ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>AT&#298 AKHA&#7750&#7692 P&#256&#7788H </TITLE> <style type="text/css"> .BODY { background-color: #EAF1F7; background-image: url('images/gtbh.jpg'); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: fixed; background-position: center; color: #0066CC;} .C1{text-align: justify;color: #0066CC;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} .BIB{text-align: center;color: #000099;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} .CONT{text-align: right;color: #FF0000;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} </style><META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="AT*,AKHAF ,PlH"> <META http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></HEAD> <BODY class="BODY" oncontextmenu="return false" ondragstart="return false" onselectstart="return false"> <FONT ALIGN="JUSTIFY" FACE="Tahoma"> <p class="C1">&#65279AT&#298 AKHA&#7750&#7692 P&#256&#7788H (at&#299 = extreme, arduous, of superlative degree; <i>akha&#7751&#7693</i>= non-stop, without a break; <i>p&#257&#7789h</i>= reading of the Holy Volume) means an unbroken <i>p&#257&#7789h</i> of the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib by a single reader in one continuous sitting without once getting up or interrupting the reading in any manner. This type of <i>p&#257&#7789h</i> has been undertaken only rarely, for a <i>p&#257&#7789h&#299</i> or reader, with such bodily stamina and discipline and with such fluency and speed is not easy to come by. This <i>p&#257&#7789h</i> has to be performed in about nine <i> pahars, </i> or twenty-seven hours. One instance cited in the modern period is that of B&#257b&#257 N&#257r&#257ya&#7751 Si&#7749gh (1841-1916), father of the celebrated scholar, Bh&#257&#299 K&#257hn Si&#7749gh, of N&#257bh&#257, who is said to have performed this feat more than once in his lifetime.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1">K&#257hn Si&#7749gh, Bh&#257&#299, <i>Gurushabad Ratn&#257kar Mah&#257n Kosh</i>. Patiala, 1974<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">T&#257ran Si&#7749gh<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>