ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>DAS GRANTH&#298</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 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">&#65279<i>DAS GRANTH&#298</i> a <i>poth&#299</i> i. e. a small book, containing selected <i>b&#257&#7751&#299s</i> or texts from the <i>Dasam Granth. Das</i>, meaning 'ten', here stands for 'tenth', or the Tenth Master's <i>granth</i> or book to distinguish it from the older <i>&#256di Granth</i>, i. e. the first or primary <i>granth ; granth&#299</i>, a small book (the suffix " &#299 " is generally added to a word in Punjabi to indicate its diminutive form; an exception is the word <i>granth&#299</i> when it stands for a <i>gurdw&#257r&#257</i> officiant), <i>Das Granth&#299</i> thus being a small anthology comprising selections from the <i>Dasam Granth</i> of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh. Anthologies styled <i>Das Granth&#299</i> evidently began to be compiled with a view to making the writings of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh which constitute a voluminous <i>granth</i> accessible to beginners and lay readers. No standardized selections exist, but the <i>Das Granth&#299</i> in its current form issued under the seal of the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee contains eight texts namely, <i>J&#257pu, Shabad P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 10, Ak&#257l Ustati, Bachitra N&#257&#7789ak, Cha&#7751&#7693&#299 Charitra I, Cha&#7751&#7693&#299 Charitra II, Cha&#7751&#7693&#299 d&#299 V&#257r</i> and <i>Gi&#257n Prabodh</i>. <i>Das Granth&#299</i> is now available in several different recensions, but not without variations in selection.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A parallel compilation, <i>Pañj Granth&#299</i> is also in existence that contains selections of <i>b&#257&#7751&#299s</i> from the <i>&#256di Granth</i>. Selections differ in different editions, but the <i>b&#257&#7751&#299s</i> anthologized are usually more than five (<i>Pañj</i>).</p> </ol><p class="CONT">T&#257ran Si&#7749gh<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>