Poetry as Prayer in the Sanskrit Hymns of Kashmir

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Poetry as Prayer in the Sanskrit Hymns of Kashmir is written by Hamsa Stainton and published by Oxford University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0190889837 (ISBN 10) and 9780190889838 (ISBN 13).

This book investigates the history of a popular genre of Sanskrit devotional poetry in Kashmir: the stotra, or hymn of praise. Focusing on literary hymns from the eighth century to the twentieth, it studies the close link between literary and religious expression in South Asia--the relationship between poetry and prayer.