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'''Pothi''', a popular Punjabi word derived from the Sanskrit - pustaka (book), from the root - pust (to bind) via the Pali - ''potlhaka'' and Prakrit - ''puttha''. Besides Punjabi, the word '''poihi''' meaning a book is current in Maithili, Bhojpuri and Marathi languages as well. Among the Sikhs, however, pothi signifies a sacred book, especially one containing '''gurbdm''' or scriptural texts and of a moderate size, generally larger than a gutka but smaller than the Adi Granth, although the word is used even for the latter in the index of the original recension prepared by [[Guru Arjan]] which is now preserved at Kartarpur, near Jalandhar. | '''Pothi''', a popular Punjabi word derived from the Sanskrit - ''pustaka'' (book), from the root - ''pust'' (to bind) via the Pali - ''potlhaka'' and Prakrit - ''puttha''. Besides Punjabi, the word '''poihi''' meaning a book is current in Maithili, Bhojpuri and Marathi languages as well. Among the Sikhs, however, pothi signifies a sacred book, especially one containing '''gurbdm''' or scriptural texts and of a moderate size, generally larger than a gutka but smaller than the Adi Granth, although the word is used even for the latter in the index of the original recension prepared by [[Guru Arjan]] which is now preserved at Kartarpur, near Jalandhar. | ||
In the Puratan JanamSakhi, the earliest known written account of the life story of Guru Nanak, the book of hymns which he gave to his successor Guru Angad, is called a pothi. Guru Arjan, Nanak Five, probably alluding to the Adi Granth pronounces pothi to be "the abode of God" for it contains "complete knowledge of God" (GG, 1226). At several places in the Guru Granih Sahib, pothi refers to sacred books of the Hindus as distinguished from those of the Muslims for which the words used are kitab or Qur'an. | In the Puratan JanamSakhi, the earliest known written account of the life story of Guru Nanak, the book of hymns which he gave to his successor Guru Angad, is called a pothi. Guru Arjan, Nanak Five, probably alluding to the Adi Granth pronounces pothi to be "the abode of God" for it contains "complete knowledge of God" (GG, 1226). At several places in the Guru Granih Sahib, pothi refers to sacred books of the Hindus as distinguished from those of the Muslims for which the words used are kitab or Qur'an. | ||
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Pothi, a popular Punjabi word derived from the Sanskrit - pustaka (book), from the root - pust (to bind) via the Pali - potlhaka and Prakrit - puttha. Besides Punjabi, the word poihi meaning a book is current in Maithili, Bhojpuri and Marathi languages as well. Among the Sikhs, however, pothi signifies a sacred book, especially one containing gurbdm or scriptural texts and of a moderate size, generally larger than a gutka but smaller than the Adi Granth, although the word is used even for the latter in the index of the original recension prepared by Guru Arjan which is now preserved at Kartarpur, near Jalandhar.
In the Puratan JanamSakhi, the earliest known written account of the life story of Guru Nanak, the book of hymns which he gave to his successor Guru Angad, is called a pothi. Guru Arjan, Nanak Five, probably alluding to the Adi Granth pronounces pothi to be "the abode of God" for it contains "complete knowledge of God" (GG, 1226). At several places in the Guru Granih Sahib, pothi refers to sacred books of the Hindus as distinguished from those of the Muslims for which the words used are kitab or Qur'an.
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Ganjnama ♦♦ Bansavalinama Dasan Patshahian Ka ♦♦ Bavanja kavi ♦♦ Bhagat Ratanavali ♦♦ Bhera Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji Ka ♦♦ Chalitar Joti Samavane ki ♦♦ Chaturbhuj Pothi ♦♦ Haqiqat Rah Muqam Raje Shivnabh Ki ♦♦ Hazarnamah ♦♦ Kabitt Savaiye ♦♦ Karni Namah ♦♦ Nasihat Namah ♦♦ Amarnama ♦♦ Ani Rai ♦♦ Araz Ul Alfaz ♦♦ Baba Mohan Valian Pothian ♦♦ Bala Janam Sakhi ♦♦ Panj Sau Sakhi ♦♦ Pothi ♦♦ Pothi Sachkhand ♦♦ Prem Abodh Pothi ♦♦ Prem Sumarag ♦♦ Sukhmam Sahansarnama |
