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| image_caption = ꯄꯨꯌꯥ ꯂꯥꯢꯔꯤꯛ

| language =[[Meetei language]]

| number_of_books = more than 120<ref>{{Cite book|last=Rena|first=Laishram|url=http://14.139.207.116/jspui/bitstream/1/10852/1/Early%20Meitei%20history%20%28R%20Laisram%29.pdf|title=The early meitei history|publisher=AKANSHA PUBLISHING HOUSE|year=2010|isbn=978-81-8370-163-1|location=New Delhi|publication-date=8 September 2010|pages=1–12|orig-year=2009|type=pdf|archive-date=24 October 2020}}</ref> ([[Nongsamei Puya]], [[Sanamahi Laihui]], [[Numit Kappa]], etc.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Laishram|first=Sadhana|title=Conservation and preservation of Manuscripts in Manipur|url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/254457/7/07_chapter%202.pdf}}</ref>)

The '''Puya''', also known as '''Meetei Puya''',<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rajshekhar|first=M.|title=In violence-scarred Manipur, ancient scrolls show why AFSPA will not work|url=http://scroll.in/article/733295/in-violence-scarred-manipur-ancient-scrolls-show-why-afspa-will-not-work|access-date=23 October 2020|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US}}</ref> ({{lang-mni|ꯄꯨꯌꯥ}}), from ''pu'' "ancestors" and ''ya'' or ''yaba'' "accept", are scriptures or documents, written by various [[scholar|Maichou(s)]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Devi|first=Dr Yumlembam Gopi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gxqeDwAAQBAJ&q=apoi+macha+maichou&pg=PA119|title=Glimpses of Manipuri Culture|publisher=Lulu.com|isbn=978-0-359-72919-7|language=en}}</ref> from time to time. The Meetei Puyas deal with the [[genealogy]], [[literature]], [[history]], [[royalties]], administration, [[creation myth|creation]] and [[cosmology]], [[philosophy]], [[poetry]], [[religious belief]]s, etc.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Raghu|first=Ningthoujam|title=Awang Koubru Asuppa and Notion for Origin of Obliquity of Earth and Planets – KanglaOnline|url=https://kanglaonline.com/2018/09/awang-koubru-asuppa-and-notion-for-origin-of-obliquity-of-earth-and-planets/|access-date=24 October 2020|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Paochel|first=article|date=9 November 2020|title=Discovery of Kangleipak|url=http://paochelsalaitaret.net/article/dk18.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

Puya such as "[[Nongsamei Puya]]" records the details about Muslim settlement during the reign of King [[Khagemba]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Renuka|first=Mangsatabam|title=The Muslim Settlers in Manipur during the Reign of Meidingu Khagemba|url=http://www.researchguru.net/volume/Volume%2012/Issue%204/RG115.pdf}}</ref>

==Contents==

===Meitei philosophy===

[[Sanamahism|Meitei religion]] (''Laining Leechat'') and the corresponding philosophy (''Wang-ulon'') revolve around knowing the origin of life and protecting life from destruction by evil forces. This origin of life is known as the blood and represents the shared life force and common genetic pool of all living beings.<ref name=blood>{{cite web|url= http://www.e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=manipur.Manipur_and_Religion.Blood_is_the_source_of_Meetei_religion_and_philosophy_Sanamahi |title=Blood is the source of Meetei religion and philosophy The Origin of Sanamahism |author=Puyam Nongdrei Khuman |publisher=E-Pao |access-date=14 May 2019}}</ref>

===Origin of life and its spread according to Puya===

According to [[Wakoklon Heelel Thilel Salai Amailon Pukok Puya]] and various [[Folk song|KhuNung Esei]], life was created on [[Mount Koubru|Mt. Koupalu]] and spread throughout the world from there.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Raghu|first=Ningthoujam|title=Awang Koubru Asuppa and Notion for Origin of Obliquity of Earth and Planets – KanglaOnline|url=https://kanglaonline.com/2018/09/awang-koubru-asuppa-and-notion-for-origin-of-obliquity-of-earth-and-planets/|access-date=24 October 2020|language=en-US}}</ref>

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* Awang Koupalu Asuppa

* Leima-Lai Khunda Ahaanba

* Nongthak-lei Mau lingliba

* Eelik Mapaan thariba

* O Lainingthou

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=== Religion ===

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Puya like Sanamahi laihui and Numit Kappa are [[Sanamahism]] [[religious texts]] written in the [[Meitei language]] using the [[Meitei script]]. They are a particular kind of old narrative which form a definite class in rituals, deities of Meitei<ref>{{Cite book|last=Gourchandra|first=M.|url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.465618|title=Sanamahi Laihui|date=1982}}</ref> containing traditional lore of the [[Meitei people]] of [[Manipur]].

== List of Puyas ==

There are a number of archaic Puya books, including{{citation needed|date=April 2019}}

* Watchetlon Pathup

* [[Sanamahi Laihui]]

* [[Wakoklon Heelel Thilen Salai Amailon Pukok Puya]]<ref>N. M. Meetei in: Arambam Noni, Kangujam Sanatomba (eds.), ''Colonialism and Resistance: Society and State in Manipur'', Routledge, 2015, [https://books.google.com/books?id=OzjbCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA223 p. 223].</ref>

* Ponpilang

* Thiren Layat

* [[Numit Kappa]]

* Sakoklon

* Sakoklon Thilel

==Related pages==

* [[Lists of deities in Sanamahism]]

* [[Sanamahi creation myth]]

* [[Wakoklon Heelel Thilel Salai Amailon Pukok Puya]]

==Sources==

* http://e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=manipur.Arts_and_Culture.Meetei_Puya_and_Meetei_tradition

* http://e-pao.net/epPageExtractor.asp?src=features.Translation_of_our_holy_book_Puya_in_English_A_visionary_approach_By_Samarjit_Kambam.html

* http://e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=news_section.opinions.The_Puya_and_Cheitharol_Kumbaba

* http://e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=news_section.opinions.Puya_Meithaba_The_Burning_of_Meitei_Sacred_Scripture_By_Madhu_Chandra

* http://e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=leisure.Essays.Puya_Meithaba_The_Date_Controversy_By_Chabungbam_Amuba

==Further reading==

* http://e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=reviews.books.Nongsamei_Puya_second_edition_released_by_Syed_Ahmed

==External links==

* {{cite web|url=http://www.paochelsalaitaret.net/|title=KANGLEIPAK HISTORICAL & CULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE - Hei-Ha - Epa Epu Gee Khongul Lirasi Salaicha Sing.|website=Paochelsalaitaret.net|accessdate=15 December 2018}}

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