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Gurbani (14-53)
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Gurbani (151-185)
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Ashtpadiyan (220-234)
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Gurbani (347-348)
Chaupaday (348-364)
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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)
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Gurbani (537-556)
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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)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਰਾਮਕਲੀ | Raag Ramkalee
Ashtpadiyan (902-916)
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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)
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Gurbani (1319-23)
Ashtpadiyan (1323-26)
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Gurbani (1327-1341)
Ashtpadiyan (1342-51)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਜਾਵੰਤੀ | Raag Jaijaiwanti
Gurbani (1352-53)
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<blockquote data-quote="eshersingh" data-source="post: 54128" data-attributes="member: 3660"><p><span style="color: #000000">Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh ,</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p> <span style="color: #000000">Hindus generallay say that the term Hindu was first used by Persians and Greeks, Sikhism and islam did not existed on this earth. Now its upto Sikhs and Muslims if they want to call themselves Hindus or not though theoretically any person living east to Sindhu river is a Hindu.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">They suggest or explain the term Hindu somewhat like this "Persians called river Sindhu as Hindu due to difference in pronunciation ". But here is the catch "the interpretation for the word Hindu is a corrupted version of Sindhu does not or fails to explain why the Sindhu River or the people who live in the valley of this river did not acquire the name ‘Hindu’ ". This river is called Sindhu and the people are called Punjabis and Sindhis. No body calls the state of Sindh as Hind or Sindhis as Hindis.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">There are some Indian writers who have looked at the word "Hindu" with critical eye and they does not agree with the interpretation what RSS people give.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">"The political situation of our country from centuries past, say 20-25 centuries has made it very difficult to understand the nature of this nation and its religion. The western scholars, and historians, too, have failed to trace the true name of this Brahmanland, a vast continent like country, and therefore, they have contended themselves by calling it by that meaningless term ‘Hindu’. This word, which is a foreign innovation, is not made use by any of our Sanskrit writers and revered Acharyas in their works. It seems that political power was responsible for insisting upon continuous use of the word Hindu. The word Hindu is found, of course, in Persian literature. Hindu-e-falak means ‘the black of the sky’ and ‘Saturn’. In the Arabic language Hind not Hindu means nation. It is shameful and ridiculous to have read all along in history that the name Hindu was given by the Persians to the people of our country when they landed on the sacred soil of Sindhu." (R. N. Suryanarayan, Universal Religion, p 1-2, published from Mysore in 1952.) "</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">"Some people, according to the author, say that this word Hindu is a corrupt form of Sindhu but this is wrong because Sindhu was the name of the river and not the name of the community. Moreover, it is correct that this name has been given to the original Aryan race of the region by Muslim invaders to humiliate them. In Persian, says our author, the word means slave, and according to Islam, all those who did not embrace Islam were termed as slaves." (Maharishi Shri Dayanand Sarswati Aur Unka Kaam, edited by Lala Lajpat Rai, published from Lahore in 1898, in the chapter of introduction.)</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Besides, a Persian dictionary titled Lughet-e-Kishwari, published in Lucknow in 1964, gives the meaning of Hindu as ‘chore (thief), dakoo (dacoit), raahzan (waylayer), and ghulam (slave)’. Yet according to an other dictionary named Urdu-Feroze-ul-Laghat – part 1 (p 615), the meaning of the word Hindu is as under:</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">In Turkish: chore, raahzan and lutera (looter).</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">In Persian: ghulam, barda (obedient servant), sia faam (black color) and kaalaa (black).</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">The hypothesis that Persians had difficulty in pronouncing Sindhu is baseless and preposterous. For example, </span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">1) How do the Persians who are Shia Muslims pronounce words like Shia, Sunni and Shariat, Siyasat,sifar? In Punjabi there are many, many words of Persian origin, which start with ‘s’ and ‘sh’. For example, sardar or sirdar (leader), shaheed (martyr), shhadat (martyrdom) shair (lion), sahir (town), sar (walk) shayer (poet), shakar (sugar), sja (punishment), siahi (black ink), siah (black) and so on.The word Punjab is also derived from Persian panch and aab (five waters).</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">2) Everybody knows the tale of "Sindbad the Sailor" which is based on Arabian Nights(Persian) stories. So according to Hindus it should be called "Hindbad the Sailor" not "Sinbad the sailor" as the people from arab could not pronounce correctly "S" .</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"> Many Hindus have suggested that people living east of Sindhu river were called Hindus due to mispronounciation of the term Sindhu .But then they fail to explain why there is moutain range in Afghanistan that goes by the name "Hindu Kush" (in english it translates as "Killer of Hindus") valley and it is not in the east of Sindhu river ?</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Hinduism is derived from the word Hindu, the names of the other three religions, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism founded on the Indian subcontinent are derived from Indian words with noble meanings: "Budh" (enlightenment), "Jan"[victorious (over vices)] and "Sikh" (learner), respectively.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Does it make any sense for Indians who are never tired of talking about the glory of their past, their religion and their civilization to call themselves "Hindus" when this word is not found in any Hindu text. This label "Hindu" was given to the people of the Indian subcontinent by outsiders in the derogatory sense (black, slave, servant, thief, robber and waylayer), except the term "black". What right or justification do the champions of "Hindutva" have to apply this label to others, Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists?</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="eshersingh, post: 54128, member: 3660"] [COLOR=#000000]Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh , Hindus generallay say that the term Hindu was first used by Persians and Greeks, Sikhism and islam did not existed on this earth. Now its upto Sikhs and Muslims if they want to call themselves Hindus or not though theoretically any person living east to Sindhu river is a Hindu. They suggest or explain the term Hindu somewhat like this "Persians called river Sindhu as Hindu due to difference in pronunciation ". But here is the catch "the interpretation for the word Hindu is a corrupted version of Sindhu does not or fails to explain why the Sindhu River or the people who live in the valley of this river did not acquire the name ‘Hindu’ ". This river is called Sindhu and the people are called Punjabis and Sindhis. No body calls the state of Sindh as Hind or Sindhis as Hindis. There are some Indian writers who have looked at the word "Hindu" with critical eye and they does not agree with the interpretation what RSS people give. "The political situation of our country from centuries past, say 20-25 centuries has made it very difficult to understand the nature of this nation and its religion. The western scholars, and historians, too, have failed to trace the true name of this Brahmanland, a vast continent like country, and therefore, they have contended themselves by calling it by that meaningless term ‘Hindu’. This word, which is a foreign innovation, is not made use by any of our Sanskrit writers and revered Acharyas in their works. It seems that political power was responsible for insisting upon continuous use of the word Hindu. The word Hindu is found, of course, in Persian literature. Hindu-e-falak means ‘the black of the sky’ and ‘Saturn’. In the Arabic language Hind not Hindu means nation. It is shameful and ridiculous to have read all along in history that the name Hindu was given by the Persians to the people of our country when they landed on the sacred soil of Sindhu." (R. N. Suryanarayan, Universal Religion, p 1-2, published from Mysore in 1952.) " "Some people, according to the author, say that this word Hindu is a corrupt form of Sindhu but this is wrong because Sindhu was the name of the river and not the name of the community. Moreover, it is correct that this name has been given to the original Aryan race of the region by Muslim invaders to humiliate them. In Persian, says our author, the word means slave, and according to Islam, all those who did not embrace Islam were termed as slaves." (Maharishi Shri Dayanand Sarswati Aur Unka Kaam, edited by Lala Lajpat Rai, published from Lahore in 1898, in the chapter of introduction.) Besides, a Persian dictionary titled Lughet-e-Kishwari, published in Lucknow in 1964, gives the meaning of Hindu as ‘chore (thief), dakoo (dacoit), raahzan (waylayer), and ghulam (slave)’. Yet according to an other dictionary named Urdu-Feroze-ul-Laghat – part 1 (p 615), the meaning of the word Hindu is as under: In Turkish: chore, raahzan and lutera (looter). In Persian: ghulam, barda (obedient servant), sia faam (black color) and kaalaa (black). The hypothesis that Persians had difficulty in pronouncing Sindhu is baseless and preposterous. For example, 1) How do the Persians who are Shia Muslims pronounce words like Shia, Sunni and Shariat, Siyasat,sifar? In Punjabi there are many, many words of Persian origin, which start with ‘s’ and ‘sh’. For example, sardar or sirdar (leader), shaheed (martyr), shhadat (martyrdom) shair (lion), sahir (town), sar (walk) shayer (poet), shakar (sugar), sja (punishment), siahi (black ink), siah (black) and so on.The word Punjab is also derived from Persian panch and aab (five waters). 2) Everybody knows the tale of "Sindbad the Sailor" which is based on Arabian Nights(Persian) stories. So according to Hindus it should be called "Hindbad the Sailor" not "Sinbad the sailor" as the people from arab could not pronounce correctly "S" . Many Hindus have suggested that people living east of Sindhu river were called Hindus due to mispronounciation of the term Sindhu .But then they fail to explain why there is moutain range in Afghanistan that goes by the name "Hindu Kush" (in english it translates as "Killer of Hindus") valley and it is not in the east of Sindhu river ? Hinduism is derived from the word Hindu, the names of the other three religions, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism founded on the Indian subcontinent are derived from Indian words with noble meanings: "Budh" (enlightenment), "Jan"[victorious (over vices)] and "Sikh" (learner), respectively. Does it make any sense for Indians who are never tired of talking about the glory of their past, their religion and their civilization to call themselves "Hindus" when this word is not found in any Hindu text. This label "Hindu" was given to the people of the Indian subcontinent by outsiders in the derogatory sense (black, slave, servant, thief, robber and waylayer), except the term "black". What right or justification do the champions of "Hindutva" have to apply this label to others, Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists? [/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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