Setaj
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Setaj (ਸੇਤਜ s ) is a Gurmukhi word found in the Guru Granth Sahib and refers to the form of birth which is from bodily secretion, involves heat or "Sweat" - ਪਸੀਨੇ/ਮੜਕੇ ਤੋਂ ਪੈਦਾ ਹੋਝ ਜੀਵ (ਜੂਆਂ ਆਦਿਕ). This word is normally found with 3 others which all explain the four forms of births recognised by the Sikh faith. These four are: Andaj or ਅੰਡਜ; Jeraj or ਜੇਰਜ; Utbhuj or ਉਤਭਜ and of course, Setaj or ਸੇਤਜ
Gurbani
| ਅੰਡਜ ਜੇਰਜ ਉਤਭਜਾਂ ਖਾਣੀ ਸੇਤਜਾਂਹ ॥ |
| Andaj jeraj uṯ▫bẖujĝʼn kẖĝṇī seṯjĝʼnh. |
| the four sources of creation - born of eggs, born of the womb, born of the earth and born of sweat; |
