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Namah (Peter Machajdík Album)
Namah (Persian for "reflection on" or Sanskrit for "salution to" ) may refer to : *''Faramarz Namah'', a Persian epic recounting the adventures of the hero Faramarz *''Sindbad Namah'', a Persian epic recounting the adventures of the hero Sindbad *''Shah Namah'', a Persian epic recounting the adventures of the King *Namah (TV series), ''Namah'' (TV series), 2019 Indian television series *Namah (Peter Machajdík album), ''Namah'' (Peter Machajdík album), 2008 *Namah (Thaikkudam Bridge album), ''Namah'' (Thaikkudam Bridge album), 2019 *"Namah", a song by David S. Ware from Shakti (David S. Ware album), ''Shakti'' (2008) See also * Nama (other) * Naama (other) * Naamah (other) * Om Namah Shivaya (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faramarz Namah
''Faramarz-nama'' or ''Faramarz-nameh'' () is a Persian language, Persian Epic poetry, epic recounting the adventures of the hero Faramarz"FARĀMARZ-NĀMA" in Encyclopedia Iranica by Djalal Khaleghi-Motlagh. Accessed April 4, 2010/ref> who is the son of Rustam. Manuscripts The history book ''Tarikh-i Sistan'' (history of Sistan) mentions an account of Faramarz (akhbar-e Faramarz) in twelve volumes, but this work, which was likely in prose, has been lost. Instead, two Faramarz-namas (epic of Faramarz), both in the form of epic poems, are extant. First manuscript The first manuscript, which appears to be older, is written by an anonymous poet who introduces himself as an admirer of Ferdowsi and is dated between the mid-11th and 12th centuries. In the manuscript he introduces himself as a villager from Piruzabad (possibly an orthographical error, the text could have meant ''Forsabad'', a town near Marv in Greater Khorasan, Khorasan). The poet states that he composed the Faramarz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sindbad Namah
The ''Seven Wise Masters'' (also called the ''Seven Sages'' or ''Seven Wise Men'') is a cycle of stories of Sanskrit, Persian or Hebrew origins. Frame Narrative The Sultan sends his son, the young Prince, to be educated away from the court in the seven liberal arts by Seven Wise Masters. On his return to court, his stepmother, the empress, attempts to seduce him. To avert danger he is bound over to a week's silence by Sindibad, leader of the Seven Wise Masters. During this time, the empress accuses him to her husband, and seeks to bring about his death by seven stories which she relates to the emperor; but her narrative is each time confuted by the Seven Wise Masters led by Sindibad. Finally the prince's lips are unsealed, the truth exposed, and the wicked empress is executed. The frame narrative served as the flexible way to transmit tales to other listeners. Origins The cycle of stories, which appears in many European languages, is of Eastern origin. An analogous collection ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shah Namah
The ''Shahnameh'' (, ), also transliterated ''Shahnama'', is a long epic poem written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi between and 1010 CE and is the national epic of Greater Iran. Consisting of some 50,000 distichs or couplets (two-line verses), the ''Shahnameh'' is one of the world's longest epic poems, and the longest epic poem created by a single author. It tells mainly the mythical and to some extent the historical past of the Persian Empire from the creation of the world until the Muslim conquest in the seventh century. Iran, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and the greater region influenced by Persian culture such as Armenia, Dagestan, Georgia, Turkey, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan celebrate this national epic. The work is of central importance in Persian culture and Persian language. It is regarded as a literary masterpiece, and definitive of the ethno-national cultural identity of Iran. Composition Ferdowsi started writing the ''Shahnameh'' in 977 and completed it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
