The Goindval Pothis: The Earliest Extant Source of the Sikh Canon (Harvard Oriental Series)
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Gurinder Singh Mann (Author)
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This volume explores the earliest available version of the Sikh canon. The book contains the first critical description and partial edition of the Goindval Pothis, a set of proto-scriptural manuscripts prepared in the 1570s. The manuscripts also contain a number of hymns by non-Sikh saints, some of them not found elsewhere.
Through a meticulous analysis of the contents of these rare manuscripts, Gurinder Singh Mann establishes their place and importance in the history of Sikh canon formation.
The book will be of great interest to scholars of comparative canon studies and of medieval Indian literature. 18 halftones, 2 tables CPSIA choking or other US hazard warning - No California Proposition 65 hazard warning necessary
About the Author
Gurinder Singh Mann is Kundan Kaur Kapany Chair in Sikh Studies, Professor in the Global & International Studies Program and the Department of Religious Studies, and Director of the Center for Sikh and Punjab Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
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- Contributor: Gurinder Singh Mann
- Imprint: Harvard University Press
- ISBN13: 9780674356184
- Number of Pages: 233
- Packaged Dimensions: 178x254mm
- Packaged Weight: 717
- Format: Hardback
- Publisher: Harvard University Press
- Release Date: 1997-01-31
- Series: Harvard Oriental Series
- Binding: Hardback
- Biography: Gurinder Singh Mann is Kundan Kaur Kapany Chair in Sikh Studies, Professor in the Global & International Studies Program and the Department of Religious Studies, and Director of the Center for Sikh and Punjab Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
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