Glossary Term
Risk: Critical- Approved rendering
- মথৌ তাদনা পীবা তেংবাং
- Transliteration
- mathou tadana piba tengbang
- Rejected alternatives
- কৃপা (a term shared with Vaishnava bhakti usage for Krishna's compassionate favor toward a devotee, avoid as the primary term), পুণ্য (merit accumulated through devotional service/seva, never use)
Grace
CRITICAL: a descriptive compound (‘favor given without needing to be earned’) is required. Manipuri Vaishnavism’s bhakti devotionalism has its own well-developed concept of কৃপা (Krishna’s grace toward a devoted follower), but this is typically understood as responsive to the devotee’s bhakti (devoted love and service, seva), not wholly unconditioned. Romans’ ‘apart from works’ argument (4:4-5, 11:5-6) must be stated explicitly against this bhakti-responsive framework, not assumed from a borrowed word.
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