ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>B&#298R MRIGESH</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="B*R,MRIGESH"> <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">&#65279B&#298R MRIGESH, full title SR&#298 B&#298R MRIGESH GURBIL&#256S DEV TAR&#362, is a voluminous nineteenth-century work by Bh&#257&#299 Sher Si&#7749gh, a disciple of B&#257b&#257 <u>Kh</u>ud&#257 Si&#7749gh (1786-1861), who completed it in 1911. In bold Gurmukh&#299 typography, the book runs to 1912 pages, divided into two parts comprising 847 and 1065 pages, respectively. It contains accounts, in ample detail, of the lives of B&#257b&#257 S&#257hib Si&#7749gh Bed&#299, B&#257b&#257 Bh&#257g Si&#7749gh of Kur&#299, B&#257b&#257 B&#299r Si&#7749gh of Naura&#7749g&#257b&#257d and B&#257b&#257 <u>Kh</u>ud&#257 Si&#7749gh. The author refers to these luminaries as <i>gur&#363</i> and calls his book <i>gurbil&#257s</i> (biography of the Gur&#363s). The phrase <i>Dev Tar&#363</i> added to title literally means godly tree and accordingly its sub-parts are called <i>skandhs</i> (branches). <i>Skandhs</i> are further sub-divided into <i>adhy&#257yas</i> (chapters). The first part called <i>P&#363rv&#257rdh</i>, lit. earlier half, contains two <i>skandhs</i> and 61 <i>adhyay&#257s</i> while Part II, Uttar&#257rdh, lit. the latter half, has three <i>skandhs</i> and 84 <i>adhy&#257yas</i>. The author describes the four holy men as spiritual adepts of the highest rank, and revels in a detailed exposition of their views. The language the author uses is <i>s&#257dhuka&#7771&#299</i> a dialect common among the <i>s&#257dh&#363s</i>, and the style is anecdotal.</p> </ol><p class="CONT">Gurcharan Si&#7749gh Gi&#257n&#299<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>