Nund Rishi : poetry and politics in medieval Kashmir /

Nund Rishi : poetry and politics in medieval Kashmir /

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Author / Creator:	Bazaz, Abir, author.
Imprint:	Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023. ©2023
Description:	xii, 281 pages ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Nund-Rishi -- Criticism and interpretation. Nund-Rishi -- Religion. Nund-Rishi Negative theology -- Islam. Politics and literature -- India -- Jammu and Kashmir. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Literary criticism.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13451135

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ISBN:	9781009100458 1009100459 9781009118811
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"This book is a critical study of the mystical poetry of Nund Rishi (1378-1440), the founder of the Kashmiri Sufi order called the Rishi Order, who is revered and remembered by most Kashmiris as 'Alamdār-e Kashmir, or the flag-bearerof Kashmir. The author breaks with the dominant perceptions of Nund Rishi as a quietistic Sufi and argues that the themes of Islam, death, the Nothing, and the apocalyptic in his poetry are a form of negative theology. Nund Rishi's negative theology is presented as a discourse on the transcendent which relies on negations rather than affirmations that disclose an existential politics. It explores Nund Rishi's mystical poetry not only within its historical context but also in relation to religious and political controversies in medieval Kashmir. The book locates the negative theology of Nund Rishi as one form, among others, of the "negative path" across regions in the medieval Indo-Persian world"--
Other form:	Online version: Bazaz, Abir. Nund Rishi Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023 9781009118811

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Summary:	Nund Rishi (1378-1440) is considered one of the most important Sufi poets from Kashmir. He is revered as the 'flag-bearer of Kashmir' ('Alamdār-e Kashmir), and his poems draw upon the hyperlocal imagery of the Kashmiri literary universe. Despite his popular status as a spiritual successor of Lal Ded, Nund Rishi's poetry has received next to no attention in modern scholarship. This book embodies Abir Bazaz's enduring engagement with the poetic corpus of Nund Rishi. By unpacking the cryptic philosophical and philological riddles in the poems, Bazaz unearths a negative theology in Nund Rishi's mystical poetry. He argues convincingly that the themes of Islam, Death, the Nothing and the Apocalyptic in these poems reveal an existential politics. Bazaz further suggests that the apophatic style of Nund Rishi's poems is in turn mirrored in mystical poetry across South Asia and the larger Indo-Persian world.
Physical Description:	xii, 281 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781009100458 1009100459 9781009118811