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K1SHAN CHAND, RAI
Tags: singh, british, lahore, kishan, chand, punjab, ludhiana, maharaja, 1873, jdgirs, behalf, minor
K1SHAN CHAND, RAI (d. 1873), news writer and vakil or agent of the Sikh court at Ludhiana, the British post on the Anglo Sikh frontier, was son of Bakhshi Anand Singh. Well versed in diplomacy, he accompanied Colonel Claude Wade on a political...
KA'BAH
Tags: kabir, mecca, abraham, muslim, hajj, ishmael, shrine, sacred, city, idols, holy, removed
If you pray fraudulently in your mind, what is the need of going to Ka'bah .for a Å«^/ ? (Prabhali Kabir, p. 1350) The Sheikh (Muslim divine) without the quality of sabar (patience)—why should he go to Ka'bab for a hajj, says Kabir ?...
KABIR PANTHIS
Tags: kabir, knhir, math, guru, punjab, pradesh, centre, established, scripture, hymns, sikh, receive
KABIR PANTHIS, followers of Kabir (1398-1448), a saint and reformer some of whose compositions have been included in Sikh Scripture, the Guru Granth Sahib. Kabir did not found any sect during his own lifetime; it was after his death that a math,...
KABITT-SAVAIYYE,
Tags: bhai, gurdas, savaiyyds, poet, guru, kashi, agra, kabitts, compositions, poetry, gurus, total
KABITTSAVAIYYE, by Bhai Gurdas who had worked with Guru Arjan on the preparation of the original volume of Sikh scripture, the Guru Granth Sahib, and who is remembered in the Sikh tradition as the first consistent interpreter of the Gurus` word, is...
KABLASA (KAILASA)
Tags: kailasa, mountain, shiva, called, ganaparvata, lies, abode, kuvera, paradise, shivapuri, mount, kohli
Whose Praises are sung by Brahma (Birancha) alongwith the hymns of the Vedas and for whom Shiva (the ascetic) holds fast on the Kahlasa (Kailasa) mountain and does not leave it... (Swayye Mahle Chauthe Ke, p. 1404) Kailasa is a mountain situated...
KABUL VALI MAI
Tags: kabul, amar, guru, lady, bhalla, mahimd, goindval, sarup, prakdsh, vali, appointed, sevan
KABUL VALI MAI. or the Lady from Kabul, is the name chroniclers have given to a woman who rendered devoted service during the digging of the bdoH at Goindval under the supervision of Guru Amar Das. Day after day, says Sarup Das Bhalla, Mahimd...
KACHHA (KURAMA)
Tags: incarnation, tortoise, kurama, maru, kachh, vishnu, ocean, lord, jewels, avataras, recovered, fourteen
KACHHA (KURAMA)(Tortoise Incarnation) Machh (Matsya incarnation), Kachh, Kurama (names of Tortoise incarnation) took birth according to the 'will of the Lord. (Maru M. 5, p. 1082) The ten incarntions were created under the Will of the Lord. (Maru M....
KAFI (Arabic Qafi)
Tags: gharu, guru, form, poetic, arabic, literature, divine, punjabi, world, possessions, maru, ragas
KAFI (Arabic Qafi), literally stands for the leader, the enlightener, one who fulfils the need. In poetics it denotes the refrain in a song or hymn, and is also the title given to a poetic form in Arabic as well as in Indian literature. Guru Nanak...
KAHN CHAND
Tags: chand, kahn, lahore, singh, punjab, sikh, served, maharaja, dera, 1849, jdgirs, resumed
KAHN CHAND, son of Amir Chand, served under Maharaja Ranjit Singh and his successors in various capacities. His family originally belonged to Multan. His father had served as a revenue officer under Misr Divan Chand at the Lahore court and...
KAHN SINGH
Tags: singh, banda, mughal, punjab, kahn, sikh, sikhs, father, 1971, pdlshdhl, 1968, paliala
KAHN SINGH, son of Baba Binod Singh, a Trehan Khatri, was with Guru Gobind Singh at Nanded during his last days. He, along with his father, was among the five Sikhs chosen to accompany Banda Singh Bahadur to the Punjab in 1708. He took part in Banda...

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