manji
nounEtymology From a form of Punjabi ਮੰਜਾ (mañjā, “raised bed”). The Sikh sense is based on their use as seats of authority.
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A type of raised bed similar to a cot from South Asia.
- Literally, 'He sat on a manji.' The manji is a small string bed. In the villages of the Punjab acknowledged leaders, spiritual and temporal, would commonly receive their followers seated on a manji.1990, W. H. McLeod, Textual Sources for the Study of Sikhism, page 152:
- The significance of a manji lies in its use as the seat of a person in authority, other people sitting on the ground.2005, W. Owen Cole, Piara Singh Sambhi, A Popular Dictionary of Sikhism: Sikh Religion and Philosophy:
2 more examples
- There is even a tap to bathe under after you have spent a night sleeping on the manjis (beds), and all this comes at the price of a meal!2011, Rocky Singh, Mayur Sharma, Highway on my Plate: The indian guide to roadside eating, Random House India, →ISBN:
- Roop doesn't want to sleep on a mat on the floor; she wants to sleep with Lajo Bhua on a manji, wants Lajo Bhua to tell her stories till she falls asleep.2015, Shauna Singh Baldwin, What the Body Remembers:
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Sikhism A Sikh religious administrative unit.
- In the Janam Sakhis and utterances of Guru Nanak there is no reference, implicit or explicit, to the subject of manjis.1993, Sunita Puri, Advent of Sikh Religion: A Socio-political Perspective, page 155:
- Derived terms
- manji sahib, Manji Sahib