Bhatt Gayand Explained
Bhatt Gayand was a Gaur Brahmin poet in the court of Guru Arjan, whose 13 hymns are present in Guru Granth Sahib, the sacred scripture of the Sikhs.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Usage of the term Waheguru
The hymns to Waheguru contained in the Guru Granth Sahib were composed by Bhatt Gayand.[6] [7] [8]
Notes and References
- Book: Dilagīra, Harajindara Siṅgha . The Sikh reference book . 1997 . Edmonton, Alb., Canada : Sikh Educational Trust for Sikh University Centre, Denmark ; Amritsar : Available from Singh Bros. . Internet Archive . 978-0-9695964-2-4.
- Page cxx, The Ādi-Granth, Or: The Holy Scriptures of the Sikhs, Ernst Trumpp, W.H. Allen, 1877
- Page 36, The Encyclopedia of Sikhism (over 1000 Entries), H. S. Singha, Hemkunt Press, 2000
- Page 8, The Sikh Review, Volume 55, Issues 1-6, Sikh Cultural Centre, 2007
- http://www.thesikhencyclopedia.com/scriptures/sri-guru-granth-sahib-and-guru-gobind-singhs-bani/bhatt-bani thesikhencyclopedia.com
- Grewal . Dalvinder Singh . 2011 . Chanting 'Waheguru' is Pure Bliss! . The Sikh Review . Calcutta, India . Sikh Cultural Centre . 59 . 691–696 . 9.
- Book: [{{GBurl|id=8I0NAwAAQBAJ}} The Oxford Handbook of Sikh Studies ]. Oxford University Press . 2014 . 978-0-19-969930-8 . Singh . Pashaura . Oxford Handbooks in Religion and Theology . Oxford . 272 . The Khalsa: Foundational Myth of the Sikh 'Nation' . 874522334 . Nanak conceived of God as the one and the only 'true sovereign' (Sacha Patishah) of the world; although the term Vahiguru first found in the hymns of Bhatt Gayand, the bard contemporary of Guru Arjan (the fifth Guru), is now more commonplace and used in the Sikh salutation (Vahiguru ji ka Khalsa Vahiguru ji ki Fateh). . Fenech . Louis E..
- Journal of Religious Studies . Journal of Religious Studies . Punjabi University. Department of Religious Studies . 36 . 46 . Gayand composed 13 swayyas in praise of the fourth Guru whom he believes to be incarnate of the Divine. His 'Wah - Wah' phrase is popularly recited by the Sikhs.
