[INDOLOGY] Assam

[Jahnabi Barooah Chanchani]

A quick note that the script is not Assamese, but Bengali.
Also, the third word in the second line is pattrālaya. I wonder if that
means post office in this context?

On Sun, Sep 28, 2025 at 2:15 AM Nagaraj Paturi via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> The news report has the place name Patiyala Basti
>
> The text has madhyapaaTiyaalaa in both the lines.
>
> On Sun, Sep 28, 2025 at 11:15 AM Matthew Kapstein via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>
>> Hi Patrick,
>>
>> I think the first word should actually be sthānam.
>> It seems to be part of a longish address of the SannyāsībāDī temple named
>> just above, not a verse.
>> Same thing in Assamese script at the top.
>>
>> Best
>> Matthew
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Sep 28, 2025 at 04:59, patrick mccartney via INDOLOGY <
>> indology at list.indology.info
>> <On+Sun,+Sep+28,+2025+at+04:59,+patrick+mccartney+via+INDOLOGY+%3C%3Ca+href=>>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Dear Friends,
>>
>> In the following news article about a couple of 'Sanskrit-speaking'
>> villages in the borderlands of Assam,
>>
>>
>> https://www.sentinelassam.com/north-east-india-news/assam-news/assam-sanskrit-revived-in-two-border-villages-in-karimganj
>>
>> there is an image which appears to have a Sanskrit verse on the
>> sign, which reads:
>>
>> rayānam-madhyapatiyālā, patanjali yogamārgaḥ
>> grāma madhyapātiyālā, pan?tālayaḥ pecāyālā
>>
>> I have not had much success in deciphering this. I think these are
>> possibly local place or family names. Though, I'm not sure.
>>
>> If anyone has some greater insight, I would be pleased to hear from you.
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Patrick
>>
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*JAHNABI BAROOAH CHANCHANI*
PhD Candidate
Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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