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| One of the names for Sikh scripture, meaning "first book." |
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| A sikh name for God meaning "The Eternal One." |
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| The third Guru; author of the parts of the Granth |
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| The Sikh marriage ceremony or the "ceremony of bliss" |
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| Nanak's successor and thus the second guru |
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| The fifth guru, the compiler of the Ahi Granth, who died a martyr for the faith. |
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| The tenth guru and the one who established the Khalsa |
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| "The revered book"; the original name for the Sikh scriptures. |
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| Any place where the scriptures have been installed, but in the wider sense also a community center of Sikh life. |
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| Spiritual leader. There is only one- God, the inner voice; but early ones represent the divine presence and are thus human vehicles of the divine ONE. |
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| The "eleventh guru" Gobind Singh, declared that he would have no successor but the Adi Granth. Thus the scripture is understood to be the embodiment of the divine Guru. |
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| The sixth guru who began to strengthen the Sikhs military after his father's martyrdom. |
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| The Sikh name for God which means "One True name." |
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| Accounts of the life of Nanak |
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| An early representative of the Sant tradition. |
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| Short underdrawers; symbolize moral behavior and self-control; one of the five marks of the Khalsa. |
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| Comb; symbolizes the controling of mind and body; |
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| Steel bracelet; symbolizes the oneness of God and the unity of man with God and with man. |
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| Uncut hair and beard; symbolizes spirituality and respect for natural laws. |
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| The Sikh order; "The purified Ones" |
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| Short dagger; symbolizes dignity, selfdefense, and the just use of power. |
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| Beads similar to the rosary of catholic and used by Sikhs in the saying of prayers. |
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| delusion as opposed to unreality as connoted int the monism of Hinduism. It is a delusion to believe that anything in the impermanent world has ultimate reality. |
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| Release from the round of rebirths; same as Sanskrit moksha. |
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| The founder of Sikhism and the first guru |
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| The company of illuminates and enlightened souls. |
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| A Hindu tradition believing in a devotional relationship to deity but denying that God has form. This tradition deeply influenced Nanak. |
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| "All-steel"; the name for God used by Gobind Singh and identified with sword. |
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| A Sikh name for God meaning "The True Name." |
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| A follower of Nanak and a word meaning "disciple" |
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