03820nam 22005412 4500 0d72007c-f1a2-4179-b8c2-1705cfcfd254 m o d cr n 260403t20242024 ob 001 0 eng d 2023-335001 9788195587841 (Paperback) UkCbTOM eng local ART019020 bisacsh LIT014000 bisacsh Ahuja, Naman, author, editor. Jawaharlal Nehru University. The Chandayan / translated by Richard J. Cohen. Mumbai : The Marg Foundation, 2024. ©2024 1 online resource (430 pages): 1500 illustrations. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Available through The Marg Foundation. Includes bibliography and index. AcknowledgementsNote on TranslationPrefaceChapter 1: Introduction: Naman P. AhujaChapter 2: The Language and Its Context: Richard J. CohenChapter 3: Calligraphy: Vivek GuptaChapter 4: Art History: Qamar AdamjeeChapter 5: The Chandayan: Translated by Richard J. CohenBibliographyIndex One of the greats of Hindi literature, the Chandayan is an epic, presented here in English translation along with 530 known paintings used to illustrate it in the sultanate period.The 16th-century historian Badayuni tells us that the Chandayan was selected for religious instruction by the Sufi, Maulana Da’ud, in the Tughlaq period. A racy yarn recounting the romance of Lorik and Chanda, it was, equally, an allegory about ishq — love for the Divine.The translation and linguistic analysis by Richard Cohen is accompanied by essays by Naman Ahuja, Vivek Gupta and Qamar Adamjee on art, language, literary traditions and religion, highlighting India’s composite culture and the capaciousness of the early years of Indian Islam.Of singular importance in the history of Indian art, the Chandayan’s illustrations inform us about the diversity of painting traditions before the Mughals. Composed in Hindavi (using the Old Hindi dialects of Jaunpuri Avadhi), the poem points to how the “vernacular” is an invaluable source of social history and literature. It allows us to learn about the use of the Perso-Arabic script in India and the impact of writing on language. The manuscripts and story also reveal much about the evolution of regional identities and the shifting nature of patronage in the Hindi heartland between the late 14th and early 16th centuries. Harish and Bina Shah Foundation The Luigi and Laura Dallapiccola Foundation The Raza Foundation The Yusuf and Farida Hameid Foundation BNP Paribas (France) Mode of access: World Wide Web. Metadata licensed under CC0 Public Domain Dedication. Cohen, Richard, translator. University of Virginia. Gupta, Vivek, author. University College London. Adamjee, Qamar, author. Nambiar, Jyotsna, contributions by. Bhaskaran, Nandini, contributions by. Mohanan, Aditya, contributions by. Madgulkar, Malavika, contributions by. Saraf, Radhika, contributions by. Singh, Aastha, contributions by. Nanda, Mallika, contributions by. Jadhav, Gautam, contributions by. Ramtirthkar, Shreerang, contributions by. The Marg Foundation, publisher. https://marg-art.org/backend-media/products/chandayancover.png Connect to cover image https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ CC0 Metadata License