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manji
noun 4name 1
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4ADJ.
noble, seated, small
VERB + MANJI
sat
MANJI + NOUN
'
PREP.
in, on
Definitions
name
1
South China, as opposed to Cathay or northern China.
Upon crossing this river you enter the noble province of Manji […]
noun
1
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 […].
noun
1
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.
The significance of a manji lies in its use as the seat of a person in authority, other people sitting on the ground.
2
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.
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Upon crossing this river you enter the noble province of Manji […]
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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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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.
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The significance of a manji lies in its use as the seat of a person in authority, other people sitting on the ground.
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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!
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