Ecstasy and Enlightenment : The Ismaili Devotional Literature of South Asia

Name: Ecstasy and Enlightenment
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
SKU: 9781860648281
Price: 4300 KES
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ISBN: 9781860648281

by Ali S. Asani

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Format Paperback / softback

Book Series Ismaili Heritage Series

ISBN-10 1860648282

ISBN-13 9781860648281

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Imprint I.B. Tauris

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Nov 21st, 2003

Print length 212 Pages

Weight 312 grams

Dimensions 13.90 x 21.40 x 1.90 cms

Product Classification: Literary studies: poetry & poets Literary studies: poetry and poets Regional studies Regional / International studies Islam Islam

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Situating the ginans - a large corpus of hymns and poems - in the larger context of Sufi, Bhakti and Sant poetry in medieval India, the author explores their history, characteristics, themes and prosody, as well as the unique Khojki script in which they were recorded.

The devotional and mystical literature of the Ismailis in the Indo-Pakistan subcontinent is a little known but rich seam of creativity in the cultural heritage of Islam. This book focuses on the ginans - a large corpus of hymns and poems composed in a variety of Indic languages and attributed to a series of preacher-saints who propogated the Ismaili form of Islam in the subcontinent over several centuries. Situating the gians in the larger context of Sufi, Bhakti and Sant poetry in medieval India, the author explores their history, characteristics, themes and prosody, as well as the unique Khojki script in which they were recorded. He also highlights the continuing vitality of this tradition in the religious life of Nizari Ismaili communities of South Asian origin.

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