- Ginans
The Ginans are a vast corpus of devotional literature in the form of lyrics and hymns and has been the living tradition of
Nizari Ismaili s particularly from theIndian subcontinent . The word was borrowed from Sanskrit "jñāna" "knowledge, wisdom".It was an oral rendition mostly by
Pir s, first among whom to come to India was Pir Satgur Nur in the 12th century. Ginans are composed in many languages of the subcontinent, especially Gujarati andUrdu , Punjabi, Sindhi and many more. Similar religious traditions exist in the form of "qasīda"s (قصيدة) amongst Nizaris of Arab, Persian and Central Asian origins authored by likes of early Muslim "duˤāt" such as Qadi Noman,Nasir Khusraw and others.References
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