass silently, since either alternative is culturally resonant and could easily be reached for.