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The Standand format of the "[[Guru Granth Sahib|Siri Guru Granth Sahib Beerh]]" with the customary format has a total of 1430 pages.  
The Standand format of the "[[Guru Granth Sahib|Siri Guru Granth Sahib Beerh]]" with the customary format has a total of 1430 pages.  
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* Total number of words are 398,697.  
* Total number of words are 398,697.  
* Total dictionary words are 29445 (these are the words that have been used again and again to make the whole text). Many of these words have been used only once.  
* Total dictionary words are 29445 (these are the words that have been used again and again to make the whole text). Many of these words have been used only once.  
* The word that has been repeated most often is ‘her’ or ‘hir’. It has occured 9288 times.  
* The word that has been repeated most often is ‘her’ or ‘hir’( ਹਰਿ,ਹਰ,ਹਰ੝ ) . It occurs 9288 times.  
* No punctuation marks such as commas, semicolons or colons have been used. A ‘colon’ shaped character that has been used is not a colon.  
* No punctuation marks such as commas, semicolons or colons have been used. A ‘colon’ shaped character that has been used is not a colon.  
* No 'Adhak' charcater has been used.
* No 'Adhak' charcater has been used.
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Of the 5894 [[Shabad]]s or hymns in the holy Granth, 974 hymns are written by the [[first Guru]], 62 by the [[second Guru]], 907 by the [[third Guru|third]], 679 by the [[fourth Guru|fourth]], 2218 by the [[fifth Guru|fifth]], and 115 by the [[ninth Guru|ninth]]. Among the remaining 922 hymns of [[Bhagats]], the highest number of hymns (541) is by [[Bhagat Kabir]].
Of the 5894 [[Shabad]]s or hymns in the holy Granth, 974 hymns are written by the [[first Guru]], 62 by the [[second Guru]], 907 by the [[third Guru|third]], 679 by the [[fourth Guru|fourth]], 2218 by the [[fifth Guru|fifth]], and 115 by the [[ninth Guru|ninth]]. Among the remaining 922 hymns of [[Bhagats]], the highest number of hymns (541) is by [[Bhagat Kabir]].


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==See also==
* [[Learn Gurmukhi]]
* [[Gurmukhi]]
* [[Painti Akhri]]
* [[Gurmukhi Script]]
* [[Gurmukhi Pronunciation]]
* [[Gurmukhi Letters]]
* [[Gurmukhi to English]]
* [[Gurmukhi Alphabet]]
* [[Gurmukhi Text]]
* [[Words in the Guru Granth Sahib]]
* [[List of Punjabi computing resources]]
===Banis in Gurmukhi===
* [[Japji Sahib in Gurmukhi]]
* [[Jaap Sahib in Gurmukhi]]
* [[Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji| SGGS page by page]] (pending)
===Setting up Gurmukhi facility on your Computer===
* [[SikhiWiki:Using Punjabi on SikhiWiki|Using Punjabi on SikhiWiki]]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Enabling_complex_text_support_for_Indic_scripts Enabling complex text]
* [[Gurmukhi keyboard layout]]
==External Links==
* [http://www.srigranth.org/paintee/01_words.html  '''Words in Sri Guru Granth Sahib''' (srigranth.org)]
* [http://www.orkut.co.in/Community.aspx?cmm=54250402 To join Gurmukhi Language community, please click here ]
===Learning Tools===
* [http://www.advancedcentrepunjabi.org/animated_stories.html Learn Gurmukhi and Panjabi for advanced learning centre of Panjabi University patiala site ]
* [http://www.rajkaregakhalsa.net/punjabi.htm Learn Gurmukhi lessons from letters to sentences to Shabads - Sound and Graphics]
* [http://www.5abi.com/5ratan/ Free online Diaspora Punjabi (Gurmukhi) lessons]
* [http://www.punjabonline.com/servlet/library.language?Action=Main Learn Gurmukhi - Sound and Graphics]
* [http://www.omniglot.com/writing/gurmuki.htm omniglot.com]
===Unicode Gurmukhi===
* [http://guca.sourceforge.net/ Punjabi Computing Resource Centre web site]
* [http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/gurmukhi.html Test for Unicode support in Web browsers]
* [http://www.unicode.org/unicode/reports/tr24/charts/ScriptChart35.html Unicode script chart]
===Conversion tool===
* [http://punjabi.aglsoft.com/punjabi/converter/?show=text Punjabi Font Converter] This is an online utility which will allow the conversion of ASCII based Gurmukhi characters to Unicode. So for example the phrase : siqgur pRswid will be converted to ਸਤਿਗ੝ਰ ਪ੝ਰਸਾਦਿ
* [http://guca.sourceforge.net/applications/guca/ Application to convert ASCII encoded, font-based Gurmukhi text (usually Punjabi/Panjabi) into Unicode.]
===Dictionary & Translation tools===
{{Template:Dictionary & Translation tools}}
===History of Script===
* [http://ancientscripts.com/sa_ws.html Ancient scripts] [http://ancientscripts.com/landa.html Landa script]
* [http://www.ukindia.com/zalph.htm Indian alphabet comparison page]
* [http://www.koausa.org/Languages/Sharda.html Sharda script]
* [http://www.omniglot.com/writing/brahmi.htm Brahmi script] [http://www.omniglot.com/writing/sharda.htm Sharda script]
* [http://punjabiworld.com/news/Creative-Punjab/gurmukhi.html History of Landa and Gurmukhi Script]
==Typing==
* [http://kaulonline.com/uninagari/gurumukhi/ The no frills Indic typewriter]
===Translation tools===
* [http://www.advancedcentrepunjabi.org/ Dr. G. S. Lehal's site with translation tools]
==References==
*1. Singh , G.B., Gurmukh] Lipi da Janarn te Vikds. Chandigarh, 1972
*2. Teja Singh, Sahit Darshan. Paliala, 1951
*3. Bedi, Tarlochan Singh , Punjabi Vaiiak da Alochnatmak Adhyan. Delhi, n.d.
*4. Arun, V.B., Panjabi Bhasha da ftihds. Ludhiana, 1956
*5. Bedi, Kala Singh, Panjabi Bhashn da Vikds. Delhi, 1971
*6. Chatterji, Suniti Kumar, ed., The Cultural IIni/nge of India. Calculla, 1978
*7. Grierson, G.A., Linguistic Survey of India,Vol IX, Part I, Delhi, 1968. & Singh, G.B., Gurmukhi Lippi da Janam te Vikas, Chandigarh, 1972.
*8. Linguistic Survey of India,Vol IX, Part I, Delhi, 1968. &
*9. Singh, G.B., Gurmukhi Lippi da Janam te Vikas, Chandigarh, 1972.
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The Standand format of the "Siri Guru Granth Sahib Beerh" with the customary format has a total of 1430 pages.

  • The pages are written with a landscape orientation.
  • There are 19 lines of text per page. However, many pages with headlines (starting with new raag) have less than 19 lines per page.
  • Guru Granth Sahib contains 5894 Shabads or hymns.
  • The number of stanzas according to Pincott is 15575.
  • Total number of lines are 26852.
  • Total number of words are 398,697.
  • Total dictionary words are 29445 (these are the words that have been used again and again to make the whole text). Many of these words have been used only once.
  • The word that has been repeated most often is ‘her’ or ‘hir’( ਹਰਿ,ਹਰ,ਹਰ੝ ) . It occurs 9288 times.
  • No punctuation marks such as commas, semicolons or colons have been used. A ‘colon’ shaped character that has been used is not a colon.
  • No 'Adhak' charcater has been used.
  • No 'Paireen Bindi' character (dot at the bottom of character) has been used.
  • A number of half characters (that fall at the bottom of other characters) that are not used in

modern Punjabi have been used 1188), 10), 11), 268), 13), 5) .

  • Aounkarh and Dulainkarh 169), 20) characters have also been used under half

charcters. This is normally not done in the present day Punjabi.

  • The 'Ik Onkaar' character have been repeated 568 times.
  • The 'Bindee' characters that add nasal sound have been used 319 times. Out of

these 106 times the 'Bindi" character has been used before 'Biharee" or another character. The later situation does not occur in modern Punjabi. The words with special 'Bindi" arrangement are as follows: ! "# $ $ $ $ % " " &! & & '( ) ( ( ( " * * *

  • * + +& "'( ", " "
  • The 'Udaat' character that is something like quarter (Paireen) Haahaa, have been

used 1188 times. This character looks somewhat like the 'Halant' character in Devanagari,

The Contents The Granth Sahib also called Adi Granth contains compositions of the first five Gurus, the ninth Guru, fifteen Bhagats (Jai Dev, Nam Dev, Trilochan, Parmanand, Sadna, Ramanand, Beni, Dhanna, Pipa, Sain, Kabir, Ravidas, Farid, Surday, Bhikhan) and eleven Bhattas (Mathra, Jalap, Harbans, Talya, Salya, Bhal, Kulh Sahar, Nal, Kirat, Gayand, Sadrang).

Of the 5894 Shabads or hymns in the holy Granth, 974 hymns are written by the first Guru, 62 by the second Guru, 907 by the third, 679 by the fourth, 2218 by the fifth, and 115 by the ninth. Among the remaining 922 hymns of Bhagats, the highest number of hymns (541) is by Bhagat Kabir.

Words in the Guru Granth Sahib
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See also

Banis in Gurmukhi

Setting up Gurmukhi facility on your Computer

External Links

Learning Tools

Unicode Gurmukhi

Conversion tool

  • Punjabi Font Converter This is an online utility which will allow the conversion of ASCII based Gurmukhi characters to Unicode. So for example the phrase : siqgur pRswid will be converted to ਸਤਿਗ੝ਰ ਪ੝ਰਸਾਦਿ

Dictionary & Translation tools


Downloadable

More resources

History of Script

Typing

Translation tools

References

  • 1. Singh , G.B., Gurmukh] Lipi da Janarn te Vikds. Chandigarh, 1972
  • 2. Teja Singh, Sahit Darshan. Paliala, 1951
  • 3. Bedi, Tarlochan Singh , Punjabi Vaiiak da Alochnatmak Adhyan. Delhi, n.d.
  • 4. Arun, V.B., Panjabi Bhasha da ftihds. Ludhiana, 1956
  • 5. Bedi, Kala Singh, Panjabi Bhashn da Vikds. Delhi, 1971
  • 6. Chatterji, Suniti Kumar, ed., The Cultural IIni/nge of India. Calculla, 1978
  • 7. Grierson, G.A., Linguistic Survey of India,Vol IX, Part I, Delhi, 1968. & Singh, G.B., Gurmukhi Lippi da Janam te Vikas, Chandigarh, 1972.
  • 8. Linguistic Survey of India,Vol IX, Part I, Delhi, 1968. &
  • 9. Singh, G.B., Gurmukhi Lippi da Janam te Vikas, Chandigarh, 1972.