japji sahib with highlighted text in english

The word 'pothi' ( Gurmukhi: ਪੋਥੀ, romanized: Pōthī) originally meant 'book' in Old Punjabi (cognate to 'pustak' in Hindi, with both derviving from the Sanskrit word pustaka).

Pothi Palm-leaf manuscript ( pothi) attributed to Guru Nanak and claimed to have been compiled and authored by him Copies of these corpuses are also referred to as 'Birs'. The term 'Bir' is dervied from the Sanskrit verb vīḍ which means 'to make strong or firm, strengthen, fasten, or to be strong, firm or hard.' The first birs in Sikh history were the Kartarpuri Bir (also known as the Adi Bir, meaning 'first corpus') and the Bhai Bhanno Bir. The word 'bir' ( Gurmukhi: ਬੀੜ, romanized: Bīṛa alternatively spelt as 'birh') in Sikhism refers to a complete volume of a Sikh scripture as an individual corpus. The holy text spans 1430 pages and contains the actual words spoken by the Gurus of the Sikh religion and the words of various other Saints from other religions including Hinduism and Islam. Sikhs consider this Granth ( holy book) to be a living Guru. Within Sikhism the Sri Guru Granth Sahib or Adi Granth is more than just a scripture. Both of these consist of text which was written or authorised by the Sikh Gurus. The second most important scripture of the Sikhs is the Dasam Granth. The principal Sikh scripture is the Adi Granth (First Scripture), more commonly called the Guru Granth Sahib. ( December 2015) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations.

Japji sahib with highlighted text in english