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Traditional Sikh schools
BHATRAS
Tags: bhatras, bhatra, sikh, patiala, changa, community, punjab, peddling, parts, door, occupations, gurdwara
BHATRAS (the term bhatra appears to be a diminutive of the Sanskrit bhatta, a bard), an endogamous and tightly knit group among the Sikhs with peddling and fortunetelling as their principal occupations. More than one story is current about their...
DERA,
Tags: dera, derah, word, punjab, called, town, sikhs, village, sahib, deras, persian, sense
DERA, a word of Persian extraction, has several connotations. The original Persian word derah or dirah means a tent, camp, abode, house or habitation. In current usage in rural Punjab, a farmhouse or a group of farmhouses built away from the village...
DHARAM DHUJA
Tags: akhara, nirmal, dhuja, dharam, patiala, panchaiti, permanent, haridvar, kankhal, centre, affiliated, established
DHARAM DHUJA, lit. standard or banner of dharma or faith, is the popular name of Akhara Nirmal Panth Guru Gobind Singh Ji, a seminary at Patiala in the Punjab belonging to the Nirmala sect of the Sikhs. Now affiliated to the Nirmal Panchaiti Akhara...
DHARAMSALA
Tags: guru, dharamsala, place, dharamsalas, feet, nanak, called, dharamsal, religious, delhi, sikhs, singh
DHARAMSALA or dharamsala from Sanskrit dharmasala, lit. court of justice, tribunal, charitable asylum, religious asylum, stands in Punjabi for a place of worship or the village hospice. Dharamsala as a Sikh institution is the precursor of gurdwara...
DHUAN
Tags: dhuan, bhai, branches, bhal, preaching, established, udasi, nanak, dhuans, phul, sect, baba
DHUAN, Punjabi for smoke, is a term which is particularly used for seats of certain monkish orders where a fire is perennially kept alive. In the Sikh context it is employed for the four branches of Udasi Sikhs established by Baba Gurditta...
DAUDHAR DERA
Tags: singh, dera, sikh, suddh, mahant, classical, music, mangal, tabia, guru, death, devotional
DAUDHAR DERA, a school for training Sikh musicians popularly known as Vadda Dera, was established in 1859 by Sant Suddh Singh (d. 1882) at Daudhar, village 22 km southeast of Moga (30° 48`N, 75° 10`E), in Faridkot district of the Punjab. Suddh...
GANGUSHAHIS
Tags: guru, singh, sikh, gangushahis, built, shah, gangu, district, north, punjab, sivalik, castes
GANGUSHAHIS, a Sikh missionary order which owed its origin to Gangu Shah. Gangu Shah, also known as Ganga Das, was born in a Basi Khatri family of Garh shankar, in Hoshiarpur district of the Punjab, and was a disciple of Guru Amar Das, the third...
GIANI SAMPRADAI
Tags: singh, bhai, giani, guru, sikh, khalsa, sant, granth, sahib, amritsar, sampradai, gurus
GIANI SAMPRADAI is one of three major schools of Sikhs theologians and expositors of the Sikh scripture, the other two being the Udasis and the Nirmalas. Giani, the Punjabi form of Sanskrit jndni from the rootjnd (to know), originally meant a...
JAGIASI
Tags: guru, sect, sikh, jagiasi, baba, nanak, singh, sindh, members, chand, gurupat, udast
JAGIASI, also Jagiasu orJijnasu is a religious sect cognate with the UdasT section of the NanakpanthTs of Sindh. The word jagidsd is derived from Sanskrit jijndsd (desire to know), jagidsi denoting one desirous of knowledge, of spiritual insight....
MAHANT
Tags: sikh, gurdwaras, early, usage, mahants, term, reform, century, movement, twentieth, decades, gurdwara
MAHANT, originally the superior of a math or any other similar religious establishment. In the Punjab of early Sikhism, its characteristic usage referred to the leaders of Nath deras. The term acquired a distinctive Sikh application during the...

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