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9781933316635

Unveiling the Garden of Love Mystical Symbolism in Layla Majnun & Gita Govinda

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  • ISBN13:

    9781933316635

  • ISBN10:

    1933316632

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2008-07-11
  • Publisher: World Wisdom
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Summary

Epic love poems often share common thematic elements -love in union, love in separation, and love in reunion. This book investigates common threads and shared symbolism between the literary masterpieces The Story of Layla Majnun (written by Nizami in the Islamic Sufi tradition) and Gita Govinda (written by Jayadeva in the Hindu Bhaktic tradition). Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Forewordp. xi
Prefacep. xvii
Prologuep. 1
Unveiling the Garden of Lovep. 3
The Issue at Handp. 3
Approach to the Issuesp. 7
Limits and Boundariesp. 15
Towards a Contributionp. 18
Colors of Love: Some Ideals of Traditional Persian and Indian Literaturep. 21
Milieu, Historicity, and Ahistoricityp. 23
Literary Expression of the Mystical Experiencep. 41
The Stages of Unio Mysticap. 47
Blooms of Love's Garden: Initial Union and Separation in Unionp. 51
The State of Initial Unionp. 52
Separation in Unionp. 87
Thorns of Love's Gardens: Longing and the Pain of Separationp. 93
The State of Separationp. 93
The Pain of Separationp. 96
Thorns of Love's Gardens: Fusion and Confusion in Separationp. 117
Fusion and Confusionp. 118
Pleasure in Separationp. 120
The Gardener and the Garden: Return and Union Regainedp. 155
Return and the Endp. 155
Death and Transitionp. 156
Prelude: At the Sill of the Doorp. 157
Reunion: Celestial and Sexual Encounterp. 166
Core and Center: The Original Statep. 178
The Wheels Come Full Circlep. 182
Where Gardens Congregatep. 184
The Garden Unveiled: Preserving Diversity, Observing Unityp. 189
Correspondence and Convergencep. 190
The Way Forwardp. 193
Epiloguep. 195
Glossary and Index of Persian/Arabic and Sanskrit Termsp. 197
Bibliographyp. 201
Biographical Notesp. 209
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