[Assam] About the Name Assam

[kamal deka]

 In my humble view,the very word " Assam" is an Anglicised one.As an
adjective," Assamese " pertains to the characteristic of the people of
Assam and their culture.As  a noun,it means the native of Assam or the
language of Assam.
In view of the above fact.Assam Sahitya Sabha may not be in error.
Kamal

On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 9:47 PM, Ajoy Hazarika <adhazarika at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Dear Oxom Xahityo Xobha:
>
>
> I agree with Chandan Mahanta.  If you do not know anything about it,
> an article written by H. Borgohain.  I could not find the article,
> otherwise I could have forwarded to you.
>
> Hi Chandan, Rajen, if you have that article please forward that to . Oxom
> Xahityo Xobha
> Oxom Xahityo Xobha.  It will also help if Oxom Xahityo Xobha study
> the Bodo language.  There are other historical facts.  Chandan and Rajen
> can help.
>
> A. D. Hazarika
>
>
>
>
> --- On Mon, 3/2/09, Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
> From: Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net>
> Subject: [Assam] About the Name Assam
> To: info at axomxahityaxobha.org
> Cc: assam at assamnet.org
> Date: Monday, March 2, 2009, 9:05 PM
>
> Dear Oxom Xahityo Xobha:
>
>
> >In 1917 the Asom Sahitya Sabha was formed as a
> >guardian of the Assamese society and the forum for the
> >development of Assamese language and literature.
> >The word Assamese is an English one, built on the same
> >principle as Cingalese, Canarese, etc. It is based on the
> >English word Assam by which the tract consisting of the
> >Brahmaputra valley is known.
>
>
> *** It is pretty sad that you don't know the origins of the name
> Assam, that you claim is an English name.
>
> It is such display of ignorance of our history and an absence of
> intellectual curiosity to know what it truly is, that makes the likes
> of Oxom Xahityo Xobha irrelevant to our cultural heritage
>
> Sondon Mohonto
>
> USA
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