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Composition, Arrangement & Layout
ਜਪੁ | Jup
ਸੋ ਦਰੁ | So Dar
ਸੋਹਿਲਾ | Sohilaa
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ | Raag Siree-Raag
Gurbani (14-53)
Ashtpadiyan (53-71)
Gurbani (71-74)
Pahre (74-78)
Chhant (78-81)
Vanjara (81-82)
Vaar Siri Raag (83-91)
Bhagat Bani (91-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਝ | Raag Maajh
Gurbani (94-109)
Ashtpadi (109)
Ashtpadiyan (110-129)
Ashtpadi (129-130)
Ashtpadiyan (130-133)
Bara Maha (133-136)
Din Raen (136-137)
Vaar Maajh Ki (137-150)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗਉੜੀ | Raag Gauree
Gurbani (151-185)
Quartets/Couplets (185-220)
Ashtpadiyan (220-234)
Karhalei (234-235)
Ashtpadiyan (235-242)
Chhant (242-249)
Baavan Akhari (250-262)
Sukhmani (262-296)
Thittee (296-300)
Gauree kii Vaar (300-323)
Gurbani (323-330)
Ashtpadiyan (330-340)
Baavan Akhari (340-343)
Thintteen (343-344)
Vaar Kabir (344-345)
Bhagat Bani (345-346)
ਰਾਗੁ ਆਸਾ | Raag Aasaa
Gurbani (347-348)
Chaupaday (348-364)
Panchpadde (364-365)
Kaafee (365-409)
Aasaavaree (409-411)
Ashtpadiyan (411-432)
Patee (432-435)
Chhant (435-462)
Vaar Aasaa (462-475)
Bhagat Bani (475-488)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੂਜਰੀ | Raag Goojaree
Gurbani (489-503)
Ashtpadiyan (503-508)
Vaar Gujari (508-517)
Vaar Gujari (517-526)
ਰਾਗੁ ਦੇਵਗੰਧਾਰੀ | Raag Dayv-Gandhaaree
Gurbani (527-536)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਹਾਗੜਾ | Raag Bihaagraa
Gurbani (537-556)
Chhant (538-548)
Vaar Bihaagraa (548-556)
ਰਾਗੁ ਵਡਹੰਸ | Raag Wadhans
Gurbani (557-564)
Ashtpadiyan (564-565)
Chhant (565-575)
Ghoriaan (575-578)
Alaahaniiaa (578-582)
Vaar Wadhans (582-594)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੋਰਠਿ | Raag Sorath
Gurbani (595-634)
Asatpadhiya (634-642)
Vaar Sorath (642-659)
ਰਾਗੁ ਧਨਾਸਰੀ | Raag Dhanasaree
Gurbani (660-685)
Astpadhiya (685-687)
Chhant (687-691)
Bhagat Bani (691-695)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਤਸਰੀ | Raag Jaitsree
Gurbani (696-703)
Chhant (703-705)
Vaar Jaitsaree (705-710)
Bhagat Bani (710)
ਰਾਗੁ ਟੋਡੀ | Raag Todee
ਰਾਗੁ ਬੈਰਾੜੀ | Raag Bairaaree
ਰਾਗੁ ਤਿਲੰਗ | Raag Tilang
Gurbani (721-727)
Bhagat Bani (727)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੂਹੀ | Raag Suhi
Gurbani (728-750)
Ashtpadiyan (750-761)
Kaafee (761-762)
Suchajee (762)
Gunvantee (763)
Chhant (763-785)
Vaar Soohee (785-792)
Bhagat Bani (792-794)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਲਾਵਲੁ | Raag Bilaaval
Gurbani (795-831)
Ashtpadiyan (831-838)
Thitteen (838-840)
Vaar Sat (841-843)
Chhant (843-848)
Vaar Bilaaval (849-855)
Bhagat Bani (855-858)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੋਂਡ | Raag Gond
Gurbani (859-869)
Ashtpadiyan (869)
Bhagat Bani (870-875)
ਰਾਗੁ ਰਾਮਕਲੀ | Raag Ramkalee
Ashtpadiyan (902-916)
Gurbani (876-902)
Anand (917-922)
Sadd (923-924)
Chhant (924-929)
Dakhnee (929-938)
Sidh Gosat (938-946)
Vaar Ramkalee (947-968)
ਰਾਗੁ ਨਟ ਨਾਰਾਇਨ | Raag Nat Narayan
Gurbani (975-980)
Ashtpadiyan (980-983)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਲੀ ਗਉੜਾ | Raag Maalee Gauraa
Gurbani (984-988)
Bhagat Bani (988)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਰੂ | Raag Maaroo
Gurbani (889-1008)
Ashtpadiyan (1008-1014)
Kaafee (1014-1016)
Ashtpadiyan (1016-1019)
Anjulian (1019-1020)
Solhe (1020-1033)
Dakhni (1033-1043)
ਰਾਗੁ ਤੁਖਾਰੀ | Raag Tukhaari
Bara Maha (1107-1110)
Chhant (1110-1117)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕੇਦਾਰਾ | Raag Kedara
Gurbani (1118-1123)
Bhagat Bani (1123-1124)
ਰਾਗੁ ਭੈਰਉ | Raag Bhairo
Gurbani (1125-1152)
Partaal (1153)
Ashtpadiyan (1153-1167)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਸੰਤੁ | Raag Basant
Gurbani (1168-1187)
Ashtpadiyan (1187-1193)
Vaar Basant (1193-1196)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਾਰਗ | Raag Saarag
Gurbani (1197-1200)
Partaal (1200-1231)
Ashtpadiyan (1232-1236)
Chhant (1236-1237)
Vaar Saarang (1237-1253)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਲਾਰ | Raag Malaar
Gurbani (1254-1293)
Partaal (1265-1273)
Ashtpadiyan (1273-1278)
Chhant (1278)
Vaar Malaar (1278-91)
Bhagat Bani (1292-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਾਨੜਾ | Raag Kaanraa
Gurbani (1294-96)
Partaal (1296-1318)
Ashtpadiyan (1308-1312)
Chhant (1312)
Vaar Kaanraa
Bhagat Bani (1318)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਲਿਆਨ | Raag Kalyaan
Gurbani (1319-23)
Ashtpadiyan (1323-26)
ਰਾਗੁ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਤੀ | Raag Prabhaatee
Gurbani (1327-1341)
Ashtpadiyan (1342-51)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਜਾਵੰਤੀ | Raag Jaijaiwanti
Gurbani (1352-53)
Salok | Gatha | Phunahe | Chaubole | Swayiye
Sehskritee Mahala 1
Sehskritee Mahala 5
Gaathaa Mahala 5
Phunhay Mahala 5
Chaubolae Mahala 5
Shaloks Bhagat Kabir
Shaloks Sheikh Farid
Swaiyyae Mahala 5
Swaiyyae in Praise of Gurus
Shaloks in Addition To Vaars
Shalok Ninth Mehl
Mundavanee Mehl 5
ਰਾਗ ਮਾਲਾ, Raag Maalaa
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<blockquote data-quote="Admin" data-source="post: 109493" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>It was definitely love at first sight, Jacob Maxwell's friends say. </p><p></p><p> The 21-year-old York University (Toronto, Canada) student was having lunch at the student centre when he peeked outside and saw men in colourful turbans, holding sticks and swords, form a circle.</p><p></p><p> </p><p> He watched intently as they performed mock duels with acrobatics and a bit of wrestling. </p><p></p><p></p><p> The same evening, Maxwell enrolled in a gatka class. </p><p></p><p></p><p> "It's the most fantastic thing I've ever done," he says, three months and dozens of classes later. </p><p></p><p></p><p> Gatka, the traditional Sikh martial art dating back to the early 17th century, has seen a rejuvenation in the past few years. Originally practised by the Sikhs in Punjab to defend against invaders, it's a sort of a cross between fencing and tag, more ferocious yet lyrical all at once. </p><p></p><p></p><p> Duellers mostly use wooden sticks - about a half-metre long - or swords. </p><p> Sikh émigrés brought gatka with them. Like other traditions, it was almost lost in transition. </p><p></p><p></p><p> But recently, it has seen a resurgence. Dozens of Sikhs - men, women and children of all ages - have signed up for classes at gurdwaras in Greater Toronto, and the province's only gatka school in Mississauga is almost filled to capacity. </p><p></p><p></p><p> The biggest surprise is the interest non-Sikhs have shown in gatka. </p><p> Sarabjeet Singh, owner and instructor at the Yudh Gatka Akhara school in Mississauga, says he almost choked when a Caucasian man first walked in about a year ago wanting to enroll. </p><p></p><p></p><p> "My first question was: Why?" he recalls. </p><p></p><p></p><p> The man, a bus driver in Brampton, said he became interested after watching his neighbour do gatka. The man was Sarabjeet's student for several months. </p><p></p><p></p><p> He has taught half a dozen non-Sikh students. Each one has been impressive, he says. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Sarabjeet, a former instructor for a class at the Dixie Road Gurdwara in Mississauga, decided to start a school. His gym - in an industrial area near Derry and Dixie Roads - had few students initially. </p><p></p><p></p><p> But currently he has 120 students; another 300 have learned from him in the past four years. </p><p></p><p></p><p> Gatka is old but is still applicable in today's world - because of its spiritual underpinnings and intense physical workout - explains Sarabjeet Singh. "That is its appeal." </p><p></p><p></p><p> Although gatka teaches defence and offence tactics, it is also about treating other people and weapons with respect. </p><p></p><p></p><p> Gursharn Kaur Gill, a fourth-year student at McMaster University, and a student of Sarabjeet's, says the duelling helps her focus. </p><p></p><p></p><p> During a recent class, she duels with a man slightly larger than her. It goes on for a few minutes, then she loses her balance and almost topples over.</p><p></p><p> Amid shouts of encouragement in Punjabi, she regains balance and slowly moves in a circle with her opponent as they try to tap each other with their sticks. </p><p></p><p></p><p> Suddenly she brings her stick down on his, disarming him. </p><p></p><p></p><p> She briefly hugs him, lines up in front of a low counter and does a little hop-dance - like Bhangra - and reverently places the stick. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>She returns to the school twice a week to duel. "It's intense physically but it helps me relieve stress." </p><p></p><p></p><p> Jasdev Singh, an instructor at two of the more than a dozen gurdwaras in greater Toronto, believes an annual gatka tournament has played a major role in its comeback. The Annual International Yudh Gatka Tournament originated in Toronto in 2003. </p><p></p><p></p><p> This year, it is being held in New Jersey, U.S.A., where thousands are expected to gather to watch participants show their skills with sticks and swords. </p><p></p><p></p><p> The Toronto leg of the tournament takes place on August 23, 2009, at the Rexdale Gurdwara. </p><p></p><p></p><p> Colin Mohammed, a Toronto police officer, is planning to take his 3-year-old daughter. "I want her to learn it slowly," he says. </p><p></p><p></p><p> He started classes seven years ago and still attends Sarabjeet's school. </p><p> "It's very effective training," says Mohammed, adding that it heightens one's sense of awareness. </p><p></p><p></p><p> "You react very well and very quickly." </p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 9px"> [Courtesy: <em>The Toronto Star</em>] </span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Admin, post: 109493, member: 1"] It was definitely love at first sight, Jacob Maxwell's friends say. The 21-year-old York University (Toronto, Canada) student was having lunch at the student centre when he peeked outside and saw men in colourful turbans, holding sticks and swords, form a circle. He watched intently as they performed mock duels with acrobatics and a bit of wrestling. The same evening, Maxwell enrolled in a gatka class. "It's the most fantastic thing I've ever done," he says, three months and dozens of classes later. Gatka, the traditional Sikh martial art dating back to the early 17th century, has seen a rejuvenation in the past few years. Originally practised by the Sikhs in Punjab to defend against invaders, it's a sort of a cross between fencing and tag, more ferocious yet lyrical all at once. Duellers mostly use wooden sticks - about a half-metre long - or swords. Sikh émigrés brought gatka with them. Like other traditions, it was almost lost in transition. But recently, it has seen a resurgence. Dozens of Sikhs - men, women and children of all ages - have signed up for classes at gurdwaras in Greater Toronto, and the province's only gatka school in Mississauga is almost filled to capacity. The biggest surprise is the interest non-Sikhs have shown in gatka. Sarabjeet Singh, owner and instructor at the Yudh Gatka Akhara school in Mississauga, says he almost choked when a Caucasian man first walked in about a year ago wanting to enroll. "My first question was: Why?" he recalls. The man, a bus driver in Brampton, said he became interested after watching his neighbour do gatka. The man was Sarabjeet's student for several months. He has taught half a dozen non-Sikh students. Each one has been impressive, he says. Sarabjeet, a former instructor for a class at the Dixie Road Gurdwara in Mississauga, decided to start a school. His gym - in an industrial area near Derry and Dixie Roads - had few students initially. But currently he has 120 students; another 300 have learned from him in the past four years. Gatka is old but is still applicable in today's world - because of its spiritual underpinnings and intense physical workout - explains Sarabjeet Singh. "That is its appeal." Although gatka teaches defence and offence tactics, it is also about treating other people and weapons with respect. Gursharn Kaur Gill, a fourth-year student at McMaster University, and a student of Sarabjeet's, says the duelling helps her focus. During a recent class, she duels with a man slightly larger than her. It goes on for a few minutes, then she loses her balance and almost topples over. Amid shouts of encouragement in Punjabi, she regains balance and slowly moves in a circle with her opponent as they try to tap each other with their sticks. Suddenly she brings her stick down on his, disarming him. She briefly hugs him, lines up in front of a low counter and does a little hop-dance - like Bhangra - and reverently places the stick. She returns to the school twice a week to duel. "It's intense physically but it helps me relieve stress." Jasdev Singh, an instructor at two of the more than a dozen gurdwaras in greater Toronto, believes an annual gatka tournament has played a major role in its comeback. The Annual International Yudh Gatka Tournament originated in Toronto in 2003. This year, it is being held in New Jersey, U.S.A., where thousands are expected to gather to watch participants show their skills with sticks and swords. The Toronto leg of the tournament takes place on August 23, 2009, at the Rexdale Gurdwara. Colin Mohammed, a Toronto police officer, is planning to take his 3-year-old daughter. "I want her to learn it slowly," he says. He started classes seven years ago and still attends Sarabjeet's school. "It's very effective training," says Mohammed, adding that it heightens one's sense of awareness. "You react very well and very quickly." [SIZE=1] [/SIZE] [SIZE=1] [Courtesy: [I]The Toronto Star[/I]] [/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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