Winged Messengers, Feathered Beauties and Beaks of Divine Wisdom: The Role of Birds in Hindi-Urdu Allegorical Love Stories
This article intends to investigate the role played by different kinds of birds in the narrative scheme of the mediaeval love romance (premakhyan or mathnawi), a literary genre used by Indian Sufi poets aimed at conveying an esoteric message through the allegorical language of war and love. Although...
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| Language: | English |
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Equinox
2013
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Religions of South Asia
Year: 2013, Volume: 7, Issue: 1/3, Pages: 180-194 |
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medieval religion and nature
B Wisdom B Love stories B Islam B Indian literature B Animal B Birds B Sufism |
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