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KOTKAPURA
Tags: singh, kapura, faridkot, octagonal, 1705, chief, khan, sanctum, raja, family, 1708, town
KOTKAPURA (30°35`N, 74°49`E), town in FarTdkot district of the Punjab, was founded by Ghaudhari Kzpura (d. 1708), a Brar chief in the country south of the River Sutlej and an ancestor of the Faridkot family. When after evacuating Anandpur Guru...
AGAMPUR
Tags: guru, ultimate, agampur, word, unapproachable, city, mortification, bodily, hath, reached, forced, nigrahi
AGAMPUR or AGAMPURA, lit. city unapproachable or inaccessible (Skt. agamya plus pur or pura). The word appears in one of the hymns of Guru Nanak in Asa measure where it is used to signify God`s abode or the ultimate state or stage of spiritual...
AHANKAR
Tags: guru, ahankar, pride, singh, sikhism, thou, humility, nanak, vanity, arjan, patiala, 1970
AHANKAR (hankar as it is commonly pronounced in Punjabi) is a compound of Sanskrit aham (I) and kar ('maker') and means I-maker, i.e. what individuates the person as I. It stands for egotism, egoism, self conceit, self centredness, vanity or simply...
AHIMSA
Tags: ahimsa, compassion, values, guru, living, love, positive, himsa, word, killing, practice, principle
AHIMSA. The term ahimsa is formed by adding the negative prefix a to the word himsa which is derived from the Sanskrit root 'han', i.e. 'to kill', 'to harm', or 'to injure', and means not killing, not harming, not injuring. The commonly used English...
AKAL
Tags: akal, guru, timeless, singh, gobind, term, sati, creativity, japu, eternal, essence, granth
AKAL, lit. timeless, immortal, non temporal, is a term integral to Sikh tradition and philosophy. It is extensively used in the Dasam Granth hymns by Guru Gobind Singh, who titled one of his poetic compositions Akal Ustati, i.e. In Praise (ustati)...
AKAL MURATI
Tags: murati, akal, form, guru, singh, expression, sikh, reality, forms, sikhism, ofsikhism, divine
AKAL MURATI, a composite term comprising akal (non temporal) and murati (image or form), occurring in the Mul Mantra, the root formula or fundamental creed of the Sikh faith as recorded at the beginning of the Japu, composition with which the Guru...
AKAL-PURAKH
Tags: singh, akal, guru, person, purakh, divine, sikhism, term, sikh, expression, purusa, akalpurakh
AKALPURAKH stands in Sikh religious literature for the Divine Being, i.e. God. Like Akal, Murati, it is composed of two units, viz. akal (non temporal) and purakh (person). The latter figures in Mul Mantra, the preamble to Guru Nanak`s Japu, in...
AKHAND PATH
Tags: reading, holy, akhand, granth, paths, recited, sikh, guru, sahib, continuous, path, service
AKHAND PATH (akhand = uninterrupted, without break; path = reading) is nonstop, continuous recital of the Guru Granth Sahib from beginning to end. Such a recital must be completed within 48 hours. The entire Holy Volume, 1430 large pages, is read...
AMAR PAD
Tags: highest, stage, state, enlightenment, term, spiritual, selfrealization, godrealization, mukti, jivanmukt, release, ultimate
AMAR PAD or amarapad, also called parampada (highest step), tunapada or turiavastha, is the stage of deathlessness or immortality. In the Guru Granth Sahib the term has been used for the highest stage of spiritual enlightenment which is also the...
AMAVAS (AMAVASYA),
Tags: moon, days, lunar, amavas, compositions, auspicious, sikh, spent, special, single, good, match
AMAVAS (AMAVASYA), massia in Punjabi, lit. a combination of ama, i.e. together, and vasya, i.e. stationing, signifying coming of the sun and the moon together in one line, is the last day of the dark half of the lunar month when the moon remains...

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