4. Perfumed Islam: The Culture of Scent at the Nizamuddin Basti
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| 1. | Title | Title of document | 4. Perfumed Islam: The Culture of Scent at the Nizamuddin Basti - Roots of Wisdom, Branches of Devotion |
| 2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | Mikko Viitamäki; University of Helsinki ; |
| 3. | Subject | Discipline(s) | Religious Studies |
| 4. | Subject | Keyword(s) | Sufism; Nizamuddin Auliya; Plants in Asian religion; sacred nature of flora; trees in religion; plants as food; plants as medicine; plants in ritual and myth; sacred oils |
| 5. | Subject | Subject classification | South Asian Religions |
| 6. | Description | Abstract | Mikko Viitamäki opens up this section with his study of ʿitr, volatile essential oils extracted from different plant material and widely used within the religious culture of Indian Sufis. From as early as the medical work of Ibn Sīnā (Avicenna, d. 1037), Sufis have contributed to create a culture of scent through which essential oils enable them to engage the olfactory sense in boosting their personal religious practice. Through his ethnographic fieldwork conducted at the Sufi shrine of Nizamuddin Auliyaʾ in Delhi, Viitamäki assesses an enduring tradition vis-à-vis the impact on the contemporary market where more affordable and long-lasting synthetic oils are available. |
| 7. | Publisher | Organizing agency, location | Equinox Publishing Ltd |
| 8. | Contributor | Sponsor(s) | |
| 9. | Date | (YYYY-MM-DD) | 01-Jun-2016 |
| 10. | Type | Status & genre | Peer-reviewed Article |
| 11. | Type | Type | |
| 12. | Format | File format | |
| 13. | Identifier | Uniform Resource Identifier | https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/30831 |
| 14. | Identifier | Digital Object Identifier | 10.1558/equinox.30831 |
| 15. | Source | Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) | Equinox eBooks Publishing; Roots of Wisdom, Branches of Devotion |
| 16. | Language | English=en | en |
| 18. | Coverage | Geo-spatial location, chronological period, research sample (gender, age, etc.) |
Indian sub-continent; Delhi, contemporary |
| 19. | Rights | Copyright and permissions | Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |