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An Apokpa or an Apokpi is an ancestral deity belonging to one particular clan or family, often prevailed in the Meitei religion (Sanamahism).[1]
Each of the seven clans and the families of the Meitei ethnicity worship their ancestors having separate pantheons dedicated to them.[2][3][4][5]
^"Indian Anthropologist: Journal of the Indian Anthropological Association". 2008.
^Ranajit Kumar Saha (1994). Valley Society of Manipur: A Cultural Frontier of Indian Civilization. ISBN 9788185094823.
^Saroj Nalini Parratt (1980). The Religion of Manipur: Beliefs, Rituals, and Historical Development. Firma KLM. ISBN 9780836405941.
^"Journal of the Indian Anthropological Society". Journal of the Indian Anthropological Society. 18. The Society. 1983.
^Arabinda Basu; Biman Kumar Das Gupta; Jayanta Sarkar (2004). Anthropology for North-East India, a Reader: Indian Anthropological Congress Commemorative Volume. Indian National Confederation and Academy of Anthropologists, Indian Anthropological Society, National Museum of Mankind. ISBN 9788185525044.
An Apokpa or an Apokpi is an ancestral deity belonging to one particular clan or family, often prevailed in the Meitei religion (Sanamahism). Each of the...
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and power. The ancestral deities of every families and clans were called Apokpa. They are worshipped by their respective families (Yumnak) and clans (Yek...
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official script for Meitei language. Naoriya Phulo and his organization named "Apokpa Marup" used to claim the newly invented script as the original old script...
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with that of Hudson and Ibohal are 448 and 712. Each of these Sageis is descended from a common ancestor, the founder of the Salai (Salai-apokpa). v t e...
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(ꯈꯣꯔꯤꯐꯥꯕ), the only son of Atingkok and Konthoujam Tampha Lairembi. Khuman Apokpa (ꯈꯨꯃꯟ ꯑꯄꯣꯛꯄ), the God of Darkness, and the progenitor of the Khuman clan...
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