SÜTRA OF RECOMPENSING THE PARENTS’ GOODNESS GRATITUDE FOR THE FOREFATHER
SÜTRA OF RECOMPENSING THE PARENTS’ GOODNESS GRATITUDE FOR THE FOREFATHER
Author(s): Alice SárköziSubject(s): Cultural history, Other Language Literature, 13th to 14th Centuries, 17th Century, Theory of Literature
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: Mongolian literature; Classical Mongolian; Mongolian language; filial piety;
Summary/Abstract: The idea of filial piety has been very widespread in all spheres of Mongolian cultural life. It was present in folk songs as well as in high level literary works of the 13th-14th centuries. The present paper is devoted to a unique manuscript originating from the 17th century: Dalai blam-a-yin ecige eke-degen aci qariyulqui neretü sudur from the Oriental Collection of the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. The shtra seems to be a manual used at funerals, or during the rituals of the mourning period, and is a very nice piece of Mongolian literature remembering and praising the mother’s love towards her child.
Journal: Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
- Issue Year: 55/2002
- Issue No: 1-3
- Page Range: 207-235
- Page Count: 29
- Language: English
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