# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/khamnu
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:01:08.772Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/khamnu"
name: "Khamnu"
slug: "khamnu"
description: "Khamnu (/kʰəm.nu/) is a figure in Metei legend and folklore. She appears in the epic poem Khamba Thoibi. She is the daughter of prime minister Khuman Puremba of Ancient Moirang. Biologically, she is a daughter of King Chingkhu Telheiba of Ancient Moirang. She is the older sister of Khuman Khamba. She is best known for raising her younger brother when he was a child. The two siblings became orphans during their infancy. Khamnu feared evil plots, she took her younger brother and fled her home town. They took refuge in the village of the Kabui chief in the hills."
tagline: "Elder sister of Khamba in the \"Khamba Thoibi\" epic legend of Meitei folklore of Manipur"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/THOIBI%2C_SENU_AND_KHAMNU.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           35.75
  momentum:             7.499999999999998
  historical:           5.734773333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DA%BE%D9%85%D9%86%D9%88%DA%BA"
    title: "کھمنوں"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%81"
    title: "খামনু"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khamnu"
    title: "Khamnu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mni.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%AF%88%EA%AF%9D%EA%AF%85%EA%AF%A8"
    title: "ꯈꯝꯅꯨ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DA%BE%D9%85%D9%86%D9%88%DA%BA"
    title: "کھمنوں"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khamnu"
    title: "Khamnu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BD%D1%83"
    title: "Хамну"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107676119"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump