Puthi

A puthi (Bengali: পুঁথি, Perso-Arab: پوتھی) is a book or writing of poetic fairy tales and religious stories of Bengal and present-day East India, which were read by a senior "educated" person while others would listen.

[1] Puthis were manuscripts written in the Bengali or Odia languages, utilising scripts such as the Odia, Sylheti Nagri, Bengali and Perso-Arabic script.

[2][3][4] Puthi (پوتھی, /po:t̪ʰi:/) is a Sanskrit originated feminine noun which means book.

The pages of puthis could be leaves, leather, sheets of wood, or barks.

This made it resistant to insects as well, allowing it to survive for a long time.

A palm leaf Hindu text manuscript from Bali , Indonesia, showing how the manuscripts were tied into a book.