The Sikh Religion: Its Gurus, Sacred Writings and Authors

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, New Age, History, Fiction & Literature
Cover of the book The Sikh Religion: Its Gurus, Sacred Writings and Authors by Max Arthur Macauliffe, Library of Alexandria
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Max Arthur Macauliffe ISBN: 9781465578815
Publisher: Library of Alexandria Publication: July 29, 2009
Imprint: Library of Alexandria Language: English
Author: Max Arthur Macauliffe
ISBN: 9781465578815
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Publication: July 29, 2009
Imprint: Library of Alexandria
Language: English
I BRING from the East what is practically an unknown religion. The Sikhs are distinguished throughout the world as a great military people, but there is little known even to professional scholars regarding their religion. I have often been asked by educated persons in countries which I have visited, and even in India itself, what the Sikh religion was, and whether the Sikhs were Hindus, idolaters or Muhammadans. This ignorance is the result of the difficulty of the Indian dialects in which their sacred writings are contained. Judaism has its Old Testament; Islam its Quran; Hinduism its Veds, Purans, and Shastars; Budhism its Tripitaka; the Parsi religion its Zendavesta; and Confucianism its Analects, its Spring and Autumn, its Ancient Poems and its Book of Changes. The languages in which the holy writings of these religions are enshrined, though all difficult, are for the most part homogeneous, and after preliminary study with tutors can generally be mastered by the aid of grammars and dictionaries; but not so the mediaeval Indian dialects in which the sacred writings of the Sikh Gurus and Saints were composed. Hymns are found in Persian, mediaeval Prakrit, Hindi, Marathi, old Panjabi, Multani, and several local dialects. In several hymns the Sanskrit and Arabic vocabularies are freely drawn upon.
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
I BRING from the East what is practically an unknown religion. The Sikhs are distinguished throughout the world as a great military people, but there is little known even to professional scholars regarding their religion. I have often been asked by educated persons in countries which I have visited, and even in India itself, what the Sikh religion was, and whether the Sikhs were Hindus, idolaters or Muhammadans. This ignorance is the result of the difficulty of the Indian dialects in which their sacred writings are contained. Judaism has its Old Testament; Islam its Quran; Hinduism its Veds, Purans, and Shastars; Budhism its Tripitaka; the Parsi religion its Zendavesta; and Confucianism its Analects, its Spring and Autumn, its Ancient Poems and its Book of Changes. The languages in which the holy writings of these religions are enshrined, though all difficult, are for the most part homogeneous, and after preliminary study with tutors can generally be mastered by the aid of grammars and dictionaries; but not so the mediaeval Indian dialects in which the sacred writings of the Sikh Gurus and Saints were composed. Hymns are found in Persian, mediaeval Prakrit, Hindi, Marathi, old Panjabi, Multani, and several local dialects. In several hymns the Sanskrit and Arabic vocabularies are freely drawn upon.

More books from Library of Alexandria

Cover of the book The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Complete by Max Arthur Macauliffe
Cover of the book The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine by Max Arthur Macauliffe
Cover of the book Architecture, Mysticism and Myth by Max Arthur Macauliffe
Cover of the book On the Variation of Species With Especial Reference to the Insecta; Followed by an Inquiry Into the Nature of Genera by Max Arthur Macauliffe
Cover of the book La Boheme by Max Arthur Macauliffe
Cover of the book The Moving Finger by Max Arthur Macauliffe
Cover of the book Kirsteen: The Story of A Scotch Family Seventy years ago by Max Arthur Macauliffe
Cover of the book History of the State of California From the Period of the Conquest by Spain to her Occupation by the United States of America by Max Arthur Macauliffe
Cover of the book Green Fire: A Romance by Max Arthur Macauliffe
Cover of the book The Story of Siegfried by Max Arthur Macauliffe
Cover of the book George Washington: Life in America One Hundred Years Ago by Max Arthur Macauliffe
Cover of the book The Dead Command: From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan by Max Arthur Macauliffe
Cover of the book Stories and Tales of the Irish by Max Arthur Macauliffe
Cover of the book The Life of Nelson: The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain, Volume I by Max Arthur Macauliffe
Cover of the book The Legendary History of the Cross: A Series of Sixty-four Woodcuts from a Dutch Book Published by Veldener, A.D. 1483 by Max Arthur Macauliffe
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy