Loyalakpa

Loyalakpa (Old Manipuri: Loiyalakpa)
Guardian God of Western Direction[1] God of youth, foothills and countryside[2]
Member of Maikei Ngaakpa Lais and Lam Lais
Other names	Loyarakpa, Loiyalakpa, Loiyarakpa[3]
Affiliation	Meitei mythology (Manipuri mythology) and Meitei religion (Sanamahism)
Major cult center	Phayeng and Sekmai
Animals	Meitei horse (Manipuri pony)
Mount	Meitei horse (Manipuri pony)[4]
Gender	Male
Region	Ancient Kangleipak (Antique Manipur)
Ethnic group	Meitei ethnicity
Festivals	Chakpa Haraoba (one of the 4 types of Lai Haraoba)
Personal information
Consort	Thoudu Nungthel Leima[8]
Parents	Marjing (biological father)[5] Koupalu (foster father)[6] (father) Kounu (foster mother)[7] (mother)

Meitei gods and goddesses series
Apokpas (Ancestral deities) Imung Lais (Household deities) Lam Lais (Countryside deities) Maikei Ngaakpa Lais (Guardian deities of the 10 directions) Umang Lais (Forest deities) Mythical creatures Other deities
Celestial deities
Atingkok Haoreima (Old Manipuri: Haoleima) Heinu Leima Imoinu Irai Ningthou (Old Manipuri: Ilai Ningthou) Ireima (Old Manipuri: Ileima) Iyek Leima Khamlangba (Old Manipuri: Khamlangpa) Khuman Pokpa Khunu Leima Khoriphaba (Old Manipuri: Khoiliphapa) Konthoujam Tampha (Old Manipuri: Chingphulon Konthousu) Korouhanba (Old Manipuri: Kolouhanpa) Koubru (Old Manipuri: Koupalu) Koujeng Leima (Old Manipuri: Koucheng Leima) Kounu Leimarel Sidabi (Old Manipuri: Leimalel Sitapi) Lok Ningthou Loyalakpa Marjing Mongba Hanba (Old Manipuri: Mongpa Hanpa) Ngaleima Nganu Leima Nungthel Leima Nongpok Ningthou Nongshaba (Old Manipuri: Nongshapa) Nongthang Leima Pakhangba (Old Manipuri: Pakhangpa) Panam Ningthou Panthoibi (Old Manipuri: Panthoipi) Phou Ningthou Phouoibi (Old Manipuri: Phouoipi) Pisatao Pureiromba (Old Manipuri: Puleilompa) Salailen Sanamahi Shapi Leima Taoroinai (Old Manipuri: Taoloinai) Thangjing (Old Manipuri: Thangching) Thumleima Wangbren (Old Manipuri: Wangpulen) Yangtoupa and Yangtoupi Yumjao Leima (Old Manipuri: Yumchao Leima)
Chthonic deities
Khamnung Kikoi Louonbi Laikhurembi (Old Manipuri: Laikhulempi) Lainaotabi (Old Manipuri: Lainaotapi) Poireiton (Old Manipuri: Poileiton) Thongak Lairembi (Old Manipuri: Thongak Lailempi) Thongaren (Old Manipuri: Thongalen)
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Loyalakpa (Meitei: ꯂꯣꯌꯥꯂꯥꯛꯄ), also spelt as Loyarakpa (Meitei: ꯂꯣꯌꯥꯔꯥꯛꯄ), is a God of youth, foothills and countryside in Meitei mythology and religion of Ancient Kangleipak (early Manipur).^[9] He is best known for wrestling with Khoriphaba during the Lai Haraoba festival.^[10] He is the husband of goddess Thoudu Nungthel Leima.^[11][12] He is the son of Marjing, but later was adopted by Koupalu and Kounu as their own son.^[13] He is one of the ten kingly gods (or ten divine kings) mentioned in the Numit Kappa, an ancient epic text of Meitei religion.^[14][15]

1. ↑ Neelabi, sairem (2006). Laiyingthou Lairemmasinggee Waree Seengbul (in Manipuri). pp. 42, 43, 44.
2. ↑ Neelabi, sairem (2006). Laiyingthou Lairemmasinggee Waree Seengbul (in Manipuri). p. 42.
3. ↑ Neelabi, sairem (2006). Laiyingthou Lairemmasinggee Waree Seengbul (in Manipuri). p. 42.
4. ↑ Neelabi, sairem (2006). Laiyingthou Lairemmasinggee Waree Seengbul (in Manipuri). p. 42.
5. ↑ Neelabi, sairem (2006). Laiyingthou Lairemmasinggee Waree Seengbul (in Manipuri). p. 42.
6. ↑ Neelabi, sairem (2006). Laiyingthou Lairemmasinggee Waree Seengbul (in Manipuri). p. 42.
7. ↑ Neelabi, sairem (2006). Laiyingthou Lairemmasinggee Waree Seengbul (in Manipuri). p. 42.
8. ↑ Neelabi, sairem (2006). Laiyingthou Lairemmasinggee Waree Seengbul (in Manipuri). p. 42.
9. ↑ Neelabi, sairem (2006). Laiyingthou Lairemmasinggee Waree Seengbul (in Manipuri). p. 42.
10. ↑ Traditional Customs and Rituals of Northeast India: Arunachal Pradesh, meghalaya, Manipur, Assam. Vivekananda Kendra Institute of Culture. 2002.
11. ↑ Devi, Lairenlakpam Bino (2002). The Lois of Manipur: Andro, Khurkhul, Phayeng and Sekmai. Mittal Publications. ISBN 978-81-7099-849-5.
12. ↑ Neelabi, sairem (2006). Laiyingthou Lairemmasinggee Waree Seengbul (in Manipuri). p. 42.
13. ↑ Neelabi, sairem (2006). Laiyingthou Lairemmasinggee Waree Seengbul (in Manipuri). p. 42.
14. ↑ The Meitheis by Thomas Callan Hodson. D. Nutt. 1908. p. 154. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
15. ↑ Hodson, Thomas Callan (1908). The Meitheis. D. Nutt. ISBN 978-81-7536-149-2.