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Translating wisdom : Hindu-Muslim intellectual interactions in early modern South Asia /

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"During the height of Muslim power in South Asia, Muslim nobles of the Mughal Empire (1526-1857) patronized the translation of a large body of Hindu Sanskrit texts into the Persian language, including the Upaniṣads, the Bhagavad Gītā, and numerous other works. In Translating Wisdom, Shankar Nai...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nair, Shankar, 1983- (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Yogavāsiṣṭha > Translating > History.
Yogavāsiṣṭha.
Hinduism > Sacred books > Translating > History.
Islam > Relations > Hinduism.
Hinduism > Relations > Islam.
Mogul Empire > Intellectual life.
Hinduism.
Intellectual life.
Interfaith relations.
Islam.
India > Mogul Empire.
HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia.
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The Laghu-Yoga-Vāsiṣṭha and its Persian translation
  • Madhusūdana Sarasvatī and the Yoga-Vāsiṣṭha
  • Muḥibb Allāh Ilāhābādī and an Islamic framework for religious diversity
  • Mīr Findiriskī and the Jūg Bāsisht
  • A confluence of traditions: the Jūg Bāsisht revisited
  • Conclusion: from history to theory? Possibilities for the academic study of religion.