Ancient Meitei literature
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This article is about the literature in Ancient Meitei. For the medieval and modern era literatures, see Meitei literature.
Ancient Meitei literature, also termed as Old Manipuri literature, is literature written in the Old Manipuri language from the earliest texts until the time of King Pamheiba (Meitei for 'Garib Niwaj'). All the ancient Meitei literary works are written in the traditional Meitei script.[1] The ancient Meitei language texts, written in Meitei script, are conventionally termed as "the puyas".[2]
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Many of the ancient Meitei literary works need transliteration and translation, as the language used is often "obscure and unintelligible" to the modern Manipuri.[3]