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<p class="C1">&#65279GOSH&#7788I, from Sanskrit <i>go&#7779&#7789ha</i> (<i>go</i> = cow + <i>stha</i> = place, i.e. cow-pen) means, secondarily, an assembly of people engaged in a discourse or debate on some metaphysical, theological or ethical point, thereby seeking to expound their respective views or tenets and revealing in the process their dialectical prowess and learning. The first recorded <i>gosh&#7789i</i> in Punjabi literature is Gur&#363 N&#257nak's <i>Sidha Gos&#7789i</i> ("A Dialogue with the Siddhas"), included in the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib in <i>r&#257ga</i> R&#257mkal&#299, a musical measure favourite of the yogis. This dialogue in verse brings out the quintessence of Gur&#363 N&#257nak's teaching, viz. how life lived in the world cherishing the Name of the Lord is to be preferred to <i>sanny&#257sa</i>, renunciation, or <i>ha&#7789h yoga</i>, the practice of austerities. The scope of the <i>genre</i> was broadened in the seventeenth century to include, besides dialogue, a recital of the events of the life of a saint or mystic. This form was popularized by Manohar D&#257s Miharb&#257n (AD 1581-1640) and his sons, Harij&#299 and Chaturbhuj, who recorded <i>gosh&#7789is</i> while narrating the life story of Gur&#363 N&#257nak in their works <i>Poth&#299 Sach Kha&#7751&#7693</i> and <i>Poth&#299 Chaturbhuj</i>. The Gur&#363 is presented in these <i>gosh&#7789is</i> in converse with a variety of people, saints and sinners, and with mythical characters. The object in each instance was to elucidate some aspect of his precept. The form was commonly employed to illustrate the teachings of holy men, saints and s&#363f&#299s, and their lives.</p>
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