The making of Sikh scripture / Gurinder Singh Mann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mann, Gurinder Singh.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ādi-Granth--History.

Ādi-Granth.

Sikhism--Sacred books--History.

Sikhism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (206 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Adi Granth - the primary scripture of the Sikhs - comprises approximately 3000 hymns. This work attempts to construct a comprehensive picture of the making of Sikh "canon", drawing on the recently discovered early manuscripts as well as the extensive secondary literature on the topic.

Contents:

Contents; Note on Transliteration; 1 Sikhs and Their Scripture; The Adi Granth; The Early Sikh Community; The Plan of the Book; 2 Writings on Sikh Scripture: An Overview; Eighteenth-Century Accounts; Nineteenth-Century Accounts; Twentieth-Century Accounts; 3 The Beginning of the Scriptural Tradition; The Guru Harsahai Pothi; The Goindval Pothis; 4 The Expansion of the Scriptural Text; MS 1245; The Kartarpur Pothi; 5 Toward the Adi Granth; The Seventeenth-Century Manuscripts; The Adi Granth; 6 The Emerging Structure of the Adi Granth; Rag as the Organizing Principle of the Adi Granth

Evolution of the Structure of the Adi GranthThe Adi Granth and Other Scriptures; 7 The Adi Granth and the Issue of the Bhagat Bani; Date of Inclusion of the Bhagat Bani; The Purpose of Incorporation of the Bhagat Bani; The Selection and Evolution of the Corpus; The Status of the Bhagat Bani; 8 The Guru Granth Sahib; Three Centuries of Sikh Scriptural History; The Authority of the Adi Granth; Future Prospects; Notes; Glossary of Punjabi Terms; A; B; C; D; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; U; V; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786610472468

1-4237-5757-2

1-280-47246-4

0-19-802987-X

OCLC:

64638592