The Dvādas Bhāv, A Mughal version of a Sanskrit story
Series: Perspectives on Islamicate South Asia; 04;
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Product details:
- Publisher BRILL
- Date of Publication 28 August 2025
- ISBN 9789004732681
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages pages
- Size 245x170 mm
- Weight 1 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 63 Illustrations, color 699
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Short description:
This book on an unpublished Mughal manuscript, the Dvādas Bhāv is rooted in the quest, representation and interpretation of knowledge. Dvādas Bhāv was produced as a translation of a Sanskrit story into Persian narrative with thirteen paintings in the Mughal style, in the last decade of the sixteenth century, for an Imperial Mughal.
MoreLong description:
The Mughal emperor Akbar had a Sanskrit book called the Dvādas Bhāv translated to Farsi. Dismembered pages or painted folios from this manuscript were dispersed in auctions. This is the first time this book has been put back together and translated into English. The study reveals how the thirtheen paintings that interspersed this text were intrinsic to communicating its meaning.
This was not the first or last Sanskrit work to be translated to Farsi or be illustrated for a Muslim monarch in Hindustan. The Mughals (and some of the Sultans before them) recognized the significance of Indian knowledge traditions. This book however, provides insight into what went into such translations. Who decided which text should be translated and what governed the decisions?
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements
List of Figures
Note on Transliteration and Other Scholarly Conventions
Introduction
1 The Narrative of Mrig&&&x0101;nk
2 The Dv&&&x0101;das Bh&&&x0101;v: Exploring Its Patronage, Sources and Reception
1 Who Was the Patron of the Dv&&&x0101;das Bh&&&x0101;v?
2 The Dv&&&x0101;das Bh&&&x0101;v: Search for a Source
3 The Dv&&&x0101;das Bh&&&x0101;v: Written Source or Oral Transmission?
4 The Kath&&&x0101;sarits&&&x0101;gar for Akbar&&&x2014;Fantasy Tales for an Emperor
5 Another Version of the Kath&&&x0101;sarits&&&x0101;gar
6 Reception of the Dv&&&x0101;das Bh&&&x0101;v
3 Manuscripts for Edification and Pleasure
1 Translation of Indic Knowledge Traditions
2 Akbar&&&x2019;s Translation Bureau
3 Sanskrit Texts Translated for Akbar
4 The Translator, the Translation and the Politics in Translation
1 The Translator
2 The Translation
3 Political and Ethical Norms Embedded in the Dv&&&x0101;das Bh&&&x0101;v
5 The Paintings and Painters: Their Style
1 The Imperial Mughal Atelier in the 1590s
2 Style of the Dv&&&x0101;das Bh&&&x0101;v Paintings
3 The Dv&&&x0101;das Bh&&&x0101;v Painters
4 The Paintings of &&&x1E24;usayn Naqq&&&x0101;sh in the Dv&&&x0101;das Bh&&&x0101;v
5 The Paintings of Mull&&&x0101; Sh&&&x0101;h Mu&&&x1E25;ammad and N&&&x016B;r Mu&&&x1E25;ammad in the Dv&&&x0101;das Bh&&&x0101;v
6 Collaborative Efforts
7 Illumination by &&&x1E62;&&&x0101;diq?
Epilogue: Multiple Shades of Engagement
1 The Knowledge Economy
2 Sanskrit Texts&&&x2014;Pedagogy for Princes and &&&x1E24;ikm&&&x0101;h for Nobles
3 The Big Picture
4 An Immersive Experience
Appendix A: Translation of Twenty Three Pages of the Dv&&&x0101;das Bh&&&x0101;v
Appendix B: Transcription of the Dv&&&x0101;das Bh&&&x0101;v
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
