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The Granth of Guru Gobind Singh: Essays, Lectures, and Translations
In The Granth of Guru Gobind Singh, the authors offer new insights into the Sikh scripture, Dasam Patshah Ka Granth, or the Dasam Granth, which has traditionally been attributed to Guru Gobind Singh.
While many studies have adopted a polemic approach and focused on the authorship of the text, this book takes a multi-disciplinary approach and considers the relationship of the scripture with the newly discovered manuscripts, apocryphal translations, and relics.
The manuscript tradition of the Granth shows how it was written and compiled during Guru Gobind Singh's time and how its compositions were transmitted through material items such as swords. In this volume, the authors have included translations of selected compositions from the scripture.
This book, in essence, takes the reader through relevant history of the Sikh dharam and establishes the centrality of the Dasam Granth within it.
While many studies have adopted a polemic approach and focused on the authorship of the text, this book takes a multi-disciplinary approach and considers the relationship of the scripture with the newly discovered manuscripts, apocryphal translations, and relics.
The manuscript tradition of the Granth shows how it was written and compiled during Guru Gobind Singh's time and how its compositions were transmitted through material items such as swords. In this volume, the authors have included translations of selected compositions from the scripture.
This book, in essence, takes the reader through relevant history of the Sikh dharam and establishes the centrality of the Dasam Granth within it.
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304 pages, Hardcover
Published September 3, 2015
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September 28, 2021
ਮੈ ਅਪਨਾ ਸੁਤ ਤੋਹਿ ਨਿਵਾਜਾ ॥ ਪੰਥ ਪ੍ਰਚੁਰ ਕਰਬੇ ਕਹੁ ਸਾਜਾ ॥
“I will recite the bānī [Guru Granth Sahib] by assuming the form of the nine other Gurus and then the dutī [other] Granth [Dasam] which is in Chhands I will write in my Tenth form for my pleasure.”
— Guru Hargobind, khaṅḍe kī pāhul ceremony, 1699
Another account also refers that 'Guru Tegh Bahadur was seen bowing to an empty mound and the Sikhs questioned this action. He replied that he would appear in his tenth manifestation at this location and a grand temple would be built here. He would find a third path (tisārā panth) and write a new granth'. These prophetic statements demonstrate to us that the works of the other nine previous gurus or other poets were not considered by the chroniclers to have been inserted into the DG. Therefore, in the tradition, the creation and completion of the DG was the preserve of the Tenth King only.
“I will recite the bānī [Guru Granth Sahib] by assuming the form of the nine other Gurus and then the dutī [other] Granth [Dasam] which is in Chhands I will write in my Tenth form for my pleasure.”
— Guru Hargobind, khaṅḍe kī pāhul ceremony, 1699
Another account also refers that 'Guru Tegh Bahadur was seen bowing to an empty mound and the Sikhs questioned this action. He replied that he would appear in his tenth manifestation at this location and a grand temple would be built here. He would find a third path (tisārā panth) and write a new granth'. These prophetic statements demonstrate to us that the works of the other nine previous gurus or other poets were not considered by the chroniclers to have been inserted into the DG. Therefore, in the tradition, the creation and completion of the DG was the preserve of the Tenth King only.
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