The sign does have a র (ra) written as in the Bangla script rather than the standard Asamiya ৰ. From what I could figure out, this seems to be somewhere in the southern part of Assam, right near the border with Bangladesh, so the language there might be strongly Bangla-influenced.
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Department of Classics
Brown University


On Sun, Sep 28, 2025 at 5:26 PM Matthew Kapstein via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:
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@umich.edu> 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@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@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@list.indology.info> wrote:
Dear Friends,

In the following news article about a couple of 'Sanskrit-speaking' villages in the borderlands of Assam,


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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