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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="anders" data-source="post: 1140" data-attributes="member: 238"><p>Mr. Oak is a Hindu extremist, and as I inferred, he is out to "prove" that all Muslim achievements are really Hindu. He has frequently written articles in the RSS papers. As you may know, the RSS were in the forefront of the demolishing if Babri Masjid in 1962, motivated by the claim that the mosque desecrated the birthplace of the god Rama. This is still a very sensitive item in Indian politics.</p><p></p><p>Mr. Oaks theories are mainly regarded as poor jokes in the academic community. His arguments for why the Taj Mahal is a Hindu temple reveals a thorough lack of knowledge of even elementary facts, like the name of the buried queen.</p><p></p><p>The Asian Wall Street Journal writes (in 2001): "A Hindu conspiracy theorist called P.N. Oak has claimed that the Taj Mahal was originally a Hindu monument, called Tejo Mahalaya, which the invading Muslims appropriated. Nobody took such conspiracy theorists seriously until the rise of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Indian politics, which masterminded the assault on the Ayodhya mosque in 1992, and now, as the leading party of India's governing coalition, is busy rewriting textbooks."</p><p></p><p>Further examples of Mr. Oaks ideas, which I think will speak for themselves:</p><p></p><p>"The Term Moses is the Sanskrit word Mahesh, meaning the Great Lord i.e. Krishna." (World Vedic Heritage, by P.N. Oak. P. 531)</p><p></p><p>P.N. Oak's "Vedic history of the world" claims that the name Australia comes from the Hindi "Astralaya", or "land of missiles". Mr. Oak also thinks that Arabia is an Indian name: "Arabia is an abbreviation. The original word even today is Arbasthan. It originates in Arvasthan. As observed earlier Sanskrit "V" changes into "B". Arva in Sanskrit means a horse. Arvasthan signifies a land of horses, and as we all know Arabia is famous for its horses.", totally disregarding that the first letter of "arab" is the consonant `ain, not the vowel a, and that the -stan is a late Persian suffix, borrowed by the Turks.</p><p></p><p>ThruthSeeker, your quote "The shaving of heads at the time of performing Haj, taking bath and wearing two spotless white seamless cloths [as Brahmachari does at the time of sacred thread ceremony], seven ambulations round the main shrine called Ka’aba are all vividly Hindu customs. The haj ahs closely resemble the mode of pilgrimage and worship in India" is thoroughly refuted on, many sites, for example, <a href="http://thetruereligion.org/modules/wfsection/article.php?articleid=149" target="_blank">http://thetruereligion.org/modules/wfsection/article.php?articleid=149</a>. </p><p></p><p>My personal impression of Mr. Oak is that it is a very safe bet to assume that anything he writes is totally wrong.</p><p></p><p>Indian culture is a wonderful source for much in the world, but it has no need for crazy exaggerations. I agree, for example, that "India had cultural bonds with the Mesopotamia civilization." -- at least there was commerce between those parts of the world, as witnessed by many archeological finds. Claiming that the Indian invention the zero is Vedic is false, though. That the Vedas speak of "emptiness" (shunyata) has no connection with the zero used in calculations. The name shunya was borrowed from the Vedas and applied to the much later invention.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="anders, post: 1140, member: 238"] Mr. Oak is a Hindu extremist, and as I inferred, he is out to "prove" that all Muslim achievements are really Hindu. He has frequently written articles in the RSS papers. As you may know, the RSS were in the forefront of the demolishing if Babri Masjid in 1962, motivated by the claim that the mosque desecrated the birthplace of the god Rama. This is still a very sensitive item in Indian politics. Mr. Oaks theories are mainly regarded as poor jokes in the academic community. His arguments for why the Taj Mahal is a Hindu temple reveals a thorough lack of knowledge of even elementary facts, like the name of the buried queen. The Asian Wall Street Journal writes (in 2001): "A Hindu conspiracy theorist called P.N. Oak has claimed that the Taj Mahal was originally a Hindu monument, called Tejo Mahalaya, which the invading Muslims appropriated. Nobody took such conspiracy theorists seriously until the rise of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Indian politics, which masterminded the assault on the Ayodhya mosque in 1992, and now, as the leading party of India's governing coalition, is busy rewriting textbooks." Further examples of Mr. Oaks ideas, which I think will speak for themselves: "The Term Moses is the Sanskrit word Mahesh, meaning the Great Lord i.e. Krishna." (World Vedic Heritage, by P.N. Oak. P. 531) P.N. Oak's "Vedic history of the world" claims that the name Australia comes from the Hindi "Astralaya", or "land of missiles". Mr. Oak also thinks that Arabia is an Indian name: "Arabia is an abbreviation. The original word even today is Arbasthan. It originates in Arvasthan. As observed earlier Sanskrit "V" changes into "B". Arva in Sanskrit means a horse. Arvasthan signifies a land of horses, and as we all know Arabia is famous for its horses.", totally disregarding that the first letter of "arab" is the consonant `ain, not the vowel a, and that the -stan is a late Persian suffix, borrowed by the Turks. ThruthSeeker, your quote "The shaving of heads at the time of performing Haj, taking bath and wearing two spotless white seamless cloths [as Brahmachari does at the time of sacred thread ceremony], seven ambulations round the main shrine called Ka’aba are all vividly Hindu customs. The haj ahs closely resemble the mode of pilgrimage and worship in India" is thoroughly refuted on, many sites, for example, [url]http://thetruereligion.org/modules/wfsection/article.php?articleid=149[/url]. My personal impression of Mr. Oak is that it is a very safe bet to assume that anything he writes is totally wrong. Indian culture is a wonderful source for much in the world, but it has no need for crazy exaggerations. I agree, for example, that "India had cultural bonds with the Mesopotamia civilization." -- at least there was commerce between those parts of the world, as witnessed by many archeological finds. Claiming that the Indian invention the zero is Vedic is false, though. That the Vedas speak of "emptiness" (shunyata) has no connection with the zero used in calculations. The name shunya was borrowed from the Vedas and applied to the much later invention. [/QUOTE]
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