Glossary Term
Risk: Critical- Approved rendering
- মপু ইবুংগো
- Transliteration
- Mapu Ibungo
- Rejected alternatives
- ঠাকুর (a devotional title for Krishna in Manipuri Vaishnava usage, avoid as the primary term for Christ's Lordship to prevent placing Christ inside the existing Krishna-devotional framework)
Lord
CRITICAL: মপু ইবুংগো (‘Lord/Master,’ an existing respectful Meitei title) is preferred over ঠাকুর, which carries strong devotional association with Krishna specifically in Manipuri Vaishnava practice (as venerated through Ras Lila devotion); using ঠাকুর risks framing Christ as one more object of bhakti devotion within the existing Vaishnava system rather than exclusive, supreme Lord.