The Making of Sikh ScriptureThe Adi Granth ("original book"), the primary scripture of the Sikhs, comprises approximately 3,000 hymns. Although the authorship of the hymns is well-recorded, the history of the compilation the Adi Granth - the creation of the Sikh "canon" - is the subject of considerable speculation and debate. In this book, Gurinder Mann attempts to construct a comprehensive secondary literature on the topic. His findings on some key issues differ from the traditional Sikh position and from the hypotheses of other 20th-century scholars, as well as raising some entirely fresh questions. Mann's revised and expanded picture of the history of the text and institution of Sikh scripture will be of interest not only to scholars of Sikhism and Sikh religionists, but to scholars of comparative canon formation. |
Contents
1 Sikhs and Their Scripture | 3 |
An Overview | 18 |
3 The Beginning of the Scriptural Tradition | 32 |
4 The Expansion of the Scriptural Text | 51 |
5 Toward the Adi Granth | 69 |
6 The Emerging Structure of the Adi Granth | 86 |
7 The Adi Granth and the Issue of the Bhagat Bani | 102 |
8 The Guru Granth Sahib | 121 |
Notes | 137 |
Glossary of Punjabi Terms | 179 |
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Adi Granth Amardas's Amritsar Amritsar Pothi Anandpur appears argued attributed to Guru Baba Mohan Baṇi bhagat bani Bhai Gurdas Bhai Jodh Singh Bhalla Chhibbar compilation compositions copies couplets Delhi Dhirmal early manuscripts early Sikh Farid folios G. B. Singh Gatha Sri Adi Giani Gurdit Singh Granth Sahib dian Gurdwara Gurmukhi Guru Amardas Guru Arjan Guru Gobind Singh Guru Granth Sahib Guru Harsahai Pothi Guru Nanak Dev Guru Ramdas Guru Tegh Bahadur hari hymn in rag hymns of Guru hymns recorded invocation Janam-Sakhi Kabir Kanpur Pothi Kartarpur Pothi Khalsa Lahore Mahala Mahima Prakash original Pashaura Singh Patiala Piar Singh Piara Singh Padam Prithi Chand Punjab Punjabi University rag Ramkali rag sections rag Suhi Ragmala sacred Sikh Sahib Singh scholars scribe seventeenth century SGPC Sikh community Sikh gurus Sikh literature Sikh scriptural text Sikh scripture Sikh text Sikh tradition Sri Adi Granth Sri Guru Granth stanzas table of contents Teja Singh verse writings