Haqā’iq-i Hindī: A Sufi Poetics of Air and Breath Through Bhakti Songs
Sophia October 31, 2025 Zahra Rashid
Abstract In my paper, I will explore the web of meanings constructed through the poetics of air and breath in a 16th century text Haqā’iq-i Hindī. My approach will view the Sufi-Bhakti interaction in early modern South Asia through lateral processes of knowledge formation, which found common ground in the emphasis on embodied rituals. This dialogue for both traditions shared a common grammar of...