PuYa
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English
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]PuYa
- A group of books written in Ancient Meitei language, mostly sacred to Sanamahism.
Noun
[edit]PuYa (plural PuYas)
- Any book describing the creation myth of the Meithei people.
- 2018 September 1, Madhu Chandra, “The Effects of the Burning of Meitei Puyas (The Sacred Writings of Manipur)”, in article[1]:
- Puyas may be defined as sacred written records handed down to posterity by the forefathers of the Meiteis. They are a particular kind of old narratives which form a definite class in Manipuri literature.