religious histories : the bhakti sufi tradition Flashcards

1
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what is great and little tradition?

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  • coined by sociologist - Robert Redfield
  • in 20 th c.
  • dominant social categories - great
  • local practices - little
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itegration of cult ttok place by two things -

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  • renouncing brahmical beliefs
  • brahmans acccept and rework on their belief system

sanskritic puranic tradition and little tradion

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20th C. - jagannatha [a form of vishnu] in -

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puri , orissa

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4
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goddess were oftenly associated with forms of wordhip classified as -

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tantric [ingnored caste and class]

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5
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the principal deities of the vedic pantheon

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agni soma and indra - are not in visual representation

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6
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lower caste and the women considered as ………by brahmical framwork

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outcast

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7
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who are saguna ?

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with attributies - specific deity

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8
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who are nirguna ?

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without attributies- abtract form of god

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9
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Alvars and Nayanars in tamil nadu

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  • 6th c.
  • alvars - vishnu
  • nayanars - shiva
  • against brahmical norms
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10
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nalayira divyaprabandham meantion in

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tamil veda

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11
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women devotees -

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  • andal - alvars
  • karaikkal ammmaiyar - shiva devotee
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12
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pallavas and pandyas-patronised

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buddhism and jainism

some tamil veda poet critcizes - buddhism and jainism

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13
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chola rulers supported -

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brahmical norms and bhakti tradition of vishnu and shiva

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14
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temples - cholas constructed

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  • chidambram
  • thanjavur
  • gangaikondacholapuram
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15
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shiva in bronze sculpture -

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chola rulers

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16
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nayanmars and alvars were followed by

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vellala peasants

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17
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the chola ruler - parantaka I constructed

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  • appar
  • sambandar
  • sundrar - shiva temple
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18
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VIRASHAIVA TRADITION IN KARNATAKA

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  • MOVEMENT LED BY BASAVANA[1106-68]
  • MINISTER KALACHURI RULER
  • VIRASHAIVAS - HEROES OF SHIVA
  • DERIVED FROM VACHNAS - SAYING
  • COMPOSED BY KANNADA WOMEN
    *
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19
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LINGAYATS

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WEARER OF THE LINGA
THEY WEAR SILVER CASE ON A LOOP STRUNG OVER THE LEFT SHOULDER
* THEY BURIED BODY - AS THEY THINK THAT BODY WILL GET TO THE GOD AND NOT GET INCARNATED AGIAN.
* ENCOURAGED REMARRIAGE
* AGAINST CASTE NORMS - ‘POLLUTION’ CALLED IT.

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20
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NORTH INDIA -

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  • VISHNU AND SHAIAVISM - COME AFTER 14 C.
  • RAJPUT STATES - BBRAHMANS - IMP POSITION
  • DELHI SULTANATE - TURKS IN 13 TH C.
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21
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ARAB MERCHANTS - LED TO ADVENT OF ISLAM IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF WORLD

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7 C.

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22
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WHEN DID SINDH WAS CONQUERED

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711 AD - MUHAMMMED QASIM
PART OD CALIPH DOMAIN
13TH C. - TURKS AND AFGANS - DEHI SULTANATE

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23
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EST. OF MUGHAL EMPIRE

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16 CENTURY

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24
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MUSLIM ARE GUIDED BY

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ULAMA
RULED CAOORDING TO SHARIA

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25
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CATEGORY OF ZIMMI

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PROTECTED
* OTHER REIGION
* TAX PAYED BY THEM JIZYA

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26
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05 PILLARS OF THE ISLAMIC FAITH :

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  1. ONE GOD ALLAH AND PROPHET MOHAMMMAD IS MESSANGER - SHAHADA
  2. PRAYERS 05 TIMES A DAY :NAMAZ /SALAT
  3. GIVE ALAMS - ZAKAT
  4. FASTING AFTER MONTH OF RAMZAN - SAWN
  5. PILGRIMAGES TO MECCA - HAJJ
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27
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ARAB MUSLIM SETTLED IN COAST OF MALABAR - KERALA

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ADOPTED - MALYALAM
LOCAL CUSTOMS

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28
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WHAT IS MIRAB AND MINBAR?

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MIRAB - PRAYER NICHE \
MINBAR - PULPIT

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29
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COMMUNITIES NAME BASED ON ORIGIN :

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  • TURUSHKA - TURKISH
  • TAJIKA - TAJIKISTAN
  • PARSHIKA - PERSIA
30
Q

MLECHCHHA ?

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THEY DID NOT FOLLOW NORMS OF CASTE SYTEM
SPOKE DIFFREENT LANGUAGE
INSTEAD OF SANSKRIT

31
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TASAWWUF ?

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  • SUFISM COINED IN - 19TH C.
  • ISLAMIC TEXT - SUFISM - KNOWN AS TASAWWUF
  • SUFI WORD DERRIVED FROM SUF - WOOL = REFER AS WOLLEN CLOTHERS WEARA BY SUFI
  • OTHER BELIEVED : SAFA - PURITY AND SUFFA - OUTSIDE THE PROPHET MOSQUE
32
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SUFI PRACTICES AND TEXT BEGAN TO FLOURISH INTO A MOVEMENT

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11 C.

33
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SIFI BEGAN ORGINAZINF COMMUNITIES AROUND

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**KHANQAHS AND HOSPICES[PLACES GIVE TEACHING] - CONTROLLED BY SHEIKH, PIR OR MURSHID.
DISCIPLES = MURIDS
SUCESSOR - KHALIFA

34
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SUFI SILSILAS BEGAN APPEARING IN

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12 C.

35
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DARGAH

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TOMB SHRINE OF SHEIKH

36
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CHISHTIS ?

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  • APPEARED IN LATE 12TH C.
  • KHANQAH - CENTRE OF SOCIAL LIFE
  • HAD A BIG HALL - JAMA AT KHANA
  • LOCATED IN BANKS OF YAMUNA [GIYASPUR] IN THE CITY OF DELHI
  • POETS SUCH AS - AMIR HASAN SIJZI AND AMIR KHUSRAU AND COURT HISTORIAN - ZIYAUDDIN BARANI - WROTE ABT SHEIKH
  • SHEIKH NIZAMMUDIN LEADER
37
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CHISTIS DEVELOPMENT : ZIYARAT AND QAWWALI

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  • ZIYARAT - TOMBS OF SUFI SAINTS
  • SUFI SPIRITUAL GROWTH - BARAKAT
  • ZIKR- RECITING DEVINE NAME OR AUDITION.
  • SAMA - INTERACTION WITH INDEGINUOUS DEVOTIONAL TRADITION
38
Q

THERE ARE 05 GEEAT CHISTIS PEOPLE USED TO VISIT

THE MOST REVERED SHRINE IS OF

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  • KHWAJA MUINNUDDIN - “GARIN NAWAZ”
39
Q

MUHHAMAD BIN TUGLAQ FIRST SULTAN TO VIST DARGAH AND VISITED TOMB FUNDED BY -

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SULTAN GIYASUDDIN KHALJI

40
Q

AKBAR VISITED DARGAH

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14 TIES
MAINTAINED TILL 1580

41
Q

LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION

IN DELHI THEY USED

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HINDAVI - LANGUAGE OF COMMON

42
Q

WHICH SUFI SAINT COMPOSED POEMS ON LOCAL LANGUAGGE AND INCOPORATED IN GURU GRANTH SAHIB ?

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SAINT BABA FARID

43
Q

PADMAVAD COMPOSED BY

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MALIK MUHAMMAD JAYSI
: PADMANI AND RATAN SIGH - CHITTOR

44
Q

WHERE SUFI POETRY COMPOSED IN “DAKHANI”?

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KARANTAKA AND BIJAPUR

45
Q

OTHER FORMS OF SAMA -

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  • LURINAMA - LULLABY
  • SHADINAMA - WEDDINGS SONGS
  • INSPIRED BY KANNADA VACHNAS OF LINGAYATS AND MARATHI ABHANGS SAINTS OF PANDHARPUR
46
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sufis accepted unsolicitated grants of sultans - charitable trust called

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auqaf
tax free land - INAMI

47
Q

nizamuddin auliya addressed as -

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sultan ul mashaikh[sultan amongst sheikh]

48
Q

suhrawardi under the delhi sultans and the …………mughals were also asossiated with the state .

A

Naqshbandi

49
Q

weaving a divine fabric : KABIR

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  • POET SAINT OF THE 14th- 15th century.
  • Hagiographies -of vaishnava tradition suggest -
  • hindu - born
  • he bought up by weavers[julahas]
  • bhakti - guru ramananda
50
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the …….is preserved by the kabirpanth[the path or sect of kabir] in varanasi and uttar pradesh.

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kabir bijak

51
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the kabir granthavali is associated with the -

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  • dadupanth in rajasthan
  • composition found in adi granth sahib
52
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kabir uses language of nirguna poets -

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  • the sant bhasha
  • ulatbansi - upside down saying
  • he uses terms like - allah kuda hazrat and pir
  • also used certain terms - brahamn and atmar
  • attacked hindu idol worship
53
Q

Baba guru Nanak and the sacred word -

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  • village in nankana sahibnear ravi river
  • punjab region - 1469
  • studied persian
  • advocated for nirguna bhakti
  • absolute or ‘rab’
  • hyms called shabad
54
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he appinted on of his disciple , called ………..to succeded him as a preceptor [guru]

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Angad

55
Q

guru nanak - fifth guru compiled

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guru nanaks hyms
four successors too and baba farid , ravidas and kabir adi granth sahib
hyms called gurbani

56
Q

the tenth guru - guru gobind singh included composition of

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ninth guru
Guru teg bahadur
called guru granth sahib

57
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guru gobind singh also laid foundation of =

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khalsa panth [army of the pure ]

58
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five symbol of khalsa panth -

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  • uncut hair
  • dagger
  • a pair of shorts
  • a comb
  • steel bangle
59
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mirabai

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  • princess of merta in marwar
  • 15th -16th c.
  • she believed - raidas a leather worker is his preceptor
  • songs - low caste in gujrat and rajasthan
60
Q

shankradev

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  • late 15th c.
  • teaching bhagvati dharma
  • based on bhagvat gita and bhagavata purana
  • need fofr naam kitran
  • est. satra or monasteries
61
Q

basavanna vachnanas used to know about -

A

mughal empire

62
Q

sufi texts and treaty

A

kashuf ul mahjub of ali bin usman hujwri - died c. 1071

63
Q

malfuzat [uttered conversation of sufi saint] - example

A

fawa id al faud

64
Q

about fawa id al faud malfuzat

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  • conversation with NIZAMUDDIN AULIYA
  • compiled by - Amir Hasan Sijzi Dehlavi [persian poet]
    *
65
Q

WHAT IS MAKTUBAT- WRITTEN COLLECTIONOF LETTERS

A
  • BY SUFI MASTERS
66
Q

ABOUT MAKTUBAT I IMAM RABBANI OF THE 17TH C.

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  • NAQSBANDI SHAIKH AHMAD SIRHINDI D, 1614
  • IDEOLOGY CONTRASTED WITH AKBAR
  • LIBERAL
67
Q

TAZKIRAS = TO MENTION OR MEMORialisE . NAME ON OF IT

A

TAZKIRA = AKHBAR UL AKHYAR OF ABDUL HAQQ MUHADDIS DELAHAVI

68
Q

FIRST SUFI TAZKIRA

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  • 14 C.
  • SIYAR UL AULIYA OF MIR KHWURD KIRMANI
  • CHISTI SAINTS
69
Q

SANGAT TERMS MEANS

A

CONGREGATIONAL WORSHIP
BABA GURU NANAK

70
Q

MAJOR SUFI TEACHERS OF CHISTI SILSILAA

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MUINNUDDIN SIJZI - AJMER RAJASTHAN
KHWAJA QUTBUDDIN BAKHTIYAR [DELHI]
SHEIKH FARIDUDDIN [AJODHAN,PAK]
NIZAUDDIN AULIYA[DELHI]
NASIRUDDIN CHIRAG [DELHI]

71
Q

SONG SET TO THE RYTHYM OF SPINNING WHEEL

A

CHARKHANAMA