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Ruby in the dust : poetry and history in Padmāvat by the South Asian Sufi poet Muḥammad Jāyasī / Thomas de Bruijn.

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The Padmavat (1540 CE) by the Indian Sufi poet Malik Muhammad Jayasi is a classic of pre-modern Indian literature. It relates how the Rajput king Ratansen of Chitor finds and marries the beautiful princess Padmavati, and how the sultan Alauddin Khilji, on hearing of her beauty, besieges Chitor in a...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Bruijn, Thomas de (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Hindi
Published: [Leiden] : Leiden University Press, [2012]
Subjects:
Malika Mohammada Jāyasī, > active 1540. > Padmāvata.
Malika Mohammada Jāyasī, > active 1540 > Criticism and interpretation.
Malika Mohammada Jāyasī, > active 1540.
Padmāvata (Malika Mohammada Jāyasī)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Table of Contents:
  • Poet and the literary field
  • Text, transmission and reception
  • Literary context of Padmavat
  • Structure and meaning in Padmavat
  • Poem of love
  • Metaphoric scheme of light
  • Messenger
  • Conclusion : Jayasi and the literary field.

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