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Assam is the home of several types of silks, the most prominent and prestigious being Muga, the natural golden silk is exclusive only to Assam. Apart from Muga, there are other two varieties called Pat, creamy-bright-silver colored silk, and Eri, a variety used for manufacturing warm clothes for winter.
Sahitya Akademi Award for Assamese Award for contributions to Assamese literature Awarded for Literary award in India Sponsored by Sahitya Akademi, Government of India Reward(s) ₹ 1 lakh (US$1,200) First award 1955 Final award 2024 Highlights Total awarded 61 First winner Jatindranath Dowara Most Recent winner Sameer Tanti Website website Part of a series on Sahitya Akademi Awards Category ...
Assamese (/ ˌ æ s ə ˈ m iː z /) [7] or Asamiya (অসমীয়া ⓘ) [8] is an Indo-Aryan language spoken mainly in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam, where it is an official language.
Following is the list of recipients of Sahitya Akademi translation prizes for their works written in Assamese. The award, as of 2019, consisted of ₹ 50,000. [ 1 ]
In the 14th century Madhava Kandali used Assamese alphabets to compose the famous Saptakanda Ramayana, which is the Assamese translation of Valmiki's Sanskrit Ramayana. Later, Sankardev used it in the 15th and 16th centuries to compose his oeuvre in Assamese and Brajavali dialect , the literary language of the bhakti poems ( borgeets ) and dramas.
Composed in Vedic Sanskrit, the texts constitute the oldest layer of Sanskrit literature and the oldest scriptures of Hinduism. There are four Vedas, and these constitute the Hindu canon (but they are largely religious scriptures, some telling it to be God's words). Each Veda has four subdivisions – the Samhitas (mantras and benedictions ...
In 1829 Haliram Dhekial Phukan, an erstwhile Ahom officer who successfully transitioned into British officialdom, published Assam Desher Itihash yani ("or") Assam Buranji [50] [51] —written in a hybrid Assamese, Sanskrit, and Bengali language, it drew deeply from the traditional Buranji material and format, but broke away from it by being ...
Geographically Assam, in the middle of Northeast India, contains fertile river valleys surrounded and interspersed by mountains and hills.It is accessible from Tibet in the north (via Bum La, Se La, Tunga), across the Patkai in the Southeast (via Diphu, Kumjawng, Hpungan, Chaukam, Pangsau, More-Tamu) and from Burma across the Arakan Yoma (via An, Taungup).