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href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Sikhism_sidebar" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Sikhism sidebar"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <i><b>Dasam Granth</b></i> (<a href="/wiki/Gurmukhi" title="Gurmukhi">Gurmukhi</a>: ਦਸਮ ਗ੍ਰੰਥ <i>dasama gratha</i>) is a collection of various poetic compositions attributed to <a href="/wiki/Guru_Gobind_Singh" title="Guru Gobind Singh">Guru Gobind Singh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hss54_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hss54-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-britdasam_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-britdasam-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p136_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SinghFenech2014p136-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-McLeod1990_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McLeod1990-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The text enjoyed an equal status with the Adi Granth, or <a href="/wiki/Guru_Granth_Sahib" title="Guru Granth Sahib">Guru Granth Sahib</a>, in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and were installed side by side on the same platform.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i>Dasam Granth</i> lost favor during the colonial period when reformist <a href="/wiki/Singh_Sabha_Movement" title="Singh Sabha Movement">Singh Sabha Movement</a> scholars couldn't contextualize the reworkings of Puranic stories or the vast collection of 'Tales of Deceit' <a href="/wiki/Sri_Charitropakhyan" title="Sri Charitropakhyan">Sri Charitropakhyan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The standard edition of the text contains 1,428 pages with 17,293 verses in 18 sections.<sup id="cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p136_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SinghFenech2014p136-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hss54_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hss54-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These are set in the form of hymns and poems mostly in the <a href="/wiki/Braj_Bhasha" title="Braj Bhasha">Braj language</a> (Old western Hindi),<sup id="cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p136_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SinghFenech2014p136-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with some parts in <a href="/wiki/Awadhi_language" title="Awadhi language">Avadhi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Punjabi_language" title="Punjabi language">Punjabi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hss54_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hss54-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The script is written almost entirely in <a href="/wiki/Gurmukhi" title="Gurmukhi">Gurmukhi</a>, except for the Guru Gobind Singh's letters to <a href="/wiki/Aurangzeb" title="Aurangzeb">Aurangzeb</a>—<i><a href="/wiki/Zafarnama_(letter)" title="Zafarnama (letter)">Zafarnama</a></i> and the <i><a href="/wiki/Hikaaitaan" title="Hikaaitaan">Hikaaitaan</a></i>—written in the <a href="/wiki/Persian_alphabet" title="Persian alphabet">Persian alphabet</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hss54_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hss54-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <i>Dasam Granth</i> contains hymns, from <a href="/wiki/Hindu_texts" title="Hindu texts">Hindu texts</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-britdasam_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-britdasam-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which are a retelling of the feminine in the form of goddess <a href="/wiki/Durga" title="Durga">Durga</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Nesbitt2016p107_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nesbitt2016p107-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-britdasam_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-britdasam-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> an autobiography, letter to the <a href="/wiki/Mughal_emperor" class="mw-redirect" title="Mughal emperor">Mughal emperor</a> <a href="/wiki/Aurangzeb" title="Aurangzeb">Aurangzeb</a>, as well as reverential discussion of warriors and theology.<sup id="cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p136_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SinghFenech2014p136-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The scripture was recited in full within <a href="/wiki/Nirmala_(sect)" title="Nirmala (sect)">Nirmala</a> Sikhs in the contemporary era.<sup id="cite_ref-McLeod1990_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McLeod1990-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FenechMcLeod2014p92_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FenechMcLeod2014p92-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Parts of it are retold from Hindu <a href="/wiki/Puranas" title="Puranas">Puranas</a>, for the benefit of the common man, who had no access to Hindu texts of the time.<sup id="cite_ref-McLeod1990_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McLeod1990-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Compositions of the Dasam <i>Granth</i> include <a href="/wiki/Jaap_Sahib" title="Jaap Sahib">Jaap Sahib</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tav-Prasad_Savaiye" class="mw-redirect" title="Tav-Prasad Savaiye">Tav-Prasad Savaiye</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chaupai_(Sikhism)" title="Chaupai (Sikhism)">Kabiyo Baach Benti Chaupai</a> which are part of the <a href="/wiki/Nitnem" title="Nitnem">Nitnem</a> or daily prayers and also part of the <a href="/wiki/Amrit_Sanchar" class="mw-redirect" title="Amrit Sanchar">Amrit Sanchar</a> or initiation ceremony of <a href="/wiki/Khalsa" title="Khalsa">Khalsa</a> Sikhs.<sup id="cite_ref-JacobsenMyrvold2012p233_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JacobsenMyrvold2012p233-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Zafarnama</i> and <i>Hikayats</i> in a different style and format appended to it in the mid 18th century.<sup id="cite_ref-FenechMcLeod2014p92_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FenechMcLeod2014p92-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other manuscripts are said to include the <b>Patna Birs</b> and the<b> Mani Singh Vali bir</b> all originated in mid to late 18th century. One of the 1698 CE Patna Manuscripts includes various <i><a href="/wiki/Apocrypha" title="Apocrypha">apocryphal</a> writings</i> such as the <i><a href="/wiki/Ugardanti" class="mw-redirect" title="Ugardanti">Ugradanti</a></i> and <i>Bhagauti Astotar</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FenechMcLeod2014p92_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FenechMcLeod2014p92-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Authorship">Authorship</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dasam_Granth&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Authorship"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although the compositions of the <i>Dasam Granth</i> are traditionally accepted to be written by Guru Gobind Singh, there have been questions of the authenticity of the entirety of <i>Dasam Granth</i> from time of compilation. There are three major views on the authorship of the <i>Dasam Granth</i>:<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ol><li>The traditional view is that the entire work was composed by Guru Gobind Singh himself.</li> <li>The entire collection was compiled by the poets in the Guru's entourage.</li> <li>Only a part of the work was composed by the Guru, while the rest was composed by the other poets.</li></ol> <p>In his religious court at <a href="/wiki/Paonta_Sahib" title="Paonta Sahib">Paonta Sahib</a> and <a href="/wiki/Anandpur_Sahib" title="Anandpur Sahib">Anandpur</a> Guru Gobind Singh had employed 52 poets, who translated several classical texts into Braj Bhasha. Most of the writing compiled at Paonta Sahib was lost while the Guru's camp was crossing the <a href="/wiki/Sarsa_river" title="Sarsa river">Sirsa river</a> before the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chamkaur" title="Battle of Chamkaur">Battle of Chamkaur</a> in 1704.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There were copiers available at the Guru's place who made several copies of the writings, and other writings may have been included too which may have led to authenticity issues. There is a theory that later, <a href="/wiki/Bhai_Mani_Singh" title="Bhai Mani Singh">Bhai Mani Singh</a> compiled all the available works under the title <i>Dasam Granth</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Traditionalist scholars claim that all the works in <i>Dasam Granth</i> were composed by the Guru himself, often on the basis of a letter attributed to Bhai Mani Singh. The veracity of this letter has been examined by scholars and found to be unreliable.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Syan (2013) notes, "Neither in colonial nor post-colonial Sikhism has the issue of the Dasam Granth authorship been satisfactorily resolved. What is germane, however, is that pre-colonial Sikh society wholeheartedly accepted the Dasam Granth as the work of Guru Gobind Singh."<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Historical_writings">Historical writings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dasam_Granth&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Historical writings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1246091330"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><table class="sidebar nomobile 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Granth Sahib</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="padding-bottom:0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japji_Sahib" title="Japji Sahib">Japji Sahib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anand_Sahib" title="Anand Sahib">Anand Sahib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rehras" title="Rehras">Rehras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirtan_Sohila" title="Kirtan Sohila">Kirtan Sohila</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sukhmani" class="mw-redirect" title="Sukhmani">Sukhmani Sahib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asa_di_Var" title="Asa di Var">Asa di Var</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="padding-top:0.5em;font-size:110%;"> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Dasam Granth</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="padding-bottom:0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jaap_Sahib" title="Jaap Sahib">Jaap Sahib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaupai_(Sikhism)" title="Chaupai (Sikhism)">Benti Chaupai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amrit_Savaiye" class="mw-redirect" title="Amrit Savaiye">Amrit Savaiye</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="padding-bottom:0;;padding:0.5em 0.15em;font-size:110%;"> <b><a href="/wiki/Sarbloh_Granth" title="Sarbloh Granth">Sarbloh Granth</a></b></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="padding-bottom:0;;padding-bottom:0.8em;font-size:110%;"> <b><a href="/wiki/Varan_Bhai_Gurdas" title="Varan Bhai Gurdas">Varan Bhai Gurdas</a></b></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-below" style="background:#ffe138;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_Sikhism" title="Outline of Sikhism">Outline of Sikhism</a></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Sikh_scriptures" title="Template:Sikh scriptures"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Sikh_scriptures" title="Template talk:Sikh scriptures"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Sikh_scriptures" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Sikh scriptures"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The following are historical books after the demise of Guru Gobind Singh which mention that the compositions in the present <i>Dasam Granth</i> was written by Guru Gobind Singh: </p> <ul><li>Rehitnama <a href="/wiki/Bhai_Nand_Lal" title="Bhai Nand Lal">Bhai Nand Lal</a> mentioned Jaap Sahib is an important Bani for a Sikh.<sup id="cite_ref-Rehitnama2005_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rehitnama2005-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Rehitnama Chaupa Singh Chibber quotes various lines from Bachitar Natak, 33 Swiayey, Chaupai Sahib, Jaap Sahib.<sup id="cite_ref-RehitnamaChaupa_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RehitnamaChaupa-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In 1711, Sri Gur Sobha was written by the poet Senapat and mentioned a conversation of Guru Gobind Singh and Akal Purakh, and written three of its Adhyay on base of Bachitar Natak.<sup id="cite_ref-Gursobha005_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gursobha005-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In 1741, Parchian Srvadas Kian quoted lines from Rama Avtar, 33 Swaiyey, and mentioned Zafarnama with Hikayats.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>in 1751, Gurbilas Patshahi 10 – Koyar Singh Kalal, mentioned Guru Gobind Singh composed Bachitar Natak, Krisna Avtar, Bisan Avtar, Akal Ustat, Jaap Sahib, Zafarnama, Hikayats etc. This is first Granth mentioned Guruship of Guru Granth Shahib.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In 1766, Kesar Singh Chibber in Bansavalinama writes that Guru Gobind Singh ordered the Guru Granth Sahib and Dasam Granth be kept separate.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kesar Singh frequently quotes Ugardanti, Bachitar Natak, Khalsa Mehima and many other compositions.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In 1766, Sri Guru Mahima Parkash – Sarup Chand Bhalla, mentioned about various Banis of Guru Gobind Singh and compilation of <i>Dasam Granth</i></li> <li>In 1790, Guru Kian Sakhian – Svarup Singh Kashish, mentioned Guru Gobind Singh composed, Bachitar Natak, Krishna Avtar, Shastarnaam Mala, 33 Swaiyey etc.</li> <li>In 1797, Gurbilas Patshahi 10 – Sukkha Singh, mentioned compositions of Guru Gobind Singh.</li> <li>In 1812, J. B. Malcolm, in Sketch of Sikhs mentioned the <i>Dasam Granth</i> as Bani of Guru Gobind Singh.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Structure">Structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dasam_Granth&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The standard print edition of the <i>Dasam Granth</i>, since 1902, has 1,428 pages.<sup id="cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p136_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SinghFenech2014p136-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hss54_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hss54-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The standard official edition contains 17,293 verses in 18 sections.<sup id="cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p136_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SinghFenech2014p136-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hss54_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hss54-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These are set in the form of hymns and poems mostly in the <a href="/wiki/Braj_Bhasha" title="Braj Bhasha">Braj Bhasha</a> (Old western Hindi),<sup id="cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p136_6-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SinghFenech2014p136-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with some parts in Avadhi, <a href="/wiki/Punjabi_language" title="Punjabi language">Punjabi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian language</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hss54_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hss54-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The script is almost entirely the Gurmukhi script except for the letter of the Sikh Guru to <a href="/wiki/Aurangzeb" title="Aurangzeb">Aurangzeb</a> – <i>Zafarnama</i>, and the <i>Hikayat</i> in the <a href="/wiki/Persian_script" class="mw-redirect" title="Persian script">Persian script</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hss54_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hss54-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Contents">Contents</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dasam_Granth&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Contents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <i>Dasam Granth</i> has many sections covering a wide range of topics: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption><b>Compositions in <i>Dasam Granth</i></b> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th><b>No.</b></th> <th><b>Bani Title</b></th> <th><b>Alternate Name</b> </th> <th>Native Script</th> <th><b>Description</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jaap_Sahib" title="Jaap Sahib">Jaap Sahib</a></td> <td>Gobind Jaapji </td> <td>ਜਾਪੁ ਸਾਹਿਬ</td> <td>A prayer of 199 verses dedicated to formless, timeless, all-pervading god.<sup id="cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p137_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SinghFenech2014p137-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Akal_Ustat" title="Akal Ustat">Akal Ustat</a></td> <td>Sri Akal Ji Ki Ustat </td> <td>ਅਕਾਲ ਉਸਤਤਿ</td> <td>A praise of the timeless primal being Akal Purakh (god), explaining that this primal being takes numerous forms of gods and goddesses, listing most frequently Hindu names of these, but also includes a few Muslim epithets.<sup id="cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p137_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SinghFenech2014p137-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Criticizes overemphasis on rituals related to the devotional worship of god.<sup id="cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p137_26-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SinghFenech2014p137-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bachittar_Natak" title="Bachittar Natak">Bachittar Natak</a></td> <td>Bachitra Natak </td> <td>ਬਚਿੱਤਰ ਨਾਟਕ</td> <td>Partly an autobiography that states he was born in Sodhi lineage, tracing it to the lineage of <a href="/wiki/Rama" title="Rama">Rama</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sita" title="Sita">Sita</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/Ramayana" title="Ramayana">Ramayana</a></i>;<sup id="cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p138_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SinghFenech2014p138-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> mentions Guru Nanak was born in the Bedi clan and how the next eight Gurus came to lead the Sikhs; describes the persecution and execution of <a href="/wiki/Guru_Tegh_Bahadar" class="mw-redirect" title="Guru Tegh Bahadar">Guru Tegh Bahadar</a> calling him the defender of <a href="/wiki/Dharma" title="Dharma">dharma</a> who protected the sacred threads and the tilaks (forehead mark of devout Hindus);<sup id="cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p138_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SinghFenech2014p138-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he mentions his own rebirth in Patna after God explained to him that he had sent religious leaders to earth, in forms such as Muhammad but these clung to their own self-interest rather than promote devotion to the true God;<sup id="cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p138_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SinghFenech2014p138-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He took birth to defend and spread the dharma, and was blessed by god to remember his past births;<sup id="cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p138_27-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SinghFenech2014p138-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Bachitra Natak criticizes those who take pride in their religious rituals, mentions his own hunting expeditions, battles and journeys in Punjab and the Himalayan foothills.<sup id="cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p138_27-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SinghFenech2014p138-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It states the author was <a href="/wiki/Gurdwara_Hemkund_Sahib" title="Gurdwara Hemkund Sahib">meditating in the Himalayan foothills</a> meditating on <a href="/wiki/Mahakala" title="Mahakala">Mahakala</a> and Kalaka before being called to take birth.<sup id="cite_ref-:12_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:12-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The entire work is fourteen chapters in length, with one section named <i>Apni Katha</i> ("my story"), which is an autobiographical account of the tenth Guru's life up til the year 1696.<sup id="cite_ref-:12_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:12-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The appellation <i>Bachitar Natak</i> is sometimes confusingly only applied to that one specific section rather than the entire fourteen chapter composition in which <i>Apni Katha</i> constitutes a single section of.<sup id="cite_ref-:12_28-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:12-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sometimes a huge chunk of the Dasam Granth is termed <i>Bachitar Natak Granth</i>, containing Chandi Charitars 1 and 2, Chaubis Avtar, Brahma Avtar, and Rudra Avtar.<sup id="cite_ref-:12_28-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:12-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most Western and Sikh scholars accept the work as a genuine composition of the tenth Guru, even deriders of the Dasam Granth.<sup id="cite_ref-:12_28-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:12-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chandi_Charitar_Ukti_Bilas" class="mw-redirect" title="Chandi Charitar Ukti Bilas">Chandi Charitar Ukti Bilas</a></td> <td>Chandi Charitar 1 </td> <td>ਚੰਡੀ ਚਰਿਤ੍ਰ (ੳਕਤਿ ਬਿਲਾਸ)</td> <td>A discussion of the Hindu goddess, <a href="/wiki/Durga" title="Durga">Durga</a> in the form of <a href="/wiki/Chandi" title="Chandi">Chandi</a>; this section of the <i>Dasam Granth</i> declares that it is based on the <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a> text <i><a href="/wiki/Markandeya_Purana" title="Markandeya Purana">Markandeya Purana</a></i>; it glorifies the feminine with her fighting the mythical war between good and evil, after the gods have admitted their confusion and weakness, she anticipating and thus defeating evil that misleads and morphs into different shapes.<sup id="cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p138_27-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SinghFenech2014p138-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chandi_Charitar_II" title="Chandi Charitar II">Chandi Charitar II</a></td> <td>Chandi Charitar 2<br />Chandi Charitar Trambi Mahatam<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>ਚੰਡੀ ਚਰਿਤ੍ਰ (ਭਾਗ ੨)</td> <td>A retelling of the story of the Hindu goddess, Durga again in the form of Chandi; it again glorifies the feminine with her fighting the war between good and evil, and in this section she slays the buffalo-demon Mahisha, all his associates and supporters thus bringing an end to the demonic violence and war.<sup id="cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p138_27-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SinghFenech2014p138-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Authorship is generally and traditionally attributed to <a href="/wiki/Guru_Gobind_Singh" title="Guru Gobind Singh">Guru Gobind Singh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-McLeod2005_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McLeod2005-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SriDasamorg_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SriDasamorg-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This composition was written in <a href="/wiki/Braj" title="Braj">Braj</a> Language at <a href="/wiki/Anandpur_Sahib" title="Anandpur Sahib">Anandpur Sahib</a>, <a href="/wiki/Punjab,_India" title="Punjab, India">Punjab</a>. It has eight cantos, contains 262 <a href="/wiki/Couplets" class="mw-redirect" title="Couplets">couplets</a> and quatrains, mostly employing Bhujang prayat and Rasaval measures, divided into 8 chapters.<sup id="cite_ref-Ashta_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ashta-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This work was composed at Anandpur Sahib, sometime before AD 1698, the year when the <a href="/wiki/Bachitar_Natak" class="mw-redirect" title="Bachitar Natak">Bachitar Natak</a> was completed. According to <a href="/wiki/Max_Arthur_Macauliffe" title="Max Arthur Macauliffe">Max Arthur Macauliffe</a>, the language of this composition is not original Sanskrit. He believes it to be written by bards in employ of <a href="/wiki/Guru_Gobind_Singh" title="Guru Gobind Singh">Guru Gobind Singh</a> and translation of <a href="/wiki/Durga_Saptashati" class="mw-redirect" title="Durga Saptashati">Durga Saptashati</a>, but could not ascertain, whether principles of Sikhism imbibed in Chandi Charitras or flavor of Hinduism is still in it.<sup id="cite_ref-miwk_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-miwk-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It differs from Chandi Charitar Ukti Bilas in that it does not reference the chapters within the Markandeya Purana, but still tells the same story.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The work contains 262 verses in total.<sup id="cite_ref-Zafarnama:_The_Epistle_of_Victory_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zafarnama:_The_Epistle_of_Victory-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chandi_di_Var" class="mw-redirect" title="Chandi di Var">Chandi Di Var</a></td> <td>Var Durga Ki </td> <td>ਚੰਡੀ ਦੀ ਵਾਰ</td> <td>The ballad of Hindu goddess, Durga, in Punjabi; this section of the <i>Dasam Granth</i> states that it is based on the Sanskrit text <i><a href="/wiki/Devi_Mahatmya" title="Devi Mahatmya">Durga Saptasati</a></i>;<sup id="cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p139_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SinghFenech2014p139-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The opening verses from this composition, states Robin Rinehart, have been a frequently recited <i>ardas</i> petition or prayer in Sikh history;<sup id="cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p139_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SinghFenech2014p139-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>Gyan Prabodh</td> <td>Gyan Prabodh </td> <td>ਗਿਆਨ ਪ੍ਰਬੋਧ</td> <td>The section title means "the Awakening of Knowledge", and it begins with praise of God; it includes a conversation between soul and God, weaves in many references to Hindu and texts such as the <i><a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a></i>;<sup id="cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p140_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SinghFenech2014p140-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the section summarizes those <i>parva</i> of the Hindu epic which discuss kingship and dharma; the role of Brahmins and Kshatriya varnas.<sup id="cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p140_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SinghFenech2014p140-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This composition contains 336 verses in total.<sup id="cite_ref-Zafarnama:_The_Epistle_of_Victory_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zafarnama:_The_Epistle_of_Victory-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chaubis_Avtar" title="Chaubis Avtar">Chaubis Avtar</a></td> <td>Vishnu Avtar </td> <td>ਚੌਬੀਸ ਅਵਤਾਰ</td> <td>The <i><a href="/wiki/Chaubis_Avatar" class="mw-redirect" title="Chaubis Avatar">Chaubis Avatar</a></i> (24 avatars) section is about <a href="/wiki/Vishnu" title="Vishnu">Vishnu</a>'s 24 avtar which include <a href="/wiki/Rama" title="Rama">Rama</a>, <a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Buddha" class="mw-redirect" title="Buddha">Buddha</a>. It is divided into 24 sections for each of the 24 avatars. </td></tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>Brahma Avtar</td> <td>Avatars of Brahma </td> <td>ਬ੍ਰਹਮਾ ਅਵਤਾਰ</td> <td>Narrative on the seven incarnations of <a href="/wiki/Brahma" title="Brahma">Brahma</a>, who is already mentioned in the Chaubis Avatar section<sup id="cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p140_39-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SinghFenech2014p140-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rudra_Avtar" title="Rudra Avtar">Rudra Avtar</a></td> <td>Avatars of Rudra (Shiva), <p>Ath Rudra Avtar Kathan(n) </p> </td> <td>ਰੁਦਰ ਅਵਤਾਰ</td> <td>A poem that narrates <a href="/wiki/Rudra" title="Rudra">Rudra</a> (<a href="/wiki/Shiva" title="Shiva">Shiva</a>) and his avatars, also already mentioned in the Chaubis Avatar section<sup id="cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p140_39-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SinghFenech2014p140-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sabad_Patshahi_10" class="mw-redirect" title="Sabad Patshahi 10">Shabad Hazare Padishah</a></td> <td>Sabad Patshahi 10 </td> <td>ਸ਼ਬਦ ਹਜ਼ਾਰੇ ਪਾਤਿਸ਼ਾਹੀ ੧੦</td> <td>Thousand hymns actually contains nine hymns, each set to a <i>raga</i> (melody), with content similar to <i>Chaubis Avatar</i> section; the sixth is filled with grief and generally understood to have been composed by Guru Gobind Singh after the loss of all four sons in the wars with the <a href="/wiki/Mughal_Empire" title="Mughal Empire">Mughal Empire</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p140_39-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SinghFenech2014p140-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> this section is missing in some early manuscripts of <i>Dasam Granth</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p140_39-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SinghFenech2014p140-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td><a href="/wiki/33_Savaiye" title="33 Savaiye">33 Savaiye</a></td> <td>33 Savaiye </td> <td>੩੩ ਸਵਈਏ</td> <td>Thirty-three verses that praise a god; asserts the mystery of god who is beyond what is in the Vedas and Puranas (Hindu), beyond the one in Quran (Muslim) and famously the Bible (Christian).<sup id="cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p141_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SinghFenech2014p141-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Khalsa_Mahima" title="Khalsa Mahima">Khalsa Mahima</a></td> <td>Praise of Khalsa </td> <td>ਖ਼ਾਲਸਾ ਮਹਿਮਾ</td> <td>A short passage that explains why offerings to goddess Naina Devi by the general public are distributed to the <a href="/wiki/Khalsa" title="Khalsa">Khalsa</a> soldiers rather than Brahmin priests.<sup id="cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p141_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SinghFenech2014p141-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td>Shastar Naam Mala</td> <td>Shastar Nam Mala Purana </td> <td>ਸ਼ਸਤ੍ਰ ਨਾਮ ਮਾਲਾ (ਪੁਰਾਣ)</td> <td>The section title means a "garland of weapon names", and it has 1,300 or 1,323 verses;<sup id="cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p141_41-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SinghFenech2014p141-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Zafarnama:_The_Epistle_of_Victory_36-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zafarnama:_The_Epistle_of_Victory-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it lists and exalts various weapons of violence, declaring them to be symbols of God's power, states Rinehart;<sup id="cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p141_41-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SinghFenech2014p141-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it includes the names of Hindu deities and the weapon they carry in one or more of their hands, and praises their use and virtues; the list includes weapons introduced in the 17th-century such as a rifle.<sup id="cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p141_41-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SinghFenech2014p141-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sri_Charitropakhyan" title="Sri Charitropakhyan">Sri Charitropakhyan</a></td> <td>Charitropakhyan, Pakhyan Charitra, Tria Charitra </td> <td>ਪਖ੍ਯਾਨ ਚਰਿਤ੍ਰ, ਸ਼੍ਰੀ ਚਰਿਤ੍ਰੋਪਾਖ੍ਯਾਨ, ਤ੍ਰਿਯਾ ਚਰਿਤ੍ਰ</td> <td>The largest and most controversial part of the <i>Dasam Granth</i><sup id="cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p142_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SinghFenech2014p142-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it includes 405 character features and behavioral sketches;<sup id="cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p142_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SinghFenech2014p142-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> these are largely characters of lustful women seeking extramarital sex and seducing men for love affairs without their husbands knowing; the characters delight in gambling, opium and liquor;<sup id="cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p142_43-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SinghFenech2014p142-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> these stories either end in illustrating human weaknesses with graphic description of sexual behavior, or illustrate a noble behavior where the seduction target refuses and asserts that "he cannot be a dharmaraja if he is unfaithful to his wife";<sup id="cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p142_43-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SinghFenech2014p142-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the final <i>charitra</i> (number 405) describes the <a href="/wiki/Mughal_people" title="Mughal people">Mughals</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pathan" class="mw-redirect" title="Pathan">Pathans</a> as offsprings of demons, details many battles between gods and demons, ending with the victory of gods; the <a href="/wiki/Chaupai_(Sikhism)" title="Chaupai (Sikhism)">Benti Chaupai</a> found in this last <i>charitra</i> is sometimes separated from its context by Sikhs and used or interpreted in other ways;<sup id="cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p142_43-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SinghFenech2014p142-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many Sikh commentators have questioned the authorship of Dasam Granth in significant part because of this section, while others state that the text must be viewed in the perspective of the traumatic period of Sikh history when Guru Gobind Singh and his soldier disciples were fighting the Mughal Empire and this section could have been useful for the moral edification of soldiers at the war front against the vice.<sup id="cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p142_43-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SinghFenech2014p142-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chaupai_(Sikhism)" title="Chaupai (Sikhism)">Chaupai Sahib</a></td> <td>Kabiyo Baach Benti, Benti Chaupai </td> <td>ਕਬਿਯੋਬਾਚ ਬੇਨਤੀ ਚੌਪਈ, <p>ਚੌਪਈ ਸਾਹਿਬ </p> </td> <td>The reflection of the poet on the 405th Charitar. A part of the last <i>charitra</i> of the Charitropakhyan section.<sup id="cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p142_43-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SinghFenech2014p142-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Zafarnama_(letter)" title="Zafarnama (letter)">Zafarnama</a></td> <td>Epistle of victory </td> <td>ਜ਼ਫ਼ਰਨਾਮਾ</td> <td>A letter written in 1706 by Guru Gobind Singh to Emperor <a href="/wiki/Aurangzeb" title="Aurangzeb">Aurangzeb</a> in Persian language;<sup id="cite_ref-Britannica2009_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Britannica2009-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it chastises the Mughal emperor for promising a safe passage to his family but then reneging on that promise, attacking and killing his family members;<sup id="cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p143_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SinghFenech2014p143-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In this Guru Gobind Singh talks about how if the Holy Prophet were at Chamkaur in person then Aurangzeb wouldn't have lied. </td></tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hikaaitaan" title="Hikaaitaan">Hikayats</a></td> <td>Hikaitan </td> <td>ਹਿਕਾਇਤਾਂ</td> <td>Usually grouped with the Zafarnama section, these are twelve tales unrelated to Zafarnama but probably linked because some versions have these in Persian language; the content of this section is closer in form and focus to the Charitropakhyan section above;<sup id="cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p143_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SinghFenech2014p143-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ugardanti">Ugardanti</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dasam_Granth&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Ugardanti"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Ugardanti</b> (<a href="/wiki/Punjabi_language" title="Punjabi language">Punjabi</a>: <span lang="pa">ਉਗ੍ਰਦੰਤੀ</span>, pronunciation: <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="pa-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Punjabi" title="Help:IPA/Punjabi">[ʊɡɾd̪aɛt̪iː]</a></span>) is a poetic composition said to be written by <a href="/wiki/Guru_Gobind_Singh" title="Guru Gobind Singh">Guru Gobind Singh</a>, after the creation of the <a href="/wiki/Khalsa_Panth" class="mw-redirect" title="Khalsa Panth">Khalsa Panth</a> at <a href="/wiki/Anandpur_Sahib" title="Anandpur Sahib">Anandpur Sahib</a>. The composition is present in Dasam Granth Bir Patna Sahib. The <a href="/wiki/Gurbani" title="Gurbani">bani</a> contains information about the creation of the <a href="/wiki/Khalsa_Panth" class="mw-redirect" title="Khalsa Panth">Khalsa Panth</a>, the dress code of the <a href="/wiki/Sikh" class="mw-redirect" title="Sikh">Sikhs</a>, and is strictly against ritualism.<sup id="cite_ref-ugar_dant_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ugar_dant-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Etymologically, Ugardanti is a feminine term made of two words, Ugar means Fierce and Danti means Tooth.<sup id="cite_ref-ugar_sanskrit_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ugar_sanskrit-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One having Fierce Tooth, is called Ugardanti. Guru Gobind Singh Ji invokes Adi Shakti in the form of the Fierce Toothed Ugardanti, writing various attributes of Ugardanti and asking for blessings and protection for the prosperity of the new Panth which is free from hypocrisy, ritualism, <a href="/wiki/Casteism" class="mw-redirect" title="Casteism">casteism</a>, human worship and <a href="/wiki/Waheguru" title="Waheguru">worships only One Non-Dual God</a>. </p><p>In <i>Bansavalinama Dasan Patshahian ka</i> (1769), the author Kesar Singh Chibbar explains and quotes a few passages from Guru Gobind Singh's Ugardanti.<sup id="cite_ref-ugar_bansali_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ugar_bansali-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <i>Hum Hindu Nahi</i>(1898 ), the author <a href="/wiki/Bhai_Kahn_Singh_Nabha" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhai Kahn Singh Nabha">Bhai Kahn Singh Nabha</a>, believed that Ugardanti Bani was not written by Guru Gobind Singh but by Bhai Sukha Singh, a priest at Patna.<sup id="cite_ref-ugar_Nabha_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ugar_Nabha-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, Sukha Singh's works came into being after the Bansavalinama of Kesar Singh Chibbar. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Nihang" title="Nihang">Nihang</a> and <a href="/wiki/Namdhari" title="Namdhari">Namdhari</a> Sikhs believe it to be written by Guru Gobind Singh and is part of their daily liturgy. It was and is read to inspire warriors to stand up for truth and righteousness in the face of tyranny and oppression. The Composition is divided into six verses called Chhands in which the syllables and the rhythm are arranged in a precisely controlled pattern. The Type of Chhandd used is Bhagvati Chhand. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tav-Prasad_Savaiye">Tav-Prasad Savaiye</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dasam_Granth&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Tav-Prasad Savaiye"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i><b>Tav-Prasad Savaiye</b></i> (<a href="/wiki/Punjabi_language" title="Punjabi language">Punjabi</a>: <span lang="pa">ਤ੍ਵਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ਸ੍ਵਯੇ</span>, pronunciation: <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="pa-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Punjabi" title="Help:IPA/Punjabi">[t̪ʋᵊəpɾʱəsäːd̪<span class="wrap"> </span>sʋⁱ˸je]</a></span>, lit. ‘exclusively you, in war song meter’) is a short composition of 10 stanzas which is part of daily liturgy among <a href="/wiki/Sikh" class="mw-redirect" title="Sikh">Sikhs</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Nitnem" title="Nitnem">Nitnem</a></i>). It was penned down by <a href="/wiki/Guru_Gobind_Singh" title="Guru Gobind Singh">Guru Gobind Singh</a> and is part of his composition <i>Akal Ustat</i> (The praise of God).<sup id="cite_ref-mcleod_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mcleod-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is an important composition which is read during <a href="/wiki/Amrit_Sanchar" class="mw-redirect" title="Amrit Sanchar">Amrit Sanchar</a>. This <i><a href="/wiki/Gurbani" title="Gurbani">Bani</a></i> appears in the Dasam Granth on pages 13 to 15, starting from Stanza 21 of Akal Ustat. </p><p>Tavprasad means <i>with thy grace</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-mahakosh_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mahakosh-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This composition strongly rejects <a href="/wiki/Idolatry_in_Sikhism" title="Idolatry in Sikhism">idolatry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pilgrimage" title="Pilgrimage">pilgrimages</a>, <a href="/wiki/Veneration_of_the_dead" title="Veneration of the dead">grave worshiping</a>, <a href="/wiki/Samadhi" title="Samadhi">samadhis</a> of <a href="/wiki/Yogi" title="Yogi">yogis</a> and other ritualistic beliefs of <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jainism" title="Jainism">Jainism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> as being of no use in attaining God if performed without the love of God and all his creation . It is included in <a href="/wiki/Nitnem" title="Nitnem">Nitnem</a>, the daily morning prayers of Sikhs, and recited after completing <a href="/wiki/Jaap_Sahib" title="Jaap Sahib">Jaap Sahib</a>. It starts with <i>Sravag Sudh Samuh Sidhan Ke</i> and goes up to <i>Koor Kriya Urjheo Sab Hi Jag</i>. Among many famous quotes from Tav-Prasad Savaiye, <i>"Jin Prem Kiyo Tin Hi Prabhu Paayo"</i> is widely quoted by different scholars of different religions. In <i>Dialogues on Universal Responsibility and Education</i>, the <a href="/wiki/14th_Dalai_Lama" title="14th Dalai Lama">Dalai Lama</a> quoted it while giving lessons on love.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Tav-Prasad Savaiye is very important part of the <a href="/wiki/Nitnem" title="Nitnem">Nitnem</a>. Among other things <a href="/wiki/Nitnem" title="Nitnem">Nitnem</a> works as a shield for the Khalsa <sub>(Khalsa is a perfect human being, which is the vision of Guru Gobind Singh by the orders of Akal Purkh. Such a human is perfectly capable of defending himself and others from the attacks of enemy(both spiritual and temporal)).</sub> Specifically Savaiye act as a shield against the attacks of Pride, Ignorance, Hatred, Hypocrisy and Delusions. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Role_in_Sikh_liturgy,_access"><span id="Role_in_Sikh_liturgy.2C_access"></span>Role in Sikh liturgy, access</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dasam_Granth&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Role in Sikh liturgy, access"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The compositions within <i>Dasam Granth</i> play a huge role in Sikh liturgy, which is prescribed by <a href="/wiki/Sikh_Rehat_Maryada" class="mw-redirect" title="Sikh Rehat Maryada">Sikh Rehat Maryada</a>: </p> <ul><li>Jaap Sahib is part of <a href="/wiki/Nitnem" title="Nitnem">Nitnem</a>, which Sikh recites daily in morning.<sup id="cite_ref-Sikhsdiaspora_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sikhsdiaspora-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-srmdasam_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-srmdasam-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tav-Prasad_Savaiye" class="mw-redirect" title="Tav-Prasad Savaiye">Tav-Prasad Savaiye</a>, again a bani of Nitnem, is part of Akal Ustat composition, which is recited daily in morning along with above.<sup id="cite_ref-Sikhsdiaspora_55-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sikhsdiaspora-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaupai_(Sikhism)" title="Chaupai (Sikhism)">Benti Chaupai</a>, is part of <a href="/wiki/Sri_Charitropakhyan" title="Sri Charitropakhyan">Sri Charitropakhyan</a>, which is recited in morning as well as evening prayers.<sup id="cite_ref-srmdasam_56-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-srmdasam-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Jaap, Tav Prasad Savaiye and Chaupai are read while preparing Khande Batey Ki Pahul for Khalsa initiation.<sup id="cite_ref-JacobsenMyrvold2012p233_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JacobsenMyrvold2012p233-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The first stanza of the Sikh <a href="/wiki/Ard%C4%81s" title="Ardās">ardās</a> is from Chandi di Var.<sup id="cite_ref-JacobsenMyrvold2012p233_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JacobsenMyrvold2012p233-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>As per Sikh Rehat Maryada, a stanza of Chaubis Avtar, "pae gahe jab te tumre", should be comprised in So Dar Rehras.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Nihang" title="Nihang">Nihang</a> tradition – considered heretical by the Khalsa Sikhs,<sup id="cite_ref-Parsons2012p221_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Parsons2012p221-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <i>Dasam Granth</i> is given equal scriptural status as the <i>Adi Granth</i> (first volume).<sup id="cite_ref-britannicanamdhari_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-britannicanamdhari-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Chandi_di_Var" class="mw-redirect" title="Chandi di Var">Chandi di Var</a> is also an important prayer among <a href="/wiki/Nihang" title="Nihang">Nihang</a> and Namdhari Sikhs.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Except for the liturgical portions and some cherrypicked verses of the <i>Dasam Granth</i> that are widely shared and used, few Sikhs have read the complete <i>Dasam Granth</i> or know its contents.<sup id="cite_ref-wd1999p279_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wd1999p279-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most do not have access to it in its entirety, as the generic printed or translated versions do not include all its sections and verses.<sup id="cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p142_43-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SinghFenech2014p142-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In its history, the entire text was in the active possession of the Khalsa soldiers.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Manuscripts">Manuscripts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dasam_Granth&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Manuscripts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bhai_Mani_Singh%27s_letter_addressed_to_Mata_Sundari_in_April_1716_concerning_the_condition_of_the_Sikhs_and_his_mission_of_collecting_Guru_Gobind_Singh%27s_compositions.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Bhai_Mani_Singh%27s_letter_addressed_to_Mata_Sundari_in_April_1716_concerning_the_condition_of_the_Sikhs_and_his_mission_of_collecting_Guru_Gobind_Singh%27s_compositions.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="289" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Bhai_Mani_Singh%27s_letter_addressed_to_Mata_Sundari_in_April_1716_concerning_the_condition_of_the_Sikhs_and_his_mission_of_collecting_Guru_Gobind_Singh%27s_compositions.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/Bhai_Mani_Singh%27s_letter_addressed_to_Mata_Sundari_in_April_1716_concerning_the_condition_of_the_Sikhs_and_his_mission_of_collecting_Guru_Gobind_Singh%27s_compositions.jpg 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="473" /></a><figcaption>Acclaimed letter of <a href="/wiki/Bhai_Mani_Singh" title="Bhai Mani Singh">Bhai Mani Singh</a> discussing the compilation of various <a href="/wiki/Gurbani" title="Gurbani">banis</a> of <i>Dasam Granth</i></figcaption></figure> <p>The oldest manuscript of <i>Dasam Granth</i> is likely the Anandpuri Hazuri Bir (Not to be confused with the Anandpuri Marco <a href="/wiki/Guru_Granth_Sahib" title="Guru Granth Sahib">Adi Granth</a>). It is dated to 1698 CE. A few folio pages were definitely added later (<a href="/wiki/Zafarnama_(letter)" title="Zafarnama (letter)">Zafarnama</a> and Hikayats), because they were composed after 1700 (circa 1705 CE), and are in a different style and format, and lack the folio numbers present on all pages elsewhere. These letters of Guru Gobind Singh may have been appended in the early 18th century.<sup id="cite_ref-FenechMcLeod2014p92_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FenechMcLeod2014p92-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to another view, the earliest surviving manuscript of the complete text is dated to 1713 CE (Bhai Mani Singh Manucscript), and the early manuscript versions have minor variations with apocryphal writings.<sup id="cite_ref-wd1999p279_60-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wd1999p279-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Old_Dasam_Granth_Bir_(Copy).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Old_Dasam_Granth_Bir_%28Copy%29.jpg/220px-Old_Dasam_Granth_Bir_%28Copy%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="240" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Old_Dasam_Granth_Bir_%28Copy%29.jpg/330px-Old_Dasam_Granth_Bir_%28Copy%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Old_Dasam_Granth_Bir_%28Copy%29.jpg/440px-Old_Dasam_Granth_Bir_%28Copy%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="839" data-file-height="914" /></a><figcaption>Guru Gobind Singh with the Goddess <a href="/wiki/Durga" title="Durga">Bhagwati</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Other important manuscripts include two Patna manuscripts both from 1698 CE found in Bihar, and the Mani Singh Vali Bir (1713 CE) in New Delhi. The Mani Singh Bir is a combined recension of the <a href="/wiki/Guru_Granth_Sahib" title="Guru Granth Sahib">Adi Granth</a> and Dasam Granth. It presents the Zafarnama and Hikayats in the <a href="/wiki/Nastaliq" title="Nastaliq">Perso-Arabic Nastaliq</a> script.<sup id="cite_ref-FenechMcLeod2014p92_11-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FenechMcLeod2014p92-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The early Anandpuri, Patna, and Mani Singh manuscripts include writings that are disputed in the contemporary era, as well as sections such as the <i>Ugradanti</i> and <i>Sri Bhagauti Astotra</i> that were removed from the <i>Dasam Granth</i> codified in the 20th century by the <i>Sodhak Committee</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FenechMcLeod2014p92_11-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FenechMcLeod2014p92-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is also a manuscript of the Dasam Granth attributed to Bhai Daya Singh with many Apocryphal Writings, as well as the 1765 Illuminated <i>Patna Missal</i> manuscript from <a href="/wiki/Jammu" title="Jammu">Jammu</a>. </p><p>According to the Indologist <a href="/wiki/Wendy_Doniger" title="Wendy Doniger">Wendy Doniger</a>, many orthodox Sikhs credit the authorship and compilation of the earliest <i>Dasam Granth</i> manuscript to Guru Gobind Singh directly, while other Sikhs and some scholars consider the text to have been authored and compiled partly by him and partly by many poets in his court at Anandpur.<sup id="cite_ref-wd1999p279_60-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wd1999p279-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> Prior to 1902, there were numerous incomplete portions of manuscripts of <i>Dasam Granth</i> in circulation within the Sikh community along with the complete, but somewhat variant, major versions such as the Anandpuri and Patna birs.<sup id="cite_ref-Rinehart2011p43_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rinehart2011p43-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1885, during the <a href="/wiki/Singh_Sabha_Movement" title="Singh Sabha Movement">Singh Sabha Movement</a>, an organization called the Gurmat Granth Pracharak Sabha was founded by Sikhs to study the Sikh literature. This organization, with a request from Amritsar Singh Sabha, established the Sodhak Committee in 1897.<sup id="cite_ref-Rinehart2011p43_63-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rinehart2011p43-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The members of this committee studied 32 manuscripts of <i>Dasam Granth</i> from different parts of the Indian subcontinent. The committee deleted some hymns found in the different old manuscripts of the text, merged the others and thus created a 1,428-page version thereafter called the standard edition of the <i>Dasam Granth</i>. The standard edition was first published in 1902.<sup id="cite_ref-Rinehart2011p43_63-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rinehart2011p43-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is this version that has predominantly been distributed to scholars and studied in and outside India. However, the prestige of the <i>Dasam Granth</i> was well established in the Sikh community during the <a href="/wiki/Sikh_Empire" title="Sikh Empire">Sikh Empire</a>, as noted in 1812 by colonial-era scholar Malcolm.<sup id="cite_ref-Rinehart2011p43_63-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rinehart2011p43-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Robin Rinehart – a scholar of Sikhism and Sikh literature, modern copies of the <i>Dasam Granth</i> in Punjabi, and its English translations, often do not include the entire standard edition text and do not follow the same ordering either.<sup id="cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p136_6-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SinghFenech2014p136-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Opening_folio_of_a_Dasam_Granth_manuscript_authored_by_Baba_Deep_Singh.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Opening folio of a Dasam Granth manuscript authored by Baba Deep Singh"><img alt="Opening folio of a Dasam Granth manuscript authored by Baba Deep Singh" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Opening_folio_of_a_Dasam_Granth_manuscript_authored_by_Baba_Deep_Singh.jpg/120px-Opening_folio_of_a_Dasam_Granth_manuscript_authored_by_Baba_Deep_Singh.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Opening_folio_of_a_Dasam_Granth_manuscript_authored_by_Baba_Deep_Singh.jpg/180px-Opening_folio_of_a_Dasam_Granth_manuscript_authored_by_Baba_Deep_Singh.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Opening_folio_of_a_Dasam_Granth_manuscript_authored_by_Baba_Deep_Singh.jpg/240px-Opening_folio_of_a_Dasam_Granth_manuscript_authored_by_Baba_Deep_Singh.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Opening folio of a Dasam Granth manuscript authored by Baba Deep Singh</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%27Khas_Patra%27_(important_page)_containing_a_correction_authored_by_Guru_Gobind_Singh_from_the_%27Anandpuri_Hazuri_bir%27_(manuscript)_of_the_Dasam_Granth.png" class="mw-file-description" title="A correction authored by Guru Gobind Singh from the 'Anandpuri Hazuri Bir' (manuscript) of the Dasam Granth from 1698 CE"><img alt="A correction authored by Guru Gobind Singh from the 'Anandpuri Hazuri Bir' (manuscript) of the Dasam Granth from 1698 CE" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/%27Khas_Patra%27_%28important_page%29_containing_a_correction_authored_by_Guru_Gobind_Singh_from_the_%27Anandpuri_Hazuri_bir%27_%28manuscript%29_of_the_Dasam_Granth.png/120px-%27Khas_Patra%27_%28important_page%29_containing_a_correction_authored_by_Guru_Gobind_Singh_from_the_%27Anandpuri_Hazuri_bir%27_%28manuscript%29_of_the_Dasam_Granth.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/%27Khas_Patra%27_%28important_page%29_containing_a_correction_authored_by_Guru_Gobind_Singh_from_the_%27Anandpuri_Hazuri_bir%27_%28manuscript%29_of_the_Dasam_Granth.png/180px-%27Khas_Patra%27_%28important_page%29_containing_a_correction_authored_by_Guru_Gobind_Singh_from_the_%27Anandpuri_Hazuri_bir%27_%28manuscript%29_of_the_Dasam_Granth.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/%27Khas_Patra%27_%28important_page%29_containing_a_correction_authored_by_Guru_Gobind_Singh_from_the_%27Anandpuri_Hazuri_bir%27_%28manuscript%29_of_the_Dasam_Granth.png/240px-%27Khas_Patra%27_%28important_page%29_containing_a_correction_authored_by_Guru_Gobind_Singh_from_the_%27Anandpuri_Hazuri_bir%27_%28manuscript%29_of_the_Dasam_Granth.png 2x" data-file-width="690" data-file-height="473" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A correction authored by Guru Gobind Singh from the 'Anandpuri Hazuri Bir' (manuscript) of the Dasam Granth from 1698 CE</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Guru_Gobind_Singh%27s_handwriting_in_non-calligraphic_script.webp" class="mw-file-description" title="Page from the Bhai Mani Singh combined Adi-Dasam Maniscript authored in 1713 CE"><img alt="Page from the Bhai Mani Singh combined Adi-Dasam Maniscript authored in 1713 CE" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Guru_Gobind_Singh%27s_handwriting_in_non-calligraphic_script.webp/120px-Guru_Gobind_Singh%27s_handwriting_in_non-calligraphic_script.webp.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Guru_Gobind_Singh%27s_handwriting_in_non-calligraphic_script.webp/180px-Guru_Gobind_Singh%27s_handwriting_in_non-calligraphic_script.webp.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Guru_Gobind_Singh%27s_handwriting_in_non-calligraphic_script.webp/240px-Guru_Gobind_Singh%27s_handwriting_in_non-calligraphic_script.webp.png 2x" data-file-width="1690" data-file-height="1246" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Page from the Bhai Mani Singh combined Adi-Dasam Maniscript authored in 1713 CE</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Decorated_page_of_the_Dasam_Granth_from_the_Patna_Sahib_bir_(manuscript)_03.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Decorated page of the Dasam Granth from a Patna Manuscript"><img alt="Decorated page of the Dasam Granth from a Patna Manuscript" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Decorated_page_of_the_Dasam_Granth_from_the_Patna_Sahib_bir_%28manuscript%29_03.jpg/103px-Decorated_page_of_the_Dasam_Granth_from_the_Patna_Sahib_bir_%28manuscript%29_03.jpg" decoding="async" width="103" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Decorated_page_of_the_Dasam_Granth_from_the_Patna_Sahib_bir_%28manuscript%29_03.jpg/155px-Decorated_page_of_the_Dasam_Granth_from_the_Patna_Sahib_bir_%28manuscript%29_03.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Decorated_page_of_the_Dasam_Granth_from_the_Patna_Sahib_bir_%28manuscript%29_03.jpg/207px-Decorated_page_of_the_Dasam_Granth_from_the_Patna_Sahib_bir_%28manuscript%29_03.jpg 2x" data-file-width="621" data-file-height="720" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Decorated page of the Dasam Granth from a Patna Manuscript</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Patna_Sahib_bir_(manuscript)_of_the_Dasam_Granth,_traditionally_dated_to_1755_Bikrami_(1698_CE).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Another Patna Manuscript of the Dasam Granth authored in 1698 CE"><img alt="Another Patna Manuscript of the Dasam Granth authored in 1698 CE" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Patna_Sahib_bir_%28manuscript%29_of_the_Dasam_Granth%2C_traditionally_dated_to_1755_Bikrami_%281698_CE%29.jpg/84px-Patna_Sahib_bir_%28manuscript%29_of_the_Dasam_Granth%2C_traditionally_dated_to_1755_Bikrami_%281698_CE%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="84" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Patna_Sahib_bir_%28manuscript%29_of_the_Dasam_Granth%2C_traditionally_dated_to_1755_Bikrami_%281698_CE%29.jpg/126px-Patna_Sahib_bir_%28manuscript%29_of_the_Dasam_Granth%2C_traditionally_dated_to_1755_Bikrami_%281698_CE%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Patna_Sahib_bir_%28manuscript%29_of_the_Dasam_Granth%2C_traditionally_dated_to_1755_Bikrami_%281698_CE%29.jpg/169px-Patna_Sahib_bir_%28manuscript%29_of_the_Dasam_Granth%2C_traditionally_dated_to_1755_Bikrami_%281698_CE%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="1024" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Another Patna Manuscript of the Dasam Granth authored in 1698 CE</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Folio_of_the_Charitropakhyan_from_the_Patna_Missal_Dasam_Granth_manuscript_from_1765.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Illuminated Charitropakhyan folio from the Patna Missal Dasam Granth manuscript from 1765 CE"><img alt="Illuminated Charitropakhyan folio from the Patna Missal Dasam Granth manuscript from 1765 CE" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Folio_of_the_Charitropakhyan_from_the_Patna_Missal_Dasam_Granth_manuscript_from_1765.jpg/120px-Folio_of_the_Charitropakhyan_from_the_Patna_Missal_Dasam_Granth_manuscript_from_1765.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Folio_of_the_Charitropakhyan_from_the_Patna_Missal_Dasam_Granth_manuscript_from_1765.jpg/180px-Folio_of_the_Charitropakhyan_from_the_Patna_Missal_Dasam_Granth_manuscript_from_1765.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Folio_of_the_Charitropakhyan_from_the_Patna_Missal_Dasam_Granth_manuscript_from_1765.jpg/240px-Folio_of_the_Charitropakhyan_from_the_Patna_Missal_Dasam_Granth_manuscript_from_1765.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1296" data-file-height="972" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Illuminated Charitropakhyan folio from the Patna Missal Dasam Granth manuscript from 1765 CE</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Folio_of_the_Apocryphal_%22Bhagauti_Astotar%22_Composition_in_the_%22Aurangabadi_Dasam_Granth_Bir%22_attributed_to_Bhai_Daya_Singh.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Folio of the Apocryphal "Bhagauti Astotar" Composition in the "Aurangabadi Dasam Granth Bir" attributed to Bhai Daya Singh"><img alt="Folio of the Apocryphal "Bhagauti Astotar" Composition in the "Aurangabadi Dasam Granth Bir" attributed to Bhai Daya Singh" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Folio_of_the_Apocryphal_%22Bhagauti_Astotar%22_Composition_in_the_%22Aurangabadi_Dasam_Granth_Bir%22_attributed_to_Bhai_Daya_Singh.png/74px-Folio_of_the_Apocryphal_%22Bhagauti_Astotar%22_Composition_in_the_%22Aurangabadi_Dasam_Granth_Bir%22_attributed_to_Bhai_Daya_Singh.png" decoding="async" width="74" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Folio_of_the_Apocryphal_%22Bhagauti_Astotar%22_Composition_in_the_%22Aurangabadi_Dasam_Granth_Bir%22_attributed_to_Bhai_Daya_Singh.png/111px-Folio_of_the_Apocryphal_%22Bhagauti_Astotar%22_Composition_in_the_%22Aurangabadi_Dasam_Granth_Bir%22_attributed_to_Bhai_Daya_Singh.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Folio_of_the_Apocryphal_%22Bhagauti_Astotar%22_Composition_in_the_%22Aurangabadi_Dasam_Granth_Bir%22_attributed_to_Bhai_Daya_Singh.png/148px-Folio_of_the_Apocryphal_%22Bhagauti_Astotar%22_Composition_in_the_%22Aurangabadi_Dasam_Granth_Bir%22_attributed_to_Bhai_Daya_Singh.png 2x" data-file-width="637" data-file-height="1032" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Folio of the Apocryphal "Bhagauti Astotar" Composition in the "Aurangabadi Dasam Granth Bir" attributed to Bhai Daya Singh</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_compilations">Other compilations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dasam_Granth&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Other compilations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Das_Granthi">Das Granthi</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dasam_Granth&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Das Granthi"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Das Granthi</b> (ਦਸ ਗ੍ਰੰਥੀ) is a small religious booklet containing only few selected compositions from Dasam Granth. Das stands for <i>Ten</i> and Granthi stands for <i>booklet</i>. It means Booklet of 10th Guru of Sikhism. This booklet was created for beginners and lay readers for reading these compositions in daily liturgy for proper understanding.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There is no standardization of this booklet and various sects in Sikhism have their own versions. The <a href="/wiki/Shiromani_Gurdwara_Parbandhak_Committee" title="Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee">Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee</a> contains eight texts namely, <a href="/wiki/Jaap_Sahib" title="Jaap Sahib">Jaap</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bachittar_Natak" title="Bachittar Natak">Bachitra Natak</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chandi_Charitar_Ukti_Bilas" class="mw-redirect" title="Chandi Charitar Ukti Bilas">Chandi Charitra</a> I, <a href="/wiki/Sabad_Patshahi_10" class="mw-redirect" title="Sabad Patshahi 10">Shabad Hazare Patshahi 10</a>, <a href="/wiki/Akal_Ustat" title="Akal Ustat">Akal Ustati</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chandi_Charitar_II" title="Chandi Charitar II">Chandi Charitra</a> 2, Gian Prabodh and <a href="/wiki/Chandi_di_Var" class="mw-redirect" title="Chandi di Var">Chandi di Var</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Apocryphal_Dasam_Granth_Writings">Apocryphal Dasam Granth Writings</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dasam_Granth&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Apocryphal Dasam Granth Writings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are a plethora of writings attributed to Guru Gobind Singh that are not in the standardized Dasam Granth. These select writings are sometimes found in certain early manuscripts.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These include but are not limited to:<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1700s_Dasam_Granth_with_Missing_space_after_324th_Charitar.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/1700s_Dasam_Granth_with_Missing_space_after_324th_Charitar.png/220px-1700s_Dasam_Granth_with_Missing_space_after_324th_Charitar.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="72" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/1700s_Dasam_Granth_with_Missing_space_after_324th_Charitar.png/330px-1700s_Dasam_Granth_with_Missing_space_after_324th_Charitar.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/1700s_Dasam_Granth_with_Missing_space_after_324th_Charitar.png/440px-1700s_Dasam_Granth_with_Missing_space_after_324th_Charitar.png 2x" data-file-width="1082" data-file-height="354" /></a><figcaption>1700s Dasam Granth with Missing space after 324th Charitar</figcaption></figure>Asfottak Kabitt</li> <li>Sahansar Sukhmana</li> <li>Gobind Gita</li> <li>Rubai P. 10</li> <li>Uggardanti</li> <li>Raag Sorath P. 10 (Rajput Ghode)</li> <li>Raag Asa P. 10</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fatehnama" title="Fatehnama">Fatehnama</a></li> <li>Indra Kavach</li> <li>Malkaus Ki Vaar</li> <li>Lakhi Jungle Khalsa (Shabad)</li> <li>Ras Mandal</li> <li>Brahm Kavach</li> <li>Var Bhagat Bhagauti</li> <li>34th Savaiya (Additional couplet for the <a href="/wiki/33_Savaiye" title="33 Savaiye">33 Savaiye</a>)</li> <li>325th Charitar (Missing in a plethora of Dasam Granth manuscripts)</li> <li>Sri Kal Astotar</li> <li>Sikhi Rehit/Nishan E Sikhi</li> <li>Additional Hikayat found in Bhai Mani Singh Bir (1713 CE)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dasam_Granth&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Dasam_Granth" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Dasam Granth">History of Dasam Granth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarbloh_Granth" title="Sarbloh Granth">Sarbloh Granth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guru_Gobind_Singh" title="Guru Gobind Singh">Guru Gobind Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guru_Granth_Sahib" title="Guru Granth Sahib">Guru Granth Sahib</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dasam_Granth&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output 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Lahore Book Shop. p. 13. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-8176471794" title="Special:BookSources/978-8176471794"><bdi>978-8176471794</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Zafarnama%3A+The+Epistle+of+Victory&rft.pages=13&rft.edition=1st&rft.pub=Lahore+Book+Shop&rft.date=2024-01-24&rft.isbn=978-8176471794&rft.aulast=Makin&rft.aufirst=Gursharan+Singh&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADasam+Granth" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSingha2000" class="citation book cs1">Singha, H.S. (2000). <i>The Encyclopedia of Sikhism (Over 1000 Entries)</i>. Hemkunt Press. p. 54. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9788170103011" title="Special:BookSources/9788170103011"><bdi>9788170103011</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Encyclopedia+of+Sikhism+%28Over+1000+Entries%29&rft.pages=54&rft.pub=Hemkunt+Press&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=9788170103011&rft.aulast=Singha&rft.aufirst=H.S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADasam+Granth" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-SinghFenech2014p139-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p139_38-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p139_38-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRobin_Rinehart2014" class="citation book cs1">Robin Rinehart (2014). Pashaura Singh and Louis E Fenech (ed.). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=8I0NAwAAQBAJ"><i>The Oxford Handbook of Sikh Studies</i></a>. Oxford University Press. p. 139. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-969930-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-969930-8"><bdi>978-0-19-969930-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Oxford+Handbook+of+Sikh+Studies&rft.pages=139&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2014&rft.isbn=978-0-19-969930-8&rft.au=Robin+Rinehart&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D8I0NAwAAQBAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADasam+Granth" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-SinghFenech2014p140-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p140_39-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p140_39-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p140_39-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p140_39-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p140_39-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p140_39-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRobin_Rinehart2014" class="citation book cs1">Robin Rinehart (2014). Pashaura Singh and Louis E Fenech (ed.). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=8I0NAwAAQBAJ"><i>The Oxford Handbook of Sikh Studies</i></a>. Oxford University Press. p. 140. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-969930-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-969930-8"><bdi>978-0-19-969930-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Oxford+Handbook+of+Sikh+Studies&rft.pages=140&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2014&rft.isbn=978-0-19-969930-8&rft.au=Robin+Rinehart&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D8I0NAwAAQBAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADasam+Granth" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-40">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSingha2000" class="citation book cs1">Singha, H.S. (2000). <i>The Encyclopedia of Sikhism (Over 1000 Entries)</i>. Hemkunt Press. p. 54. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9788170103011" title="Special:BookSources/9788170103011"><bdi>9788170103011</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Encyclopedia+of+Sikhism+%28Over+1000+Entries%29&rft.pages=54&rft.pub=Hemkunt+Press&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=9788170103011&rft.aulast=Singha&rft.aufirst=H.S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADasam+Granth" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-SinghFenech2014p141-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p141_41-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p141_41-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p141_41-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p141_41-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p141_41-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRobin_Rinehart2014" class="citation book cs1">Robin Rinehart (2014). Pashaura Singh and Louis E Fenech (ed.). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=8I0NAwAAQBAJ"><i>The Oxford Handbook of Sikh Studies</i></a>. Oxford University Press. p. 141. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-969930-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-969930-8"><bdi>978-0-19-969930-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Oxford+Handbook+of+Sikh+Studies&rft.pages=141&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2014&rft.isbn=978-0-19-969930-8&rft.au=Robin+Rinehart&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D8I0NAwAAQBAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADasam+Granth" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-42">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSingha2000" class="citation book cs1">Singha, H.S. (2000). <i>The Encyclopedia of Sikhism (Over 1000 Entries)</i>. Hemkunt Press. p. 54. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9788170103011" title="Special:BookSources/9788170103011"><bdi>9788170103011</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Encyclopedia+of+Sikhism+%28Over+1000+Entries%29&rft.pages=54&rft.pub=Hemkunt+Press&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=9788170103011&rft.aulast=Singha&rft.aufirst=H.S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADasam+Granth" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-SinghFenech2014p142-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p142_43-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p142_43-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p142_43-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p142_43-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p142_43-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p142_43-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p142_43-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SinghFenech2014p142_43-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRobin_Rinehart2014" class="citation book cs1">Robin Rinehart (2014). Pashaura Singh and Louis E Fenech (ed.). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=8I0NAwAAQBAJ"><i>The Oxford Handbook of Sikh Studies</i></a>. Oxford University Press. pp. 141–142. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-969930-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-969930-8"><bdi>978-0-19-969930-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Oxford+Handbook+of+Sikh+Studies&rft.pages=141-142&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2014&rft.isbn=978-0-19-969930-8&rft.au=Robin+Rinehart&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D8I0NAwAAQBAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADasam+Granth" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-44">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRobin_Rinehart2014" class="citation book cs1">Robin Rinehart (2014). Pashaura Singh and Louis E Fenech (ed.). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=8I0NAwAAQBAJ"><i>The Oxford Handbook of Sikh Studies</i></a>. Oxford University Press. pp. 144–145. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-969930-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-969930-8"><bdi>978-0-19-969930-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Oxford+Handbook+of+Sikh+Studies&rft.pages=144-145&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2014&rft.isbn=978-0-19-969930-8&rft.au=Robin+Rinehart&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D8I0NAwAAQBAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADasam+Granth" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-45">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">(entertainment).<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Britannica2009-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Britannica2009_46-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBritannica2009" class="citation book cs1">Britannica, Inc Encyclopaedia (2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=IDsk47MeksAC"><i>Encyclopedia of World Religions</i></a>. 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