| Description |
1 online resource (230 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Foreword: In Memory of Aditya Behl; Introduction: Mirigāvatī: The Magic Doe; Prologue; The Story of Mirigāvatī and Rājkunvar; Envoi; Notes |
| Summary |
Mirigavati or The Magic Doe is the work of Shaikh Qutban Suhravardi, an Indian Sufi master who was also an expert poet and storyteller attached to the glittering court-in-exile of Sultan Husain Shah Sharqi of Jaunpur. Composed in 1503 as an introduction to mystical practice for disciples, this powerful Hindavi or early Hindi Sufi romance is a richly layered and sophisticated text, simultaneously a spiritual enigma and an exciting love-story full of adventures. The Mirigavati is both an excellent introduction to Sufism and one of the true literary classics of pre-modern India, a story that draw |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Kutban, active 1493-1503 -- Translations into English
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| SUBJECT |
Kutban, active 1493-1503 fast |
| Subject |
Sufi poetry, Hindi -- Translations into English
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Sufi poetry, Hindi
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| Genre/Form |
Translations
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Doniger, Wendy
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| ISBN |
9780199842933 |
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0199842930 |
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