Format:
1 online resource (353 pages)
ISBN:
9780190889838
Series Statement:
AAR Religion in Translation Series
Content:
This book investigates the history of a popular genre of Sanskrit devotional poetry in Kashmir: the stotra, or hymn of praise. Focusing on literary hymns from the eighth century to the twentieth, it studies the close link between literary and religious expression in South Asia--the relationship between poetry and prayer.
Note:
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780190889814
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Stainton, Hamsa Poetry as prayer in the Sanskrit hymns of Kashmir Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019 ISBN 9780190889814
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
Keywords:
Kaschmir
;
Sanskrit
;
Stotra
;
Religiöse Lyrik
;
Hymne
