ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>N&#362RSH&#256H</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="NjRSHH"> <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">&#65279N&#362RSH&#256H, was, according to the Janam S&#257kh&#299 tradition, the queen of sorceresses of Kaur&#363 or K&#257mr&#363p, one of the districts of Assam, then known as the land of magic and witchcraft. Gur&#363 N&#257nak along with his companion M&#257rd&#257n&#257 visited this region during his first preaching odyssey. The <i>Pur&#257tan Janam S&#257kh&#299</i> relates the story of how Bh&#257&#299 Mard&#257n&#257 was bewitched by an enchantress. Troubled by pangs of hunger, he once begged leave of the Gur&#363 to go into a nearby town to procure some food. "Do go if you have to," said the Gur&#363. "But beware! This is the country of Kaur&#363 and here women rule." As Mard&#257n&#257 was passing through a street, a woman standing at the door of her house called him inside. No sooner did he step across the threshold than a spell was cast upon him and he was made to bleat like a ram. The Gur&#363 set out in search of him and entered the house where he had been kept in captivity. the sorceress tried her skill on him as did several of her associates. Finally came N&#363rsh&#257h, the leader of the magicians, who applied all the arts she had mastered. Finding herself powerless, she, as says the <i>Janam S&#257kh&#299</i> threw her scarf round her neck in penitence, and made obeisance before the Gur&#363, along with her slaves. The Gur&#363 taught them to attach themselves to the Name of God.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Bhall&#257, Sar&#363p D&#257s, <i>Mahim&#257 Prak&#257sh</i>. Patiala, 1971<BR> <li class="C1"> Santokh Si&#7749gh, Bh&#257&#299, <i>Sr&#299 Gur Prat&#257p S&#363raj Granth</i>. Amritsar, 1927-35<BR> <li class="C1"> Gi&#257n Si&#7749gh, Gi&#257n&#299, <i>Tw&#257r&#299<u>kh</u> Gur&#363 <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257</i> [Reprint]. Patiala, 1970<BR> <li class="C1"> V&#299r Si&#7749gh, Bh&#257&#299, ed., <i>Pur&#257tan Janam S&#257kh&#299</i>. Amritsar, 1982<BR> <li class="C1"> Macauliffe, Max Arthur, <i>The Sikh Religion</i>. Oxford, 1909<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Gurnek Si&#7749gh<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>