Unveiling The Garden Of Love: A Comparative Study Of Mystical Symbolism In Layla Majnun And Gitagovinda
| dc.contributor.author | Sinha, Lalita | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-06-24T01:41:53Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-06-24T01:41:53Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2004 | |
| dc.description.abstract | In this comparative study of two masterpieces of literary expression, attention is directed at unveiling similarities and differences of mystical significance between ~izami's The Story of Layla Majnzm and Love Song of the Dark Lord. Jeyadem's Gitago\'inda. The study is conducted on theoretical constructs of Hermeneutics. guided by traditional norms and conventions of Persian and Sanskrit literary expression. and informed by the Traditionalist perspective of religion. These considerations represent the platform for the understanding and interpretation of elements or phenomena in the texts as symbolic expressions of the Sufi and Bhakti mystJco-rehgwus traditions. At the level of literary expression, the study examines and compares the saga of love between two human characters in the Persian work, Layla and Majnun and between a human and divine figura in the Indian work, Radha and Krishna. Beyond this level, an esoteric perspective of Love is considered. This perspective contends that the depiction of human love is symbolic, allegoric, anagogic, and ontological. Accordingly the parallels between the texts are considered in terms of the love between the human soul and God, or the mystical connection. In the attempt to unveil the mystical symbolism of "The Garden of Love" in the individual texts, the material or data is divided along three major themes, representing cyclical or returning stages of the spiritual Quest. The Quest refers to a process of transformation of the lover, from the human, worldly and materialistic, to the divine, celestial and spiritual modes of existence, involving much trial and tribulation. In this context, the first stage or theme is of love in union which also hints at impending separation. Next, is the stage of love in separation which involves pain and suffering, as well as pleasure and joy. The final stage, that of love in reunion, represents the end of the journey or the ultimate spiritual station, from which there is no return. The study finds not only a wealth of common elements, but also shared truths and experiences of the two great mystico-religious traditions represented by the texts in question. Despite the fact that they originate from two apparently diverse cultural and geographical milieus, and employ apparently different forms of expression, there is a relatively high level of equivalence and correspondence at the level of literary phenomena, as well as in the spiritual dimensions conveyed. Thus, the study of phenomenal elements that are different leads to noumenal correspondences and parallels. Ultimately, the works attest to the dictum, Many Paths, One Goal, an idea expressed in almost identical words by Rumi as "The roads are different, the goal is one" and by Krishna as "All paths lead to me." | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2179 | |
| dc.subject | Language and Literature | en_US |
| dc.title | Unveiling The Garden Of Love: A Comparative Study Of Mystical Symbolism In Layla Majnun And Gitagovinda | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
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