Manipuri to English:
ꯋꯥꯈꯜ ꯇꯤꯟꯅꯕꯁꯤꯡꯒꯤ ꯀꯥꯡꯂꯨꯞ ꯑꯗꯨ ꯀꯔꯝꯅ ꯂꯥꯛꯈꯤ ꯑꯃꯁꯨꯡ ꯃꯁꯤꯅ ꯕꯨꯗꯙꯒꯤ ꯇꯥꯛꯄꯤꯔꯝꯕ ꯑꯗꯨ ꯈꯪꯍꯟꯕꯗ ꯑꯈꯟꯅꯕ ꯃꯇꯤꯛ ꯑꯃ ꯀꯔꯤꯒꯤꯗꯃꯛ ꯂꯧꯔꯤꯕꯅꯣ ꯍꯥꯏꯕ ꯑꯗꯨ ꯁꯟꯗꯣꯛꯅ ꯇꯥꯛꯂꯗꯨꯅ, ꯃꯁꯤꯒꯤ ꯋꯥꯔꯤ ꯁꯤꯡꯕꯨꯟꯁꯤꯡ ꯑꯁꯤꯅ ꯃꯥꯂꯦꯝ ꯂꯩꯁꯦꯝꯂꯣꯟꯒꯤ ꯑꯔꯤꯕ ꯋꯥꯔꯤꯁꯤꯡꯒꯨꯝꯅ ꯃꯊꯧ ꯇꯧꯋꯤ꯫
These narratives function like creation myths, explaining how the school came to be and why it has a special authority to convey the Buddha's teaching.