Glossary of Sikh terms
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Glossary of Sikh terms |
| Sarbat Khalsa | "The entire Khalsa"; representative assenbly of the Khalsa | ||||||||
| Sardar | Chieftain; leader of a Misl. Sardar is nowadays used as a title for all kes-dhari Sikh men. The corresponding title for a Sikh woman is sardarni. | ||||||||
| Sat | Truth; true. | ||||||||
| Satnaam | Name of Truth | ||||||||
| Satsang | An essembly of true believers; congregation. | ||||||||
| Satyug | First of the ages, the age of Truth. | ||||||||
| Sewa | Service, commonly done at a gurdwara. | ||||||||
| SGPC | Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee. The committee that controls the historic gurdwaras of the Punjab. | ||||||||
| Shabad | Word; a hymn from Aadh Guru Granth Sahib Ji | ||||||||
| Shalok | A short composition (normally a couplet) from Aadh Guru Granth Sahib Ji. | ||||||||
| Siddha | Eighty four men believed to have attained immortality through the practice of yoga and to be dwelling deep in the Himalayas. They figure in the janam-sakhis of Guru Nanak Dev Ji. | ||||||||
| Singh Sabha | Reform movement in the Panth initiated in 1873. The Singh Sabha became an arena for a struggle between the conservative Sanatan Sikhs and the radical Tat Khalsa. | ||||||||
| Takhat | 'Throne'; one of the five centres of temporal authority in the Panth | ||||||||
| Tanakhia | A transgressor against the Rehat | ||||||||
| Tat Khalsa | The 'true khalsa' or 'pure khalsa' . In the early 18th century the immediate followers of Banda Singh Bahadur. | ||||||||
| Tirath | A place of pilgrimage. | ||||||||
| Udasi | Adherent of the Udasi Panth, and order of ascetics (normally celebate) who claim as their founder Siri Chand (Guru Nanak Dev Ji's son) | ||||||||
| Vaak | 'Saying'; a passage from Guru Granth Sahib Ji, chosen at random. | ||||||||
| Var | A poetic form; an Aadh Granth arrangement consisting of stanza and preceding shalok. | ||||||||
| Varna | The calssical caste hierarchy. The four sections being Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaisha and Shudra. | ||||||||
| Visamad | Wonder, awe. | ||||||||
| Waheguru | 'Praise to the Guru', the Sikh name for God. | ||||||||
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