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Saint Poets of Guru Granth Sahib (History & Heritage)

	Saint Poets Of Guru Granth Sahib (History & Heritage) by Lochan Singh Buxi
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Guru Granth Sahib, also called Adi Granth (The Primal Book) is known for its uniqueness among the world scriptures. It is the catholic nature of this holy book which makes it most uique. It is perhaps the only scripture which is pluralistic and not exclusivist. In it the Aryan as well as the Semitic traditons have been reverently accommodated. That is what seems to have impressed the great hisotrain Sir Arnold Toynbee when he called it "Mankind`s common spiritual treasure." In it, besides the composition of the Gurus of the Sikh faith, place has been given to the selected works of a large number of Hindu and Muslim saints. Of the total 5894 hymns of this book as many as 937 are by these saint-poets. The saint poets included in this holy book not only belong to defferent religious traditions, they also come from different states of india and represent different strata of society. They also cover nearly five centuries of spiritual tradition of India. Lochan Singh Buxi ia a well-known and reputed Punjabi scholar and inter alia has produced a book `Prominent Mystic Poets of Punjab`. His avowed objective is to introduce to the English reader the treasure of devotional hymns and moral treachings of these saint-poets and mystics. He reproduces their original text in Gurmukhi script, provides its Devnagri and Roman transliteration followed by its rendering into English. His commnetary attmepts to throw light on cretain important aspects of the text as also on their historic, philosophic and theological background. The reader will find much useful material therein. ISBN 8171162487

Pages : 202