Madhumalati: An Indian Sufi Romance (Oxford Worlds Classics)

Readers of a puritan disposition should be warned that there is some fairly explicit erotic description. I stumbled upon this book in a book store and picked it up. It was a wonderful surprise, and provided many great quotes for a loved one. It's also a great window into Islamic literature at a time when it was at a cultural height, incorporating many elements of Hinduism. There's a problem loading this menu right now.

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AmazonGlobal Ship Orders Internationally. Besides the dancing boys, there are several musicians in the picture, some possibly also Muslim. Opposite the boys, in the right corner, three ladies are standing, looking on. Musical instruments are lying next to them on the floor and a manuscript lies open in a book holder, perhaps indicating that the ladies are singers that have been performing songs from the manuscript.

A younger man is greeting an older one and receiving his blessings. We know of the latter as a court poet Gupta The man with the bag underneath is Vinaicand who is known to have been at the court Gupta , vol. This connection allows us to tentatively date the painting to around the same period, since it depicts the same courtiers.

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More important, it gives us a sense of the type of gathering that is portrayed in the painting. The guests then would outdo each other in composing verse in that manner see Naim While she is not depicted in the painting reproduced here, we do have a feminine presence in the form of the singer and her troupe in the right bottom corner of the painting. The central character is the man swooning and being caught by someone behind him. He came to Rupnagar. Now, one time he got up from his spot in a state of ecstatic love to visit [me].

No one had yet heard it.

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The inkwell was still nearby. He lost awareness of his body. For a long time he remained in that state. Without even having heard the song, he came singing that verse in an outpouring of love. And here is that song: Now neither house nor courtyard can contain me. With my whole being, I long for union, Swept up in a wave of desire. Handsome Hari lingers in my heart. This vignette supports a surmise that something similar is going on in the picture. Now, the Lord became enchanted with one devotional song. When they sang another song, the rain would cease.

When they would sing this one [again], the downpour would return. The devotees and the temple servants all came to understand [this effect], so this song came to be requested at the time of the swing festival. Now, there were many festivals, such as the dinner of dedication nyauchvar bhog , but there was not a chance of a single raindrop from the sky.

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But then [when this song was sung] clouds gathered and there was a heavy downpour. The image became drenched. His little turban with the moon-jewel sagged, and his pearl necklace seemed to drip with rain. His holy body was beautiful. All became carried away in devotion vimohita. As they sway breezily in the swing, the clouds drift in, [but] they do not [notice], caught up in conversation.

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Swinging under the trees, they dodge fresh shoots, flowers opening, fruits of many kinds, and leaves. Try as you will, you cannot stop [the downpour]. Our picture also does not show any image of a deity for whom the performance takes place. Still, we get an idea of the milieu in which songs were performed and the encouragement of ecstasy associated with songs perceived to have special powers. On the way many virtuous enthusiasts rasika s joined us: A devoted ananya group was intoxicated with love: Enthralled, concern for body and soul forgotten. Here too , fans gathered to listen with rapt attention.

They got up and lead us as bliss mounted. The mountain echoed back [our song], approving it without hesitation. Some prostrated, embracing the earth. Like great warriors of the Round Dance of Love: They swooned on the battlefield of death.

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Reclining on a bed of arrows, 18 the [sharp] rise and fall of our melodies. We had to force mind and body to leave. We performed the circumambulation and returned to the camp. In Rupnagar was a two-storied mansion.

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