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Letter V

This section gathers entries starting with the letter V, featuring subjects like various art forms, the importance of values, and the impact of visionary leaders. Explore content on topics like volcanology, vintage collections, and the versatility of different vocations.

VACHAN GOBIND LOKA KE

VACHAN GOBIND LOKA KE ( Sayings of the Saintly People) is a didactic work in Punjabi prose by Bhai Addan...

VADAHANS KI VAR

VADAHANS KI VAR, in the Guru Granth Sahib, is by Guru Ram Das. He composed the largest number of vars—eight...

VADALI GURU

VADALI GURU, village 7 km west of Amritsar (3P38N, 74°53`E), is sacred to Guru Arjan and Guru Hargobind. The former,...

VADBHAG SINGH, SODHl

  VADBHAG SINGH, SODHl (1716-61), a lineal descendant of Guru Hargobind (1595-1644) through the latter`s son, Baba Gurditta, and grandson,...

VADDA GHALLUGHARA

VADDA GHALLUGHARA, meaning "Major Holocaust" or "Carnage," is remembered in Sikh history as one of the darkest and most tragic...

VADDA GHAR

VADDA GHAR, village 19 km southwest of Moga (30"48`N, 75"10`E) in the Punjab, is sacred to Guru Hargobind, who arrived...

VADHAVA-SINGH, BHAl

VADHAVA SINGH, BHAl (d. 1924), son of Bhai Jhanda Singh, Gill Jatt, and Mat Dharam Kaur of village Gharik. He...

VAHIGURU

VAHIGURU, also spelt and pronounced Vahguru, is the distinctive name of the Supreme Being in the Sikh dispensation, like Yahweh...

VAHIGURU SHABDARTH TIKA

VAHIGURU SHABDARTH TIKA (Vahiguru = Sikh term for God; shabdarath = sabda or word + arth or meaning), by Pandit...

VAIRAG

VAIRAG, usually bairagor sometimes virag`in Punjabi, is derived from Sanskrit vairagya meaning "change or loss of colour, growing pale ;...

VAIROKE

VAIROKE, village 3 km west of Lopoke, in Amritsar district of the Punjab, claims a historical shrine sacred to Guru...

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