[INDOLOGY] Assam

[Matthew Kapstein]

Please correct me if I am wrong, but I believe that Assamese and Bengali scripts are identical, save for two additional characters in Bengali that I don’t see in the sign.

On Sun, Sep 28, 2025 at 23:13, Jahnabi Barooah Chanchani <[jahnabi at umich.edu](mailto:On Sun, Sep 28, 2025 at 23:13, Jahnabi Barooah Chanchani <<a href=)> wrote:

> 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](mailto: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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>> Nagaraj Paturi
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> JAHNABI BAROOAH CHANCHANI
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> Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
> University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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