{"id":5586,"date":"2011-05-03T08:08:10","date_gmt":"2011-05-03T12:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kanglaonline.com\/?p=17489"},"modified":"2011-05-03T08:08:10","modified_gmt":"2011-05-03T12:08:10","slug":"discovery-of-kangleipak-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/2011\/05\/03\/discovery-of-kangleipak-20\/","title":{"rendered":"DISCOVERY OF KANGLEIPAK (20)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <script type=\"text\/javascript\">var addthis_product='wpp-252';<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/s7.addthis.com\/js\/250\/addthis_widget.js#pubid=kanglaonline\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>BY WANGKHEMCHA CHINGTAMLEN<br \/> The Paklei Namsa on the foreheads of the peoples of the Meetei Race following<br \/> the indigenous Sanamahi Religion.<br \/> The Kangleicha Meetei Race, the descendants of the seven salais, that is, the<br \/> descendants of the seven sons of the first Kanglei Monarch, Konchin Tukthapa Ipu<br \/> Athoupa Pakhangpa, followed the Sanamahi Religion since time immemorial in<br \/> Kangleipak. This Paklei Namsa on the forehead (in the centre of the forehead above<br \/> the line of the eyebrows) is a tradition amongst the Meetei Race Peoples when they<br \/> prepared themselves for joining in a religious gathering in Kangleipak. The<br \/> Kangleicha Meetei Race peoples never go to a religious ceremony without \u2018Paklei<br \/> Namsa\u2019 on the foreheads upto this day.<br \/> The tradition of Paklei Namsa started in this way:<br \/> The Lainingthou Salailel Sitapa (the space personified as a male person) and Ima<br \/> Leimalel Sitapi (the earth personified as a female) had two sons, Konsen Tulei<br \/> Sengpa (also knowns as Sanamahi Lainingthou) and Pakhangpa. The first son was<br \/> in the status of God and the second son Pakhangpa was in the status of Human<br \/> Being. When they became of age, Salailel Sitapa, the God Father asked the two<br \/> sons to go round the Nongkhong (The foundation of the Universe), the one who<br \/> comes first would be given the throne of mankind.<br \/> The first son, Konsen Tulei Sengpa, the Sanamahi Lainingthou started<br \/> immediately to go round the universe (Nongkhong), the second son, Pakhangpa, a<br \/> human being did not even know what was a Nongkhong, disappointed in the order of<br \/> the God Father Salailel Sitapa. He went directly to his mother, Ima Leimalel Sitapi,<br \/> with tears in his eyes for consultation.<br \/> His mother, Ima Leimalel Sitapi consoled her second son Pakhangpa, told<br \/> him that the Seat of his Father, Salailel Sitapa is the universe Itself and to go round<br \/> His Seat seven times amounted to going round the Nongkhong, and to bow down to<br \/> His God Father, Salailel Sitapa touching his forehead the Earth (the ground).<br \/> Then the second son Pakhangpa went directly to His God Father, Salailel<br \/> Sitapa sitting on His Seat. He went round the Seat of His God Father, Salailel Sitapa<br \/> seven times and bowed down before his God Father, Salailel Sitapa touching his<br \/> forehead the Earth (The ground).<br \/> The God Father Salailel Sitapa was so satisfied with the conduct of His<br \/> second son Pakhangpa and His second son was given the Name of Pakhangpa<br \/> (Pakhangpa=Pa+Khang+Pa=Pa means Father, the universal Father+khang means<br \/> Khangpa, further means to know+Pa means Male Person) and Pakhangpa was<br \/> given the throne of mankind.<br \/> The tradition has many proverbs. That only mother knows the Father of the<br \/> Child, that human father is the universal God Father on the Earth etc.<br \/> When Pakhangpa bowed down before Salailel Sitapa, the God Father<br \/> touching his forehead the Earth (the ground), a considerable amount of the Earth<br \/> (Leipak) was on the forehead of Pakhangpa. This is the beginning of Paklei Namsa<br \/> tradition of present time. The considerable part of the forehead of Pakhangpa, when<br \/> bowing down before his God Father, Salailel Sitapa touching the Earth (the ground)<br \/> was covered by a thin layer of the Earth substance, which we called leipak in<br \/> Kangleipak. This is our present paklei namsa (Paklei=Pak+lei = Pak means Pakpa,<br \/> further means widely +Lei means Leipak, further means the Earth substance.<br \/> Namsa=Nam+sa=Nam means Namba, further means to put by the hand on the<br \/> forehead +sa means the body, the forehead for this tradition).<br \/> The philosophical side of the Paklei Namsa tradition is the extreme gratitude<br \/> of the Kangleicha Meetei Race towards the common deathless mother of all Living<br \/> Beings on the Earth, that is, the mother Earth. Your own Mother, human mother, will<br \/> be no more after caring you for some time. But for the mother Earth, she cares you<br \/> and other innumerable living beings born on the Earth for all times without telling you<br \/> and others not a single moment she is exhausted, tired, unable to do her duty of<br \/> caring you etc. So, the Meetei Race shows extreme gratitude, extreme respect<br \/> putting her on the forehead as a mark of religion.<br \/> You have seen above the origin of the Paklei Namsa tradition of the Meetei<br \/> Race. Now you see the origin of the Paklei Namsa tradition of the Kanglei Meetei<br \/> Race from another angle other than the tradition narrated above.<br \/> Even today, elderly man and woman, whether he\/she is a converted Hindu or<br \/> follower of indigenous Sanamahi religion, in the early morning at the time of rising<br \/> from the bed, before treading first on the earth for the day, put his\/her middle finger<br \/> tip of the right hand on the earth (the floor), and then put the middle finger tip on the<br \/> forehead. You have seen this generally amongst the peoples of the Kanglei Meetei<br \/> Race, not amongst the peoples of the other races.<br \/> This is what exactly how a Paklei Namsa is put on the forehead of the follower<br \/> as mark of Kanglei Sanamahi Religion.<br \/> When a Paklei Namsa is put on the forehead, we do as the following:<br \/> In the left hand palm, we put some water and a little lump of the Earth<br \/> (Leipak). The lump of the Leipak is rubbed on the palm with the water to produce a<br \/> paste. The paste is put on the forehead by means of the middle finger of the right<br \/> hand. This is what we do to put the Paklei Namsa on the Forehead.<br \/> You please see another manifestation of this extreme gratitude and respect of<br \/> the Deathless mother Earth, ever-loving and evergreen, unexhausted and<br \/> unreserved love and care symbol for all Living Beings on the Earth.<br \/> When a Kangleicha people of the Meetei Race touched\/trampled on the<br \/> body\/body part of another fellow being by his\/her foot accidentally, he\/she will put<br \/> his\/her right hand middle finger tip on the body of the fellow being, and then put the<br \/> finger tip on his\/her forehead as a sign of extreme respect to the fellow being<br \/> touched\/trampled by his\/her foot.<br \/> This is another manifestation of Paklei Namsa of the indigenous peoples of<br \/> Kangleipak towards his\/her fellow beings showing extreme cultured traits of a very<br \/> ancient race on the earth.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Kanglaonline\/~4\/nHlzGe3RshI\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">Read more \/ Original news source: <a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Kanglaonline\/~3\/nHlzGe3RshI\/\">http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Kanglaonline\/~3\/nHlzGe3RshI\/<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY WANGKHEMCHA CHINGTAMLEN The Paklei Namsa on the foreheads of the peoples of the Meetei Race following the indigenous Sanamahi Religion. 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