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Vafþrúðnismál is composed as a wisdom contest between a god and a giant. The genre itself has parallells elsewhere. Medieval literature often used the dialogue form to convey knowledge on religious matters.
Hultgård, Anders +2 more
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Analyzing Khosrow and Shirin of Nizami Based on Conflict 1 [PDF]
Conflict is one of the issues that occurs in social relations and is revealed when the goal of an individual or a group is not in line with the goal of another individual or group.
Safiyeh Moradkhani, YosofAli Beiranvand
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"Perfect Man" in Islamic mysticism, and comparison with Hormazd-bagh in Manichaeism [PDF]
Manichaean religion founded by Mani is a Gnostic religion, which is considered as a mystical cult. The basic principle of religion is the descent of soul from the heaven and become imprisoned in the material world; the duty of mankind is to get rid of ...
Fereshteh Jafari, Ahmad Khatami
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Discourse analysis of the story of Sheikh Sanan from the book Mantiq al-Tayr by Attar Neyshaburi based on the Van Leeuwen model [PDF]
Mantiq al-Tayr is a mystical work in which the story of Sheikh Sanan occupies a special place due to the use of social agents and different ways of representing social agents.
Faezeh Arab Yousefabadi, Saeid Ghafrooi
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Investigating Khuransan Mysticism in 9th Century AH from the Perspective of Jonun al Majanin [PDF]
Jonun al Majanin, written by Ghavam al Din SanjaniKhafi (734-820 AH) is among the Sufi literary works of the early 9th century AH covering invaluable information about the Sufis of that era, religious sects and theological movements as well as the ...
Mohsen Mohhmadi Fesharaki +1 more
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During the first millennium of the Common Era, Indo-Aryan (Niya Prakrit), Iranian (Khotan Saka) and Tokharian (Kentum Indo-European) languages were spoken in the oasis towns at the edge of the Tarim Basin.
Zoller, Claus Peter
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Loanwords and Linguistic Phylogenetics: *pelek̑u‐ ‘axe’ and *(H)a(i̯)g̑‐ ‘goat’1
Abstract This paper assesses the role of borrowings in two different approaches to linguistic phylogenetics: Traditional qualitative analyses of lexemes, and quantitative computational analysis of cognacy. It problematises the assumption that loanwords can be excluded altogether from datasets of lexical cognacy.
Simon Poulsen
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A Critical Analysis of ‘Shath’ Definitions [PDF]
‘Shath’ is a phenomenon which has obtained different and sometimes contradictory definitions through time. This vast range of definitions could be due to the development trend of the ‘Shath’ done by mystics as well as the difference among their approach ...
Samaneh Jafari +1 more
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The Development of Indo‐Iranian Voiced Fricatives
Abstract The development of voiced sibilants is a long‐standing puzzle in Indo‐Iranian historical phonology. In Vedic, all voiced sibilants are lost from the system, but the details of this loss are complex and subject to debate. The most intriguing development concerns the word‐final ‐aḥ to ‐o in sandhi.
Gašper Beguš
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‘Errors of thought’ in Francis Bacon and Maulānās’ Perspectives [PDF]
This inquiry aims at comparing opinions of Francis Bacon and Maulānā Jalāl al-Din on ‘errors of thought’. This term refers to false thoughts that according to ancient and contemporary philosophers, and many poets of Islamic world should be identified to ...
Parvin Golizade +2 more
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