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Poireiton Khunthok ( Meitei: ꯄꯣꯢꯔꯩꯇꯣꯟ ꯈꯨꯟꯊꯣꯛ, transl: The Immigration of Poireiton) is an ancient Meitei puya, or narrative work describing about the immigration of a band of colonists, led by a man, Poireiton, a prince and younger brother of Thongalen, the god of the underworld, [1] in the plains of the Kangleipak (present day Manipur). [2] [3] [4] [5]
It is partially an allegorical work, which includes mythical elements as the integral parts of the saga. [2] [6] Part of the lore is that the knowledge of how to use fire was introduced to the people of Kangleipak by Poireiton. [7]