{{short description|Collection of Meitei written records, Meetei}}

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{{Infobox book series

| name = Puyas

| image = A picture of Puya(Meitei text).jpg

| image_caption = ꯄꯨꯌꯥ ꯂꯥꯢꯔꯤꯛ

| books =

| language =[[Meitei language]] ([[Manipuri language]])

| number_of_books = more than 1000 (including Nongsamei Puya, Sanamahi Laihui, [[Numit Kappa]], etc.)

}}

The '''Puyas''' ({{lang-mni|ꯄꯨꯌꯥ}}) are archaic [[Meitei language]] manuscripts.{{sfnp|Laishram}} They encompass a wide spectrum of themes including [[genealogy]], [[literature]], [[history]], [[royalties]], administration, [[creation myth|creation]] and [[cosmology]], [[philosophy]], [[poetry]], [[religious belief]]s, etc.{{sfnp|Laishram}}

Saroj Parratt noted in 2005 that none of these Puyas were yet dated by professional historians or subject to serious textual-critical scrutiny.{{sfnp|Parratt|2005|pp=10}} Consequently, she criticized the tendency of local authors to treat Puyas as reliable sources in their reconstruction of Manipuri history.{{sfnp|Parratt|2005|pp=11}} Scholars have noted that Puyas had been forged by [[Meitei nationalism|Meitei nationalists]] to support their [[Invented tradition|reinvention of history and tradition]].{{sfnp|Parratt|2005|pp=11,17}}{{sfnp|Brandt|2005|pp=128}}{{sfnp|Naorem|2015|pp=219}}

==See also==

* [[Meitei literature]]

* [[Sanamahism]]

*[[Puya Meithaba]]

==References==

{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==

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* {{Cite journal|last=Brandt|first=Carmen|date=2017-12-05|title=Writing off domination: the Chakma and Meitei script movements|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19472498.2017.1411050|journal=South Asian History and Culture|volume=9 |pages=116–140 |language=en|doi=10.1080/19472498.2017.1411050|s2cid=148911026 |issn=1947-2498|ref=CITEREFBrandt2005}}

* {{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}}

* {{Cite book|last=Naorem|first=Naorem Malemsanba|editor-first1=Arambam |editor-first2=Kangujam |editor-last1=Noni |editor-last2=Sanatomba |chapter=Centrality of body politics in Thokachanba’s script and cultural revivalism in Manipur|title=Colonialism and Resistance: Society and State in Manipur|date=2015|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781315638317|location=London|doi=10.4324/9781315638317 }}

* {{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}}

* {{Cite book|last=Parratt|first=Saroj Nalini Arambam|title=The Court Chronicle of the Kings of Manipur: The Cheitharon Kumpapa : Original Text, Translation, and Notes|date=2005|publisher=Routledge|isbn=0-415-34430-1|location=London}}

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{{Books}}

{{Religious books}}

[[Category:Meitei language]]

[[Category:Meitei culture]]

[[Category:History of Manipur]]

[[Category:Sanamahism]]

[[Category:Puyas]]{{Puyas}}