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This dictionary contains most of the terms that are related to Sikhism. Although not really an introductory course, by reading the definitions of so many words in the Sikh vocabulary, one gets an idea of what the religion is all about, including its relation to Islam and Hinduism, the two related faiths of India. The book lists the major figures in Sikhism, an outline of the history of the religion, a list of the sacred books, theology and a general overview of the philosophy, both in the introduction and in the definitions itself. A great aid for those interested in the faith.
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A POPULAR DICTIONARY OF Sikhism
A POPULAR DICTIONARY OF Sikhism W.OWEN COLE AND PIARA SINGH SAMBHI
LONDON AND NEW YORK
First published by Curzon Press 15 The Quadrant, Richmond Surrey, TW9 1BP This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005. “To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk.”
Copyright © 1990 by W.Owen Cole and Piara Singh Sambhi Revised edition 1997 Cover photograph by Sharon Hoogstraten Cover design by Kim Bartko All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 0-203-98609-1 Master e-book ISBN
ISBN 0 7007 1048 5 (Print Edition)
To Lt. Colonel Jagjit Singh Guleria, poet, man of letters, devout Sikh, and friend
MAP 1 The Punjab
MAP 2 The Mughal Empire at the death of Akbar (1605)
INTRODUCTION
The word ‘sikh’ comes from the Punjabi verb ‘sikhna’, to lear