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{{Short description|Meitei word for a tribal woman}}
{{Distinguish|Harmonia}}
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{{Infobox deity
|image=HAOREIMA STATUE.jpg
|type=Meitei
|name=Haoreima
|deity_of=Goddess of diseases, illnesses, souls and spirits<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.language.1340/page/n603/mode/2up?q=%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%88%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE|title=চৈথারোল কুমপাপা|last=Brahmacharimayum Kulachandra Sharma|pages=603|language=mni}}</ref>
|member_of={{ill|Lairembis|simple|Lairembi}}
|caption=Statue of goddess Haoreima in a shrine in the [[Kakching Garden]]
|other_names=Haoleima, Haoleipi, Haoreibi, Haonupi, Haonubi, Hauleima, Haureima, Hauleipi, Haureibi, Haunupi, Haunubi
|affiliation=[[Meitei mythology]] ([[Manipuri mythology]]) and [[Meitei religion]] ([[Sanamahism]])
|cult_centre=[[Kakching]]
|abode=[[Kakching]]
|artifacts=Basket
|symbol=Basket
|gender=Female
|region=Ancient Kangleipak ([[Ancient Manipur]])
|ethnic_group=[[Meitei ethnicity]]
|death_place=[[Kakching]]
}}
{{Infobox Sanamahist term
| title = Haoreima
| en = Haoreima
| omp = ꯍꯥꯎꯂꯩꯃ
| omp-Latn = hau-lei-ma
| mni = ꯍꯥꯎꯔꯩꯃ
| mni-Latn = hau-rei-ma
| as = হাওৰৈমা
| as-Latn = hao-rei-ma
| bn = হাওরৈমা
| bn-Latn = hao-rei-ma
| my =
| my-Latn =
| hi = हाउरैमा
| hi-Latn = hau-rei-ma
}}
{{Meitei mythology}}
{{Sanamahism}}
'''Haoreima''' ({{lang-mni|ꯍꯥꯎꯔꯩꯃ}}) or '''Haoleima''' ([[Old Manipuri]]: ꯍꯥꯎꯂꯩꯃ) (literally, ''"tribal lady"''<ref name="Religion and Culture of Manipur - Moirangthem Kirti Singh - Google Books">Moirangthem Kirti (1988). Religion and Culture of Manipur. Manas Publications. ISBN 978-81-7049-021-0.</ref>) is a goddess in [[Meitei mythology]] and [[Meitei religion|religion]] of [[Ancient Kangleipak]] ([[Ancient Manipur]]).<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.466803/page/n17/mode/2up|title=Eigee Palem Nungshibee|last=Memchoubi|date=1998|pages=17|language=mni}}</ref> She was a woman from the hills, who was killed while arranging to meet her lover, and turned into a tortured spirit. She is regarded as an [[incarnation]] of Goddess [[Panthoibi]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RBiWDwAAQBAJ&dq=Haoreibi+regarded+as+an+incarnation+of+Panthoibi%2C+the+goddess+of+death%2C+and+as+a+bringer+of+fertility&pg=PA227|title=Women and Borders: Refugees, Migrants and Communities|last1=Shekhawat|first1=Seema|last2=Re|first2=Emanuela C. Del|date=2017-12-18|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=978-1-83860-987-0|pages=227|language=en}}</ref> She is also identified with goddess [[Nongthang Leima]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.language.1340/page/n403/mode/2up?q=%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%88%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE|title=চৈথারোল কুমপাপা|last=Brahmacharimayum Kulachandra Sharma|pages=403|language=mni}}</ref>

== Etymology ==
[[File:HAOLEIMA.jpg|thumb|300px|The name "Haoleima" written in archaic Meetei Mayek abugida]]
In [[Meitei language]] ([[Manipuri language]]), the name "Haoreima" is derived from "Haoleima". "Haoleima" is made up of two component words, "Hao" and "Leima".<ref name="Religion and Culture of Manipur - Moirangthem Kirti Singh - Google Books" /> In [[Meitei language]] ([[Manipuri language]]), "Hao" has multiple meanings. It may mean (1) yes (the response), (2) tasty, savoury or (3) tribe.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/sharma_query.py?qs=%EA%AF%8D%EA%AF%A5%EA%AF%91%EA%AF%A3&searchhws=yes|title=Learners' Manipuri-English dictionary.Hao|website=uchicago.edu}}</ref> Here, "Hao" means a "tribe". In [[Meitei language]] ([[Manipuri language]]), "Leima" means a queen or a mistress or a lady.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/sharma_query.py?qs=%EA%AF%82%EA%AF%A9%EA%AF%83%EA%AF%A5&searchhws=yes|title=Learners' Manipuri-English dictionary.Leima|website=uchicago.edu}}</ref>
The name "Haoreima" usually refers to a tribal woman carrying a traditional elongated [[basket]] (''"sam"'' or ''"sham"'').<ref name="Religion and Culture of Manipur - Moirangthem Kirti Singh - Google Books" />

== Namesakes ==
There are many people with the name "Haoreima" in the history of [[Ancient Kangleipak]] ([[Ancient Manipur]]).
''Haoreima Tamheibee'' was the daughter of King Atom Nongyai Thingkol Hanba of the [[Khuman dynasty]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GmZuAAAAMAAJ&q=haoreima|title=Genesis of Indian Tribes: An Approach to the History of Meiteis and Thais|last=Tensuba|first=Keerti Chand|date=1993|publisher=Inter-India Publications|isbn=978-81-210-0308-7|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.language.1340/page/n597/mode/2up?q=%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%88%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE|title=চৈথারোল কুমপাপা|last=Brahmacharimayum Kulachandra Sharma|pages=597|language=mni}}</ref> She was married to Meitei King Kainou Irengba (984 AD-1074 AD).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bjkBM3qyZ00C&dq=haoreima&pg=PA85|title=Society, Politics, and Development in North East India: Essays in Memory of Dr. Basudeb Datta Ray|last1=Ray|first1=Asok Kumar|last2=Chakraborty|first2=Satyabrata|date=2008|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|isbn=978-81-8069-572-8|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> After the marriage, she came to be known as "Meitei Leima" (lit. ''Meitei Queen'').<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aFluAAAAMAAJ&q=haoreima|title=Archaeology in Manipur|last=Devi|first=L. Kunjeswori|date=2003|publisher=Rajesh Publications|isbn=978-81-85891-18-7|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1" />

== See also ==
* [[Panthoibi]]
* [[Nongthang Leima]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
{{Commons}}
{{Wiktionary|Haoreima}}
* {{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.467054|title=Haoreima Shambubi|last=Ibemhal|first=Thounaojam Chanu|date=2000}}
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