The Grańth of Guru Gobind Singh
Title | The Grańth of Guru Gobind Singh PDF eBook |
Author | Kamalroop Singh |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | Daswen̲ Pādshāh kā Granth |
ISBN | 9780199458974 |
This work offers new insights into the secondary scripture of the Sikhs, Dasam Patshah Ka Granth or the Granth of Guru Gobind Singh. It takes a multi-disciplinary approach and considers the relationship of the scripture in terms of early manuscripts, apocryphal translations, and relics.
Debating the Dasam Granth
Title | Debating the Dasam Granth PDF eBook |
Author | Robin Rinehart |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | 225 |
Release | 2011-02-02 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 019975506X |
The Dasam Granth is an anthology of diverse compositions attributed to the tenth Guru of Sikhism, Guru Gobind Singh, and a topic of great controversy among Sikhs. 'Debating the Dasam Granth' is an English language, book-length critical study of this controversial Sikh text.
Sri Dasam Granth Sahib
Title | Sri Dasam Granth Sahib PDF eBook |
Author | G. S. Mann |
Publisher | www.archimedespress.co.uk |
Total Pages | 100 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Daswen̲ Pādshāh kā Granth |
ISBN | 9780956843500 |
The Guru Granth Sahib
Title | The Guru Granth Sahib PDF eBook |
Author | Pashaura Singh |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | |
Release | 2003-09-26 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0199087733 |
This book examines three closely related questions in the process of canon formation in the Sikh tradition: how the text of the Adi Granth came into being, the meaning of gurbani, and how the Adi Granth became the Guru Granth Sahib. The censure of scholarly research on the Adi Granth was closely related to the complex political situation of Punjab and brought the whole issue of academic freedom into sharper focus. This book addresses some of these issues from an academic perspective. The Adi Granth, the sacred scripture of the Sikhs, means ‘first religious book’ (from the word ‘adi’ which means ‘first’ and ‘granth’ which means ‘religious book’). Sikhs normally refer to the Adi Granth as the Guru Granth Sahib to indicate a confession of faith in the scripture as Guru. The contents of the Adi Granth are commonly known as bani (utterance) or gurbani (the utterance of the Guru). The transcendental origin (or ontological status) of the hymns of the Adi Granth is termed dhur ki bani (utterance from the beginning). This particular understanding of revelation is based upon the doctrine of the sabad, or divine word, defined by Guru Nanak and the succeeding Gurus. This book also explores the revelation of the bani and its verbal expression, devotional music in the Sikh tradition, the role of the scripture in Sikh ceremonies, and the hymns of Guru Nanak and Guru Arjan.
The Adi Granth Or the Holy Scriptures of the Sikhs. Transl. by Ernest Trumpp
Title | The Adi Granth Or the Holy Scriptures of the Sikhs. Transl. by Ernest Trumpp PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 876 |
Release | 1877 |
Genre | Sikhism |
ISBN |
The Sikh Zafar-namah of Guru Gobind Singh
Title | The Sikh Zafar-namah of Guru Gobind Singh PDF eBook |
Author | Louis E. Fenech |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 332 |
Release | 2013-01-31 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0199931453 |
Louis E. Fenech offers a compelling new examination of one of the only Persian compositions attributed to the tenth Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh (1666-1708): the Zafar-namah or 'Epistle of Victory.' Written as a masnavi, a Persian poem, this letter was originally sent to the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb (d. 1707) rebuking his most unbecoming conduct. Incredibly, Guru Gobind Singh's letter is included today within the Sikh canon, one of only a very small handful of Persian-language texts granted the status of Sikh scripture. As such, its contents are sung on special Sikh occasions. Perhaps equally surprising is the fact that the letter appears in the tenth Guru's book or the Dasam Granth in the standard Gurmukhi script (in which Punjabi is written) but retains its original Persian language, a vernacular few Sikhs know. Drawing out the letter's direct and subtle references to the Iranian national epic, the Shah-namah, and to Shaikh Sa'di's thirteenth-century Bustan, Fenech demonstrates how this letter served as a form of Indo-Islamic verbal warfare, ensuring the tenth Guru's moral and symbolic victory over the legendary and powerful Mughal empire. Through analysis of the Zafar-namah, Fenech resurrects an essential and intiguing component of the Sikh tradition: its Islamicate aspect.
Guru Gobind Singh (1666–1708)
Title | Guru Gobind Singh (1666–1708) PDF eBook |
Author | J. S. Grewal |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | 245 |
Release | 2019-07-25 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0190990384 |
The unifying theme in the life of Guru Gobind Singh was confrontation with the Mughals, which culminated in a struggle for political power. This fact is brought into sharp focus when we consider the Guru’s life and legacy simultaneously in the contexts of the Mughal Empire, its feudatory states in the hills, and the Sikh movement. The creation of the Khalsa in 1699 as a political community with the aspiration to rule made conciliation or compromise with the Mughal state almost impossible. Their long struggle ended eventually in the declaration of Khalsa Raj in 1765. Using contemporary and near contemporary sources in Gurmukhi, Persian, and English, J.S. Grewal presents a comprehensive study of this era of Sikh history. The volume elaborates on the life and legacy of Guru Gobind Singh and explores the ideological background of the institution of the Khalsa and its larger political context. Grewal, however, emphasizes that the legacy of the Khalsa was also social and cultural. This authoritative volume on the tenth Guru is a significant addition to the field of Sikh studies.