The Granth Of Guru Gobind Singh By Dr. Kamalroop Singh & Gurinder Singh Mann
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In The Graṅth of Guru Gobind Singh, the authors present a nuanced and original reappraisal of the Sikh scripture traditionally known as the Dasam Pātshāh kā Graṅth (commonly referred to as the Dasam Granth), long associated with Guru Gobind Singh.
Departing from the predominantly polemical scholarship that has tended to centre narrowly on questions of authorship, this study adopts a rigorously multidisciplinary methodology. It situates the Graṅth within a wider constellation of newly identified manuscripts, apocryphal translations, and material relics, thereby illuminating the text’s historical formation, circulation, and reception.
Through a careful examination of the manuscript tradition, the authors demonstrate how the Graṅth was composed and compiled during the lifetime of Guru Gobind Singh, and how its compositions were transmitted not only through scribal practices but also via embodied and material forms—most strikingly, through ritual and martial objects such as swords. The volume further enriches this analysis by providing scholarly translations of selected compositions, granting readers direct access to the literary and theological texture of the scripture itself.
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