[Assam] ahom and buranji

[xourov pathok]

--- Rajen Barua <barua25 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Xourov:
> Great!
> Does that 'Dewdhai oxom Buronji' by Aton Buragohai
> tells when it might have
> been written? Was it by Aton Buragoahin himself? And
> can you tell us by
> reading the Buronji how the name of Assam is
> referred as in the Buronji? I
> mean how is it spelled in Assamese, is it Oxom,
> Axam, Acham or Ochom, if
> ever it is mentioned? My prediction is that it will
> be spelled as Acham (ie
> Ah+ Prothom SO + MO) by I may be wrong.
> Rajen Barua

rajen-da,

yes, it was indeed written by atan burhagohain.  at
least that is the accepted fact.  so it was written in
the 17th century.

i shall have to check for the spelling of assam.  i
shall guess that it was not consistent.  you might
notice that there are two spellings for ahom (aahwm
and aahaam) in the pages given here.  the aahaam could
be a variation of aaxaam or aasaam though.  

the "deodhai oxom buranji" was first published in
"orunudoi" in a serial over a few years(?).  the one
that is published by the deparment of historical and
antiquarian studies (this one) which is a combination
of the published one and another one found with
someone.  the bahgarhia burhagohain buranji (and a few
others) are supplementary buranjis in this collection.


i have seen a copy of the orunudoi that carried one of
the deodhai episodes.  it had an article on the
niagara falls, with a pen drawing!

xourov

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