Dhumralochan (Sikhism)

From SikhiWiki
Revision as of 09:46, 3 February 2012 by HarpreetSingh (talk | contribs)
Jump to navigationJump to search

As Per Gurmat,

  1. Dhumralochan is a qualititative name of The Soul. It is a Negative Quality
  2. Dhumralochan is also called Dhumranain and Lochan Dhoom.
  3. The soul which could not see the truth is called Dhumra Lochan.
  4. Dhumra is Illusion, Smoke before, Lochan(eye), The third eye i.e Understanding(Intellect/Buddhi).
  5. His vision is obscure because he could not see the internal truth. He do not have Spiritual wisdom but may have Temporal wisdom. The one who could see without eyes is called Gurmukh.

Etymology

Dhumralochan is made of two Sanskrit words:

  • The Sanskrit word Dhumra (Devanagari: धूमढ़र) is an adjective to word Lochan meaning "smoky, obscured".
  • The Sanskrit word Lochan (Devanagari: लोचन) is a noun which means "sight, eye".

In simple English transliteration it is written either as Dhumarlochan or Dhumralochan. Dhumralochan becoms a qualitative and collective noun.

Retrieved from "https://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php?title=Dhumralochan_(Sikhism)&oldid=100434"