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<p class="C1">&#65279AJ&#256T S&#256GAR, by Surjan D&#257s Aj&#257t, is the religious book of the Aj&#257tpanth&#299 sect of the Ud&#257s&#299s. Written in AD 1851, the only known manuscript of the work was available in the Sikh Reference Library, Amritsar, until it perished during the Blue Star action in the holy premises in 1984. The author Surjan D&#257s (father: B&#257gh Si&#7749gh, mother: Gul&#257b Dev&#299), a disciple of Sant &#7788ahil D&#257s who was in the Bhagat Bhagv&#257n&#299e sect of the Ud&#257s&#299s, established his <i>gadd&#299</i>at Ajnev&#257l, in Gujr&#257&#7749w&#257l&#257 district, now in Pakistan. Surjan D&#257s preached the ideal of a <i>casteless</i> (<i>a</i> = without; <i>j&#257t</i> = caste) society and thus came to be called Aj&#257t and his followers Aj&#257tpanth&#299. Another of his works was <i>Surjan Bodh</i> which is held in the Pañj&#257b University Library, Cha&#7751&#7693&#299ga&#7771h, under MS. No. 111. The poetry of Surjan D&#257s is uneven, though he tries to keep close to the <i>gurb&#257&#7751&#299</i> idiom. Transience of the world, man's forgetfulness of God and the importance of <i>n&#257m</i> are the principal themes of <i>Aj&#257t S&#257gar</i>. Gur&#363 N&#257nak has been depicted in this work as "the destroyer of evil. "</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1">Randh&#299r Si&#7749gh, Bh&#257&#299, <i>Ud&#257s&#299 Sikh&#257&#7749 di Vithi&#257. </i> Chandigarh, 1972<BR>
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