Unveiling the Garden of Love - Lalita Sinha

Unveiling the Garden of Love

Mystical Symbolism in Layla Majnun & Gita Govinda

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Buch | Softcover
208 Seiten
2009
World Wisdom Books (Verlag)
978-1-933316-63-5 (ISBN)
18,65 inkl. MwSt
Helps to discover the common ground shared between Islamic Sufism and Hindu Bhaktism through their literary expressions. This book examines two classic love poems- "The Story of Layla Majnun" (written by Nezami in the Sufi tradition) and "Gita Govinda" (written by Jayadeva in the Hindu tradition).
Epic love poems often share common thematic elements - love in union, love in separation and love in reunion. While two different religious and cultural traditions such as Islamic Sufism and Hindu Bhaktism might seem to have little in common, their literary expression might suggest otherwise. Lalita Sinha investigates this possibility in UNVEILING THE GARDEN OF LOVE by finding common threads shared between the classic love poems, The Story of Layla Majnun (written by Nezami in the Sufi tradition) and Gita Govinda (written by Jayadeva in the Hindu tradition). These literary masterpieces, through the saga of human love, open a doorway to understanding the shared experiences of these two diverse religions.

Lalita Sinha studied world literatures at Universiti Sains Malaysia, where she served as Senior Lecturer in Comparative Literature and Comparative Religion for more than three decades. Her previous book, The Other Salina: A. Samad Said's Masterpiece in Translation (2006) has been highly commended by Malaysian National Laureates and the academic book publishers' council of Malaysia. She currently lives in Penang, Malaysia.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 27.3.2009
Sprache englisch
Maße 153 x 230 mm
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Östliche Philosophie
ISBN-10 1-933316-63-2 / 1933316632
ISBN-13 978-1-933316-63-5 / 9781933316635
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