What does manji mean?
Manji means (British India) A captain or skipper of a boat..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(British India) A captain or skipper of a boat..
I prevailed upon the mangee of a pinnace I found laying in the creek, awaiting the arrival of a gentleman hourly expected from Vizagapatam, to convey us up the river as far as Budge Budge […].
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.
The significance of a manji lies in its use as the seat of a person in authority, other people sitting on the ground.
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.
In the Janam Sakhis and utterances of Guru Nanak there is no reference, implicit or explicit, to the subject of manjis.
Use manji when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Manji means (British India) A captain or skipper of a boat..
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I prevailed upon the mangee of a pinnace I found laying in the creek, awaiting the arrival of a gentleman hourly expected from Vizagapatam, to convey us up the river as far as Budge Budge […].
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