Meanings
- not comparableOf, like, or pertaining to kismet; fatiloquent; predestined; ineluctable.
The essay discusses how devotees perform rituals at the mazars of Waris Shah and Shah Latif out of a variety of purposes which may be categorised as pan- thic, dharmic and kismetic.
2008, Catharina Raudvere & Leif Stenberg, Sufism Today: Heritage and Tradition in the Global Community,, page 1562 more examples
The fourth, kismetic, dimension is a conceptual umbrella under which all unfortunate incidents are explained as fate or the work of the supernatural. The kismetic dimension is of most importance in this research because the popular belief of …
2004, Knut A. Jacobsen & P. Pratap Kumar, South Asians in the Diaspora: Histories and Religious Traditions, Brill Publishing, page 408And although Oberoi has labelled the conceptual framework within which this takes place an Enchanted Universe, a better view of the kismetic dimension of Punjabi religion is that it provides a sophisticated — although manifestly symbolic — means of reflecting upon and making sense of one's personal position in the world at large.
1996, Pritam Singh & Shinder S. Thandi, Globalisation and the Region: Explorations in Punjabi Identity, Association for Punjab Studies - United Kingdom, page 21
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