Treating the mind (akal budi) from the perspective of Syair Ikan: manuscript form Leiden Netherland

• Main Authors: Awang Pawi, Awang Azman, Nik Muhamad Affendi, Nik Rafidah, Md Zain, Rosnani, Hamdan, Rahimah, Roslan, Nur Maisarah
• Format: Article
• Published: ASR Research India 2022
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/102508/; https://www.journalppw.com/index.php/jpsp/article/view/3296

The Malay communities themselves often considered the traditional literature including syair as nothing more than an expression of feeling and lovely phrasing. This statement showed that the Malay community looked literary tradition as not involving ‘the treatment of mind’(akal budi). In the cont...