The central scripture of the Sikh tradition, compiled from the compositions of its founding teachers alongside verses from devotional poets of other backgrounds.
The Guru Granth Sahib is the central scripture of the Sikh tradition, and this archive already flagged, on the page for Guru Nanak, that this scripture gives the tradition an unusually firm textual anchor compared to traditions whose founding figures are known mainly through later devotional legend.
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A path of loving devotion to the divine — one of the most influential and socially far-reaching currents in Indian religious thought.
A cluster of ideas around duty, order, and right conduct that is understood differently across Indian traditions.
The founding figure of the Sikh tradition, a teacher and poet whose work emphasized devotion, ethical living, and social equality.
A fifteenth-century poet-saint whose devotional verses challenged religious orthodoxy and social hierarchy across traditions.
A tradition originating in the Punjab in the late medieval period, emphasizing devotion, ethical living in the world, and social equality.