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{{Infobox deity
| type = Meitei
| name = Lainaotabi <br /> ({{lang-omp|Lainaotapi}})
| deity_of = Goddess of charm, magic, sorcery, spell, weaving and witchcraft
| member_of = [[Lairembi]]s
| image = LAINAOTAPI.jpg
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| caption = "Lainaotapi", the [[Ancient Meitei language|Ancient Meitei]] ([[Old Manipuri language|Old Manipuri]]) name of the goddess, written in archaic Meetei Mayek abugida
| other_names =
* Leima Leinaotabi
* Leima Lainautabi
* Leima Leinautabi
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| affiliation = [[Meitei mythology]] ([[Manipuri mythology]]) and [[Meitei religion]] ([[Sanamahism]])
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* [[Thongalel]]
* [[Poireiton]]
* [[Nongban Pombi Luwaoba]]
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* [[Poireiton Khunthok]]
* [[Nongban Pombi Luwaoba]]
| gender = Female
| Greek_equivalent = [[Hecate]]
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| region = [[Ancient Kangleipak]] ([[Antique Manipur]])
| ethnic_group = [[Meitei ethnicity]]
| festivals = [[Lai Haraoba]]
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{{Infobox Sanamahist term
| title = Lainaotabi / Leinaotabi
| en = Lainaotabi / Leinaotabi
| omp = ꯂꯥꯢꯅꯥꯎꯇꯥꯄꯤ / ꯂꯥꯏꯅꯥꯎꯇꯥꯄꯤ
| omp-Latn = lai-nau-taa-pee
| mni = ꯂꯥꯢꯅꯥꯎꯇꯥꯕꯤ / ꯂꯥꯏꯅꯥꯎꯇꯥꯕꯤ
| mni-Latn = lai-nau-taa-bee
| as = লৈনাওতাবী
| as-Latn = lei-nao-taa-bee
| bn = লৈনাওতাবী
| bn-Latn = lei-nao-taa-bee
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| hi = लैनाउताबी
| hi-Latn = lei-nau-taa-bee
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{{Meitei mythology}}
{{Sanamahism}}
'''Lainaotabi''' ({{lang-omp|Lainaotapi}}) or '''Leinaotabi''' ({{lang-omp|Leinaotapi}}) is a goddess in ancient [[Meitei mythology]] and [[Meitei religion|religion]]. She is the youngest wife of God [[Thongalel]] of the [[hell|underworld kingdom]] ({{lang-mni|Khamnung}}).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9t47AAAAIAAJ&q=leinaotabi|title=The North Eastern Geographer|date=1980|publisher=North East India Geographical Society|language=en}}</ref> Thongalel sent her to be the wife of [[Poireiton]], her brother-in-law. Lainaotabi gave birth to a son with Poireiton.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GmZuAAAAMAAJ&q=leinaotabi|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>Medieval Indian Literature: An Anthology. Sahitya Akademi. 1997.</ref><ref>Moirangthem Kirti (1988). Religion and Culture of Manipur. Manas Publications. ISBN 978-81-7049-021-0.</ref>
Her legend says she made the first [[pottery|clay pot]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=142HAwAAQBAJ&dq=leinaotabi&pg=PA515|title=Women of India: Colonial and Post-colonial Periods|last=Ray|first=Bharati|date=2005-09-15|publisher=SAGE Publications India|isbn=978-81-321-0264-9|language=en}}</ref>
She was worshipped by the people of Ashangbam clan.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vO-vtI8NuxIC&dq=lainaotabi&pg=PA4|title=Manipur: Treatise & Documents|last=Sanajaoba|first=Naorem|date=1993|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-7099-399-5|language=en}}</ref>

== Mythology ==
=== Journey from Underworld to human world ===
Lainaotabi was the youngest queen of King [[Thongaren]] ({{lang-omp|[[Thongalen]]}}) of the [[Hell|underworld kingdom]] ({{lang-mni|Khamnung}}). Queen Laikhurembi was the first wife of the King. [[Poireiton]], Thongalel's younger brother, was about to leave on a journey to ''[[Ancient Kangleipak|Tai Pang Pan]]''. The king asked Laikhurembi to go with [[Poireiton]] as his wife because Poireiton's own wife had died.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.463276/page/n245/mode/2up?|title=The History Of Manipur|last=Singh|first=Wahengbam Ibohal|pages=245}}</ref> However, Laikhurembi did not want to go. Trees had already been planted to honor her as the King's wife. So, instead of Laikhurembi, Lainaotabi was sent to accompany her brother in law Poireiton as a wife.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.463276/page/n246/mode/2up?|title=The History Of Manipur|last=Singh|first=Wahengbam Ibohal|pages=246}}</ref>

=== Love with a mortal prince ===
{{Main|Nongban Pombi Luwaoba}}
Lainaotabi (Leinaotabi) went with [[Poireiton]], her brother-in-law, on a journey to earth. Later, she became separated from him. She was adopted by King [[Koubru]] as his daughter. Afterwards, she came to be known as ''Koubarol Namoinu'' ({{lang-omp|Koupalol Namoinu}}) alias ''Koubru Namoinu'' ({{lang-omp|Koupalu Namoinu}}).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9t47AAAAIAAJ&q=leinaotabi|title=The North Eastern Geographer|date=1980|publisher=North East India Geographical Society|language=en}}</ref> She fell in love with prince ''Nongban Pombi Luwaoba'' of [[Luwang]] dynasty. She met the prince for the first time when he visited King [[Koubru]]. She and prince Luwaoba married and led a happy life. God Thongalel did not want his own wife spending her days with another man. So, the thread of her life was cut short and her soul recalled. However, the Prince did not give up. He challenged God Thongalel to give back his wife's soul or to fight with him.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xf_2DwAAQBAJ&dq=thongarel&pg=PA7|title=AKASHVANI: Vol. XXXIII, No.12 ( 17 MARCH, 1968 )|last=Delhi|first=All India Radio (AIR), New|date=1968-03-17|publisher=All India Radio (AIR),New Delhi|language=en}}</ref><ref name="The Cultural Heritage of Manipur">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FhUHEAAAQBAJ&dq=pombi+luwaoba&pg=PA183|title=The Cultural Heritage of Manipur|last1=Meitei|first1=Sanjenbam Yaiphaba|last2=Chaudhuri|first2=Sarit K.|last3=Arunkumar|first3=M. C.|date=2020-11-25|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-000-29629-7|language=en}}</ref> He guarded the dead body of Koubru Namoinu without performing the funeral ceremony. Thongalel first sent his two younger brothers one by one for the fight. Prince Nongban Pombi Luwaoba defeated his two divine opponents. Finally, Thongalel himself appeared before him. But this time, the prince realised that he was no match for powerful God. So, he begged mercy and kindness to restore Koubru Namoinu's life so that the [[Luwang]] dynasty might have further generation. Thongalel felt pity on him. So, he granted the couple to live for another hundred years with marital pleasure. According to legends, [[:simple:Luwang Ningthou Punshiba|Hongnem Luwang Punshiba]] was the son of Koubru Namoinu (Lainaotabi) and Nongban Pombi Luwaoba.<ref name="The Cultural Heritage of Manipur"/><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xf_2DwAAQBAJ&dq=thongarel&pg=PA7|title=AKASHVANI: Vol. XXXIII, No.12 ( 17 MARCH, 1968 )|last=Delhi|first=All India Radio (AIR), New|date=1968-03-17|publisher=All India Radio (AIR),New Delhi|language=en}}</ref>

== Pantheon and worship ==
The pantheon dedicated to goddess Lainaotabi (Leinaotabi) was mainly maintained by the Ashangbam clan of [[Meitei ethnicity]] in [[Ancient Kangleipak]] ([[Antique Manipur]]). It was recorded in the [[Loyumba Shinyen]] (1100 AD).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vO-vtI8NuxIC&dq=lainaotabi&pg=PA4|title=Manipur: Treatise & Documents|last=Sanajaoba|first=Naorem|date=1993|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-7099-399-5|language=en}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Nongban Pombi Luwaoba]]

== References ==
{{Commons}}
{{Wiktionary|Lainaotabi}}
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