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Ecstasy and Enlightenment - The Ismaili Devotional Literature of South Asia (Paperback)
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Ecstasy and Enlightenment - The Ismaili Devotional Literature of South Asia (Paperback)
Series: Ismaili Heritage Series, v. 6
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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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