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This book presents an innovative reading of the Indian mystical romance Padmāvat (1540). It describes the semantic polyphony of Jāyasī’s seminal work from the perspective of the poet’s role in the literary field, as mediator between the interests of his spiritual and worldly patrons. The contextual...

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Language:English
Published: Leiden University Press 2016
Online Access:http://www.lup.nl/product/ruby-in-the-dust/