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According to Gurinder Singh Mann, the Sri Gur Panth Prakash initiated a genre of literature that specialized on the wider Khalsa community's mission and history in the post-guruship period. [ 4 ] : 15–16 Communal exegesis of the text continues at gurdwaras and traditional Sikh educational institutions til the present-day.
Ratan Singh Bhangu (ca.1785 – 10 February 1846 [1]: 17 ) was a Sikh historian and Nihang who wrote about the Sikhs' struggles and rise to power in North India, in his book Prachin Panth Prakash. [2] [3] This work describes how the Sikh people came to dominate Punjab in the 1700s and remains one of the few historical accounts of the era. [4] [5]
However, the Suraj Prakash (1841) by Kavi Santokh Singh and Giani Gian Singh's Naveen Panth Prakash in verse (1880) and his Twarikh Guru Khalsa, are examples of later Sikh works that show signs of reversion to the Janamsakhi-Gubilases genres as they contain considerable doctrinal content and anecdotal material. [1]
Panth Pragās Barnan – opens with introductory stanzas, gives a list of the ten Sikh gurus, and states that the reason Guru Gobind Singh established the Khalsa Panth was based upon a divine order. [4] Teg Pragās – describes the Battle of Bhangani. [4] Rājan Het Saṅgrām – describes the Battle of Nadaun. [4]
Opening folio of an early edition of Giani Gian Singh's 'Panth Prakash'. It contains an illustrated depiction of the author. He was born into a Jat family. [1] He was sponsored by Maharaja Narinder Singh and assisted Pundit Tara Singh Narotam for his work in writing the Sri Guru Tirath Sangreh. [4]
Haqiqat Rai Bakhmal Puri (died 1734; Punjabi: हक़ीक़त राय बाघमल पुरी (), ਹਕ਼ੀਕ਼ਤ ਰਾਯ ਬਾਘਮਲ ਪੂਰੀ (), حقیقت رائے باگہمل پوری ()) was an 18th-century martyr from Sialkot, who was executed in Lahore during the time of Zakariya Khan.
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]
Pant (Sanskrit: पंत) or Panta (Nepali: पन्त) is a last name, commonly found in Nepal and in the Indian states of Uttarakhand and Maharashtra.It is a traditional surname used by Brahmins, a priestly community. [1]