Nau Khand: Difference between revisions

The nine divisions of World.

1. Sach Khand - Adobe of Akal Purakh

Cite Japji Sahab, "sach khand wase nirankar"

2. Dharam Khand - Ethic Partition

Cite Japji Sahab, "dharam khand ka eko dharam , gyan khand ka akho karam"

3. Gyan Khand - Knowlege Partition

Cite Japji Sahab "gyan khand mah gyan parchand, tithe nad binod kod anand"

4. Karam Khandd - Work Partition

Cite Japji Sahab, "karam khand ki bani jor, tithe hor na koi hor, tithe jodh mahabal soor, jinmah ram reha bharpur".

5. Brahm Khand - Brahma's Realm

Cite Japji Sahab "kete barme gharat ghareyaye roop rang ke vesh"

6. Roop Khand - Design Realm

Also called Sharam Khand in orthodox punjab, as the name is not explicitly mentioned with the word "khand"

7. Ambar Sar - The Capital City

The Capital City and the last stand in any battle, meaning Chandigarh, "Amritsar was previously the war time capital when Chandigarh was in ruins". It is also believed that in mythological times when akal purakh wanted to own a body, it owned Chandigarh as body and it's head was as high as sky. (Ambar means sky , sar means head)

8. Prithvi - The Earth

Sach Khand is above Swarg , from 2-7 are the 6 swargs while prithvi is the last swarg

9. Narak - The Hell

Hinduism

In Hindu religion there is mention of 7 Swargs ( including earth at lowest level of swargs) , 7 Naraks , Brahm Jyoti for moksh achievers ( with different loks of different bhagwans like Durga(Vaishno Devi), Ram(Vaikunth) , Krishna (Golok), Shiv(Kailash) etc.)

Islam

In Islam, there is dozakh ( hell ) which is permanently awarded to Sinners (according to popular muslim beliefs) , then there are 7 places in Kyrghistan where a person goes if his/her deeds are good( known as Jannats). It is also believed that in the Muslim Jannat ,at the entry it is verified by the angels whether the person is a true muslim or not.

Interreligion Comparision

In all religions usually the mention of Khands is similar.