Sakok Lamlen

Sakok Lamlen (Meitei: ꯁꯥꯀꯣꯛ ꯂꯝꯂꯦꯟ), also spelt Shakok Lamlen (Meitei: ꯁꯥꯀꯣꯛ ꯂꯝꯂꯦꯟ), is an ancient religious text (puya) of the indigenous Meitei religion and is a sequel to the myth expounded in the Leithak Leikharol. It is considered to be the Upanishad of the Meitei religion. It is one of the historical texts, which mention about the different names of Ancient Manipur. According to it, Kangla was the capital of the Meitei ethnicity in Ancient Manipur and it was also known as Leimakon Kangla Nongthon Phambiron. It was constructed over the navel of the serpent god Taoroinai. It also mentions about the history of the festival celebrated during the reign of Meitei king Irengba in the tenth century AD.

Bibliography

• https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.310109
• https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.465001

Further reading

• https://www.newsdogapp.com/en/article/5d95610f83b48e1d4a56fdfa/?d=false
• https://books.google.co.in/books?id=wLzDLsEYZGQC&pg=PA19&dq=sakok+lamlen&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwikyKe56ebuAhUXhZQKHeKHA7A4ChDoATAJegQICBAC#v=onepage&q=sakok%20lamlen&f=false