Poetry as prayer in the Sanskrit hymns of Kashmir / Hamsa Stainton.

"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 relationshi...

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Main Author: Stainton, Hamsa (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2019]
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