The Sikh Religion/Volume 5

by Max Arthur Macauliffe

 

THE SIKH RELIGION

ITS GURUS, SACRED WRITINGS
AND AUTHORS

BY

MAX ARTHUR MACAULIFFE

 

(Indic characters)

The egg of superstition hath burst; the
mind is illumined:
The Guru hath cut the fetters off the feet
and freed the captive.

Guru Arjan

 

IN SIX VOLUMES

VOL. V

 

OXFORD
AT THE CLARENDON PRESS
1909

 

 

HENRY FROWDE, M.A.
PUBLISHER TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
LONDON, EDINBURGH, NEW YORK
TORONTO AND MELBOURNE

 

 

CONTENTS OF VOL. V

1. PAGE

2. Life of Guru Gobind Singh, the Tenth Guru ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   1

3. Guru Gobind Singh against Idolatry ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   67

4. A Princess's Discussion with a Brahman ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   68

5. Extracts from Bhai Nand Lal's Writings ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   103

6. Zafarnama (the Guru's Epistle to Aurangzeb) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   201

7. Interview with Banda ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   237

8. Banda's Career in the Panjab and Death ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   246

9. Compositions of Guru Gobind Singh ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   260

10. Extracts from Aral Ustat ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    261

11. Extracts from Vichitar Natak ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    286

12. Introduction to the Hindu Incarnations ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    306

13. Thirty-three Sawaiyas (Quatrains) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    314

14. Hazare Shabd ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    324

15. Chaupai ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    328

16. Ardas (supplication) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    331

17. Rāgs, or Musical Measures of the Gurus' Hymns ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    333

 

 

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