Ecstasy and Enlightenment

I.B. Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies 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 poe...

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description I.B. Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies 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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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1591852025-05-15T04:22:53Z Ecstasy and Enlightenment Asani, Ali S. Islamic groups: Shi’ah, Shi’ite I.B. Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies 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. 2025-05-09T08:59:35Z 2025-05-09T08:59:35Z 2025-05-08T11:45:02Z 2002 book ONIX_20250508_9780755616336_18 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/101413 9780755616336 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/159185 eng Ismaili Heritage open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/101413/1/9780755616336.pdf Bloomsbury Academic I.B. Tauris 10.5040/9780755611751 10.5040/9780755611751 f75587da-2374-4722-9d42-9fffa7fa3f92 9780755616336 I.B. Tauris 212 London open access
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