DOXOLOGY

n.
of course you know a 'logy' makes it a study of.
Doxology is the study of hymns,
that religious prosody (=poetry) so prevalent in some religions esp. Hinduism.

The professor was an authority in interpreting doxological literature.

The Germans have intelligently decoded numerous mathematical formulae woven into hymns written in Sanskrit of ancient period; which is a doxologist's delight.