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The Sikh Reference Book is his magnum opus. [4] The Sikh Reference Book is an encyclopedia consisting of more than 2400 biographies, a chronology of Sikh history, 400 concepts of Sikh philosophy, and 800 Sikh shrines. He has produced a Sikh Encyclopedia CD-ROM.
The principal Sikh scripture is the Adi Granth (First Scripture), more commonly called the Guru Granth Sahib. The second most important scripture of the Sikhs is the Dasam Granth. Both of these consist of text which was written or authorised by the Sikh Gurus. Within Sikhism the Sri Guru Granth Sahib or Adi Granth is more than just a scripture.
The Sikh Reference Library was established by the SGPC with a resolution dated 27 October 1946. [1] The library had its roots in a meeting of the Sikh Historical Society under the presidency of Princess Bamba on 10 February 1945 at Khalsa College, Amritsar which established the Central Sikh library. [1]
Sau Sakhi (lit. Hundred Anecdotes), also known as Guru Ratan Mal, [1] is a collection of hundred sakhis traditionally attributed to Bhai Ram Kanwar, a descendant of Baba Buddha who had dictated it to scribe Sahib Singh. [2]
Guru Shabad Ratnakar Mahan Kosh (Punjabi: ਗੁਰਸ਼ਬਦ ਰਤਨਾਕਰ ਮਹਾਨ ਕੋਸ਼), known by its more popular name of Mahan Kosh (ਮਹਾਨ ਕੋਸ਼) and by the English title Encyclopædia of the Sikh Literature, is a Punjabi language encyclopedia and dictionary which was compiled by Bhai Kahn Singh Nabha over fourteen years. [1]
Twarikh Guru Khalsa (Punjabi: ਤਵਾਰੀਖ ਗੁਰੂ ਖਾਲਸਾ, romanized: Tavārīkha gurū khālasā, lit. 'History of Guru Khalsa') is a historical book of the Sikhs from their origin to the time when they lost the Punjab to the British.
In virtually all Sikh Gurdwaras, one will find an assortment of weapons such as swords, daggers, war quoits, etc. in front of the Guru Granth Sahib. This was brought about due to the emphasis of a martial spirit within the Sikh religion, as well as an influential composition from the Dasam Granth known as the Shastar Naam Mala [ 33 ] , written ...
Giani Gian Singh (15 April 1822 – 24 September 1921) was a 19th-century Sikh historian, literati, hagiographer, martial artist, theologian, and scholar. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He wrote the works Naveen Panth Prakash [ note 1 ] and Twarikh Guru Khalsa .