| Temples & Legends Of Assam |
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INTRODUCTION |
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The existing
practice of animal sacrifice by strangling on the Siva Chaturdasi day is also a Vedic
survival. It is significant that the Assamese woman's undergarment mekhela is a phonetic
variation of mekhala, which was a girdle for woman or Brahmhcari in Vedic times. But the
greatest cultural influence of the Aryans, which also brought unity among the
diverse tribes, and races of the province however, was the language. Sanskrit not only
became the language of the court, it also became the medium of expression for poets,
philosophers and preachers. Modern Assamese as an. Aryan speech developed out of the
Sanskrit as early as the 10th century A.D.The
language that is spoken by the majority of the people of the State is Assamese. This Aryan
language checked the spread of Tibeto -Burmese language in Assam. It, however, took some
words from these languages. Assamese, is a very developed language and has a good old
literature. Modern Assamese language is very vigorous. |
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