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The Henjunaha Lairoulembi (Old Manipuri: Hensunaha Lailoulempi), also known as the Henjunaha Lairuklembi (Old Manipuri: Hensunaha Lailuklempi), shortly known as the Henjunaha (Old Manipuri: Hensunaha), is a legendary epic love story of Henjunaha Yangleingamba (Old Manipuri: Hensunaha Yangleingampa) and Thongnang Lairoulembi (Old Manipuri: Thongnang Lailoulempi).
He graduated from the University of Calcutta in 1930 and by that time he had mastered English, Bengali, Hindi, Sanskrit and the Old Meitei languages. He belonged to the generation which had grown up and saw the difficult times of Manipur in the socio-economic condition under the monarchic system of government shaped by the colonial rule of ...
Khelchandra Singh wrote in Meitei and English and is known to have published over 30 books. [2] Manipuri to Manipuri and English Dictionary, published in 1964, is reported to be the first modern general dictionary in Meitei language. Another book of linguistics he wrote is Manipuri Language-Status and Importance, which was published in 1975. [7]
Meitei language (officially known as Manipuri language), the sole official language and the lingua franca of Manipur, [1] one of the scheduled languages of India, [2] one of the recognised educational and literary languages of Assam [3] and Tripura states, [4] has its speakers spread across entire India.
Folktales are called "funga wari" ("phunga wari"), literally meaning "stories of kitchen furnace or stove" in Meitei language (officially called Manipuri language). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In early times, in the Meitei households, children must have gathered around the kitchen fire, listening to the stories narrated by the elders. [ 1 ]
Some of the books he translated from Bengali to Manipuri language are the Gita Govinda and Padavali gi Shayan Shaikhan. In 1988, Swamy Prabhupada's "Bhagavad-gita As It Is" was translated into Manipuri by RK Shitaljit. [8] He has also authored the Friends' English to Manipuri dictionary, 1962 [9] and Friends' Pocket Dictionary (English-Manipuri ...
The Puyas (Manipuri: ꯄꯨꯌꯥ) are archaic Manipuri manuscripts. [1] They encompass a wide spectrum of themes including genealogy, literature, history, royalties, administration, creation and cosmology, philosophy, poetry, religious beliefs, etc. [1]
The Meitei language (officially known as Manipuri) movement sought to achieve recognition of Meitei as a Classical language of India.It was supported by various literary, political, social associations and organisations as well as notable individual personalities of Bangladesh, Myanmar, Northeast India (prominently Assam, Manipur and Tripura).