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Pem Nem
''Pem Nem'' () is a 16th-century manuscript commissioned at the court of the Sultanate of Bijapur, Bijapur Sultanate. It belongs to the ''Prem Marg'' genre of Sufism, Sufi literature, where a love story forms a metaphor representing the quest for the Fana (Sufism), union with God. Written in an early form of Deccani language, Dakhni, it is a ''mathnawi'', a long narrative poem written in rhyming couplets. The only surviving copy of the manuscript, containing 239 folios, is situated in the British Library. It is richly illustrated, with thirty-four paintings in the Bijapur school of Deccan painting, Deccan art. Background The author is Hasan Manju Khalji, bearing the Takhallus, pen name of Hans. While he does not explicitly name his patron, the sections dedicated to praises of Ibrahim Adil Shah II and the city of Bijapur make its provenance clear. The author gives the date of the compilation as 999 Hijri year, Hijri. However, this date is likely inaccurate, and may have been cho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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3 (three) is a number, numeral (linguistics), numeral and numerical digit, digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious and cultural significance in many societies. Evolution of the Arabic digit The use of three lines to denote the number 3 occurred in many writing systems, including some (like Roman and Chinese numerals) that are still in use. That was also the original representation of 3 in the Brahmic numerals, Brahmic (Indian) numerical notation, its earliest forms aligned vertically. However, during the Gupta Empire the sign was modified by the addition of a curve on each line. The Nāgarī script rotated the lines clockwise, so they appeared horizontally, and ended each line with a short downward stroke on the right. In cursive script, the three strokes were eventually connected to form a glyph resembling a with an additional stroke at the bottom: ३. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
