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Sanai

सनाई
said sa-naa-ee
also written: Hakim Sanai
Meaning

Hakim Sanai of Ghazna (d. c. 1131), the early Persian Sufi poet whose Hadiqat al-Haqiqa pioneered the mystical masnavi that Rumi later perfected.

Usage & notes

Sanai is honoured as a forerunning master of mystical poetry; his name evokes the early lineage of Sufi sages whose verse maps the road to truth.