Nund Rishi: poetry and politics in medieval Kashmir
Nund Rishi (1378-1440) is considered one of the most important Sufi poets from Kashmir. He is revered as the 'flag-bearer of Kashmir' ('Alamdār-e Kashmir), and his poems draw upon the hyperlocal imagery of the Kashmiri literary universe. Despite his popular status as a spiritual succe...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Cambridge ; New York, NY
Cambridge University Press
2023
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| In: | Year: 2023 |
| Further subjects: | B
Negative Theology
Islam
B Nund-Rishi Criticism and interpretation B Politics and literature (India) (Jammu and Kashmir) B Nund-Rishi Religion |
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9781009100458 |
| Summary: | Nund Rishi (1378-1440) is considered one of the most important Sufi poets from Kashmir. He is revered as the 'flag-bearer of Kashmir' ('Alamdār-e Kashmir), and his poems draw upon the hyperlocal imagery of the Kashmiri literary universe. Despite his popular status as a spiritual successor of Lal Ded, Nund Rishi's poetry has received next to no attention in modern scholarship. This book embodies Abir Bazaz's enduring engagement with the poetic corpus of Nund Rishi. By unpacking the cryptic philosophical and philological riddles in the poems, Bazaz unearths a negative theology in Nund Rishi's mystical poetry. He argues convincingly that the themes of Islam, Death, the Nothing and the Apocalyptic in these poems reveal an existential politics. Bazaz further suggests that the apophatic style of Nund Rishi's poems is in turn mirrored in mystical poetry across South Asia and the larger Indo-Persian world. |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Aug 2023) |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 281 pages), digital, PDF file(s). |
| ISBN: | 1009118811 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/9781009118811 |