Feminine Principle in the Sikh Vision of the Transcendent

Name: Feminine Principle in the Sikh Vision of the Transcendent
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ISBN: 9780521050562

ISBN-10: 0521050561

ISBN-13: 9780521050562

Edition: 2008

Authors: Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh

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This work is an original and critical interpretation of Sikh literature from a feminist perspective. It analyzes the rich feminine imagery and symbolism that pervades the divine-human encounter in this literature, and gives a new authenticity to a relatively neglected religious tradition. Nikky Singh shows convincingly that Sikh Gurus and poets did not want the feminine principle to serve just as a figure of speech or literary device, but was intended, rather, to pervade the whole life of the Sikhs. Her work thus reverses an androcentric approach to Sikhism.

Book details

List price: $29.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 2/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 332
Size: 6.02" wide x 8.98" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 1.122
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



The primal paradox: seeing the transcendent



Mother: the infinite matrix



The bride seeks her groom: an epiphany of interconnections



Durg-+ recalled: transition from mythos to ethos



The maiden weaves: garlands of songs and waves



The woman asks: 'what is life?'



Sundar-1/2: the paradigm of Sikh ethics



R-+n-1/2 R-+j Kaur: the mystical journey


Conclusion


Epilogue


Notes


Bibliography


Index