Lainingthou Pishatao ,

mononymous A mononym is a name composed of only one word. An individual who is known and addressed by a mononym is a mononymous person. A mononym may be the person's only name, given to them at birth. This was routine in most ancient societies, and remains ...

ly known as Pisatao (), is a primordial deity in

Meitei mythology Meitei mythology (or Manipuri mythology) () is a collection of myths, belonging to the religious and cultural traditions of the Meitei people, the predominant ethnic group of Manipur. It is associated with traditional Meitei religion of Sanam ...

and

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. He is the god of craftsmen and

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s. He is regarded as the divine personification of the ultimate reality, the abstract creative power inherent in deities, living and non living beings in the

universe The universe is all of space and time and their contents. It comprises all of existence, any fundamental interaction, physical process and physical constant, and therefore all forms of matter and energy, and the structures they form, from s ...

. He is one of the divine manifestations of Supreme God Atingkok (Tengbanba Mapu). In many legends, he is one of the four Gods who control the four directions. Historically, his pantheon was replaced by

Vishwakarma Vishvakarma or Vishvakarman (, ) is a craftsman deity and the divine architect of the Deva (Hinduism), devas in contemporary Hinduism. In the early texts, the craftsman deity was known as Tvastar and the word "Vishvakarma" was originally used a ...

Hinduism Hinduism () is an Hypernymy and hyponymy, umbrella term for a range of Indian religions, Indian List of religions and spiritual traditions#Indian religions, religious and spiritual traditions (Sampradaya, ''sampradaya''s) that are unified ...

. However, with the dedicated efforts of several organizations and associations including the ''"South East Asia Cultural Organisation"'' (SEACO), the status of his pantheon is reviving day by day in

Manipur Manipur () is a state in northeastern India with Imphal as its capital. It borders the Indian states of Assam to the west, Mizoram to the south, and Nagaland to the north and shares the international border with Myanmar, specifically t ...

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* https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.461915/2015.461915.A-Critical_djvu.txt {{Sanamahism-stub Handicraft deities Fire gods in Meitei mythology Industry deities Kings in Meitei mythology Knowledge gods Meitei gods Smithing gods Wisdom gods Construction deities