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] >> <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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