What is Koupalu?
{{Infobox deity | type = Meitei | name = Koupalu | deity_of = Guardian God of the North West Direction | member_of = [[Maikei Ngaakpa Lai]]s and [[Umang Lai]]s | image = | alt = <!-- for alternate text of the title image per [[WP:ALT]] --> | caption = | other_names = Koubaru, Koubru | hiro = | Old_Norse = | script_name = Meitei | script = [[File:KOUPALU.jpg|60px]] | affiliation = [[Meitei mythology]] ([[Manipuri mythology]]) and [[Meitei religion]] ([[Sanamahism]]) | cult_center = <!-- or | cult_centre = --> | abode = [[Mount Koupalu]] ([[Mount Koubru]]) | planet = <!-- or | world = --> | weapon = Spear | battles = | artifacts = <!-- or | artefacts = --> | animals = White elephant | symbol = <!-- or | symbols = --> | adherents = | height = | age = | tree = | day = | color = <!-- or | colour = --> | number = | consort = [[Kounu]] | parents = | siblings = | children = * [[Loyalakpa]] * Thoudu Nungthel Leima * [[Lainaotabi|Koubru Namoinu]] (according to the [[Nongban Pombi Luwaoba]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X31aDwAAQBAJ&q=Nungpan+Ponpi+Luwaopa+narrates+the+romantic+saga+of+Luwang+Prince+Luwaopa+and+Koubru+Namoinee%2C+the+adopted+daughter+of+the+Koubru+King.+Myth+and+legend+fuse+together+with+divine+intervention+playing+an+important+role+in+the+narrative.&pg=PT236|title=Northeast India: A Reader|last1=Oinam|first1=Bhagat|last2=Sadokpam|first2=Dhiren A.|date=2018-05-11|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-429-95320-0|language=en}}</ref>) | predecessor = | successor = | army = | mount = White elephant | texts = [[PuYa]]s | gender = Male | Greek_equivalent = | Roman_equivalent = | Etruscan_equivalent = | Christian_equivalent = | Slavic_equivalent = | Hinduism_equivalent = | Canaanite_equivalent = | equivalent1_type = | equivalent1 = | equivalent2_type = | equival