Manji
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Manji is a noun meaning (British India) A captain or skipper of a boat.
Meaning
(British India) A captain or skipper of a boat.
More Meanings
- A type of raised bed similar to a cot from South Asia.
- (Sikhism) A Sikh religious administrative unit.
- (Buddhism) A left-facing Japanese swastika, primarily used in Buddhism.
Example Sentences
The significance of a manji lies in its use as the seat of a person in authority, other people sitting on the ground.
In the Janam Sakhis and utterances of Guru Nanak there is no reference, implicit or explicit, to the subject of manjis.
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!
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.
Word Forms
- manjis
- mangee
- mangie
- manjee
- manjie
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