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Granth|grʌnt|
Also Grantha, † Grooht, Grunth.
[Hindi granth book, code, a. Skr. grantha tying, knot, literary composition, book, text, f. granth, grath to tie.]
The sacred scriptures of the Sikhs.
1798G. Forster Journey f. Bengal to England I. xi. 255 A book, entitled the Grunth,..is the only typical object which the Sicques have admitted into their places of worship. 1837G. R. Siddons in Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal VI. i. 480 The Granthas, or sacred books, of the Dadupanthi Sect. 1838E. Eden Let. 10 Dec. in Up Country (1866) II. i. 7 There was a large collection of priests, sitting in a circle, with the ‘Grooht’, their holy book, in the centre. 1839H. Bevan 30 Yrs. India II. i. 7 This compilation is called Granth, and is held at least in as high veneration by the Sikhs as the Bible by Christians. 1852J. M. Honigberger 35 Yrs. in East I. 99 The Gooroos, or priests of the Sikhs, did the same, from their holy scripture called Grunthsaheb. 1877Good Words 699 Nanuk was rather the bard, who handed down in his Grunth the verses of Kubeer and other fakeers. 1877E. Trumpp tr. (title) The Ādi Granth or Holy Scriptures of the Sikhs. 1901N. Amer. Rev. Feb. 303 The Sikh still..visits the temple to listen to the reading of the Granth. 1927Daily Tel. 22 Feb. 11/5 Three hundred Sikhs, carrying the Granth Sahib, or Holy Book,..were attacked by infuriated Moslems. 1934H. H. Gowen Hist. Religion xxiii. 347 The fifth Guru, in 1601, compiled the sacred book known as the Adi Granth which is now reverenced almost as a god. Ibid., When the tenth Guru died the succession was regarded as closed and the Adi Granth remained the sole authority. 1961P. Spear India xxii. 249 The fifth Guru, Arjun, compiled the Adigranth, or first scripture of the community, containing many devotional poems which are now continuously recited by devotees in the Golden Temple. Ibid. Guru Gobind lost his sons in battle; after his death in 1708 the guruship lapsed and its place was taken by the Sikh scriptures or Granth Sahib as the sole object of worship. |