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Khamnung Thongngak Alonpane (Dedicated to Goddess Thongngak Leima) - Classical Meitei Language Ancient Text - Traditional Meetei Mayek script - Meithei Mythology & Religion (Sanamahism AKA Lainingthouism) - Kangleipak civilization

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English: Khamnung Thongngak Alonpa (written as "Khamnung Thongngak Aronpa" in modern Meitei language spelling) - also known as Khamnung Thongngak Alonpane (written as "Khamnung Thongngak Aronpane" in modern Meitei language spelling) - (Dedicated to Goddess Thongngak Leima) - Classical Meitei Language Ancient Religious Sacred Scripture (Puya) - Traditional Antique Meetei Mayek writing system - Old Meithei Mythology, Folklore & Religion (Sanamahism alias Lainingthouism alias Kangleism alias Meiteism alias Meeteism) - archaic Kangleipak civilisation (early Manipur realm)

This holy text is about the journey of the souls of dead people to Khamnung (Meitei underworld / netherworld / land of death) & also about Divine Chthonic Liminal Gatekeeper / Doorkeeper Goddess Khamnung Thongngak Leima (AKA Thongngak Lairembi / Thongngak Lairemma / Langol Lairembi) - Thongngak is spelled as Thongak in modern times ; Lairembi is the modernised version of Lailempi ; Lairemma is the modernised version of Lailemma ; Langol is the modernised version of Langgol

The text also mentions about another ancient Meitei goddess named Khamnung Kokkoi Louwolpi (AKA Khamnung Kokkoi Louwonpi alias Khamnung Kikoi Louonpi alias Nura Naothem Heibi) & an ancient Meitei personification of death, King Khamnung Thongalen (AKA Leinung Thongalen alias Thongalel alias Thongaren alias Thongarel)

In 2007, Chanam Hemchandra republished the ancient text, by translating from ancient Meitei language to modern Meitei language, simultaneously transliterating from archaic Meetei Mayek writing system to modern Bengali script

The book mentions that its contents are "in public domain".

Important keywords mentioned in the book - Langol Ashi Thongngak Lai; Meetei gi chatnabi kanglon; Meeteigi laining laison thouram
Date Before 18th century
Source https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.465235/page/n13/mode/thumb
Author Original author : Unknown

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