| Description |
1 online resource (371 pages) |
| 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 |
| Summary |
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 fruitless attempt to capture her |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-294) and index |
| Notes |
Text in English with some Hindi extracts |
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Online resource; title from title screen (EBL, viewed March 2, 2014) |
| Subject |
Malika Mohammada Jāyasī, active 1540. Padmāvata.
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Malika Mohammada Jāyasī, active 1540 -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Malika Mohammada Jāyasī, active 1540 fast |
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Padmāvata (Malika Mohammada Jāyasī) fast |
| Subject |
Literary studies: poetry and poets.
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Literature and literary studies.
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Literature: history and criticism.
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Literary Criticism / Poetry.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789400600317 |
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9400600313 |
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9087281129 |
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9789087281120 |
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1280118431 |
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9781280118432 |
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9786613522726 |
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6613522724 |
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