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'''Nail or Nakhun or Nahoon''' is a horn-like structure at the end of an human's and animal's finger or toe. | |||
==References in gurbani== | |||
The reference to nails is given in guru granth sahib when Bhagat Parlahad was saved by god sent Nar Singh, to kill Deamon Harinya Kashap. he killed him with his nails. Nar Singha used nails as a weapon, because harinakashyap was blessed that he would not killed by any weapon. | |||
One more place the Nails are Reffered in gurbani: | |||
Where Guru nanak Sahib says Nails of Ahalkars(official of kings) is like nail of dogs used to give wound to poor. | |||
==Cutting nail== | |||
Many Questions comes from some extra educated persons then why Sikh people cut nails as nails also comes again and again and cutting it is destroying naturality, if they can't cut hairs: | |||
Acc. to Sant Singh Maskeen, We cut the dead part of nail not the living part like you buried or cremate the dead human. Moreover Nails are not associated with Spirituality, as body hairs are. | |||
Sikhism doesn't wrote anything directly about Cutting nails, But one should take care of his/her body which sikhism says. Cutting Nails is hygenic. moreover long nails also gives problem in routine life. | |||
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Revision as of 14:24, 9 May 2009
Nail or Nakhun or Nahoon is a horn-like structure at the end of an human's and animal's finger or toe.
References in gurbani
The reference to nails is given in guru granth sahib when Bhagat Parlahad was saved by god sent Nar Singh, to kill Deamon Harinya Kashap. he killed him with his nails. Nar Singha used nails as a weapon, because harinakashyap was blessed that he would not killed by any weapon.
One more place the Nails are Reffered in gurbani: Where Guru nanak Sahib says Nails of Ahalkars(official of kings) is like nail of dogs used to give wound to poor.
Cutting nail
Many Questions comes from some extra educated persons then why Sikh people cut nails as nails also comes again and again and cutting it is destroying naturality, if they can't cut hairs:
Acc. to Sant Singh Maskeen, We cut the dead part of nail not the living part like you buried or cremate the dead human. Moreover Nails are not associated with Spirituality, as body hairs are.
Sikhism doesn't wrote anything directly about Cutting nails, But one should take care of his/her body which sikhism says. Cutting Nails is hygenic. moreover long nails also gives problem in routine life.
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