puya

noun

1. Any of a group of books written in the Old Manipuri language, mostly sacred to Sanamahism.
2. A member of the genus Puya of bromeliad plants.

   “The puya is a strange form of bromeliad, and the giant species grows ever so slowly for between 30 and 100 years and then sends a flower spike covered in 8000 florets about 9 metres (30 feet) up into the air, like a floral telegraph pole.”

3. (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of puya.
4. (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of puya.

   “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.”