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GIRANTH
Tags: guru, giranth, haria, sukhmam, arjan, nanak, sect, sikh, comprises, followers, manuscript, book
GIRANTH is the title of the religious book of the Divana sect. The authorship of the book is generally attributed to Haria and Bala, two leading figures in the order who were themselves disciples ofMiharban, grandson of Guru Arjan, Nanak V. One of...
PUNJABI
Tags: punjabi, language, form, words, phase, punjab, forms, number, period, languages, verb, guru
PUNJABI is the language of the Punjab. Spoken slightly differently in two parts of the Punjab after the State was politically split into two, East Punjab and West Punjab (or Pakistan Punjab), on 15 August 1947. But the Punjabispeaking population is...
TUZUK-I-JAHANGlRI
Tags: jahangir, twelve, library, emperor, years, british, royal, asiatic, society, office, india, corrected
TUZUKIJAHANGlRI is one of the several titles under which autobiographical writing of the Mughal Emperor, Jahangir (160527), is available, the common and generally accepted ones being TuzukiJahangin, Waqi`atiJahangm, and Jahangir Namah. The...
ADI GRANTH.
Tags: granth, sahib, guru
ADI GRANTH. See SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB
ADI SAKHIAN
Tags: sakhian, manuscript, sakhi, sakhis, janam, nanak, compiler, tradition, singh, patiala, guru, source
ADI SAKHIAN (adi = first; sakhian, plural of sakhi = anecdotes, stories, discourses, parables) is one of the early compilations but not the first of the extant janam sakhi traditions to evolve. The manuscript, dated 1758 Bk/ AD 1701, and copied by...
ADVENTURES OF AN OFFICER IN THE PUNJAUB
Tags: singh, maharaja, author, revenue, punjab, kingdom, ranjit, government, savage, adventures, fine, court
ADVENTURES OF AN OFFICER IN THE PUNJAB (2 vols.) by Major H. M. L. Lawrence, under the pseudonym of Bellasis, published in AD 1846 by Henry Colburn, London, and reprinted in 1970 by the Languages Department, Punjab, Patiala. The book which is a...
AHWAL-I-DINA BEG KHAN
Tags: manuscript, collection, khan, lahore, university, sultanpur, career, jalandhar, sikh, library, dina, adina
AHWAL-I-DINA BEG KHAN , Persian manuscript of unknown authorship, gives biographical details about Adina Beg Khan, faujdar of Jalandhar. The manuscript forms part of the collection of Persian Manuscripts, Sir H.Elliot's Papers, Additional MS. 30780...
AHWAL-I-FIRQAH-I-SIKKHAN
Tags: manuscript, sikkhan, ahwal, singh, punjab, sikhs, patiala, khushwaqt, 1811, account, british, ranjit
AHWAL-I-FIRQAH-I-SIKKHAN, variously titled as Twarikh-i-Sikkhan, Kitab-i-Tankhi-Sikkhan and Guzarish-i-Ahwal-i-Si'kkhan, by Munshi Khushwaqt Rai, is a history in Persian of the Sikhs from their origin to AD 1811. Khushwaqt Rai was an official news...
AJAT SAGAR
Tags: surjan, ajat, work, library, udasis, chandigarh, sect, sagar, singh, ajatpanthi, uneven, poetry
AJAT SAGAR, by Surjan Das Ajat, is the religious book of the Ajatpanthi sect of the Udasis. Written in AD 1851, the only known manuscript of the work was available in the Sikh Reference Library, Amritsar, until it perished during the Blue Star...
AKAL USTATI
Tags: verses, guru, praise, singh, verse, granth, dasam, ustati, timeless, akal, gobind, words
AKAL USTATI (In Praise of the Timeless Being) is a poetical composition by Guru Gobind Singh in the Dasam Granth. This is the only major composition in the Tenth Master's Book which is without a title. The title by which it is known is made up of...

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