Motif
Self-designated sacred burial place
self_designated_sacred_burial_place
A motif of the Heroic Funeral Rites and Memorialization family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
2 occurrences
1 traditions
sufi
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The Mesnevi CHAPTER V. / CHAPTER VI. / CHAPTER VII. / CHAPTER VIII.; lines 5084-5172 confidence: high
‘Ārif cries, returns to his chamber, attends Friday worship, proceeds to the mausoleum, kisses the shrine, sings, dances, cries ecstatically, lies on the floor, and asks to be buried there.
‘Ārif lies at the mausoleum floor and commands that his corpse be buried at that spot; the passage reports that he was buried there.
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The Mesnevi CHAPTER V. / CHAPTER VI. / CHAPTER VII. / CHAPTER VIII.; lines 5084-5172 confidence: high
After crying and returning to his chamber, ‘Ārif attends Friday worship, goes to the mausoleum, kisses the shrine, sings, dances, cries ecstatically, lies on the floor, and asks to be buried there.
‘Ārif lies down in the mausoleum and states that where the man falls, there he should be interred.
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