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 <[[email protected]](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 < > [email protected]> 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 < >> [email protected]> 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 < >>> [[email protected]](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 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> INDOLOGY mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >> >> -- >> >> Nagaraj Paturi >> Hyderabad, Telangana-500044 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> INDOLOGY mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology > > -- > > JAHNABI BAROOAH CHANCHANI > PhD Candidate > Department of Asian Languages and Cultures > University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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