Literary and religious practices in medieval and early modern India

1. Sufi attitudes toward homosexuality : Chishti perspectives from South Asia / Scott Kugle -- 2. Religious sects, syncretism, and claims of antiquity : the Dashanami-Sannyasis and South Asian Sufis / Matthew Clark -- 3. Mingling of the oceans : a journey through the works of Dara Shikuh / Mridula J...

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Contributors: Aquil, Raziuddin (Editor) ; Curley, David L. (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: London New York, NY Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2017
In:Year: 2017
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B India / Religious literature / History 700-1799
Further subjects:B Sufism History (India)
B Indic literature History and criticism
B Collection of essays
B Sufism ; India ; History
B India Religious life and customs
B India ; Religious life and customs
B Electronic books
B Indic literature ; History and criticism
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Summary:1. Sufi attitudes toward homosexuality : Chishti perspectives from South Asia / Scott Kugle -- 2. Religious sects, syncretism, and claims of antiquity : the Dashanami-Sannyasis and South Asian Sufis / Matthew Clark -- 3. Mingling of the oceans : a journey through the works of Dara Shikuh / Mridula Jha -- 4. Contested religious identities in Prannathi textual discourses during the reign of Emperor Aurangzeb / Sandhya Sharma -- 5. Ballads, public memory, and history in the littoral zone of Eastern Bengal / David L. Curley -- 6. The story of Jayamati's humiliation and death : reworking of the indigenous sources in Assamese historiography of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries / Sudeshna Purkayastha -- 7. Retelling medieval history for twentieth-century readers : encounter of a Hindu prince and a Sufi master in Khwaja Hasan Nizami's Nizami Bansuri / Mikko Viitamaki.
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:1315272180
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.4324/9781315272184