ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>PARY&#256I</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="PARYI"> <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">&#65279PARY&#256I, Sanskrit <i>pary&#257ya</i>, meaning a synonym or convertible term, is used in Sikh literature spelt variously as <i>priy&#257i</i>, <i>pri&#257y</i> and <i>pray&#257ya</i>. It was a popular title for glossaries explaining terms and difficult words used in Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib which were the forerunners of full-scale translations or exegeses of the Scripture. The earliest and the best known are the two volumes by Bh&#257&#299 Chand&#257 Si&#7749gh, a scholar of the Gi&#257n&#299 school of theology which traces its origin from Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh through Bh&#257&#299 Man&#299 Si&#7749gh Shah&#299d. His <i>Priy&#257i F&#257rs&#299 Pado&#7749 Ke</i> is a glossary of Persian words which appear in the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib, while <i>Priy&#257 Sr&#299 Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib J&#299 &#256di</i> covers all the difficult words and phrases. The latter manuscript bears the date 1905 Bk corresponding to AD 1848. The two manuscripts appeared in print in 1887-88. <i>Priy&#257i F&#257rs&#299 Pado&#7749 Ke</i> was printed at Amar Press, Amritsar, and <i>Priy&#257 Sr&#299 Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib J&#299 &#256di</i> at Chashm&#257-i-N&#363r Press, Amritsar. A second edition of the latter volume was brought out by Messrs Har&#299 Si&#7749gh Gurdit Si&#7749gh, Amritsar, in 1908. Another well-known work in this genre is by S&#257dh&#363 Sute Prak&#257sh, an Ud&#257s&#299 scholar. His <i>Pray&#257i &#256di Sr&#299 Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib J&#299 De</i> was published in two parts, at Waz&#299r-i-Hind Press, Amritsar, in 1898. Two other publications, though not named <i>pary&#257i</i>, fall in the same category. They are <i>Sr&#299 Gur&#363 Granth Kosh</i> published by the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 Tract Society in 1899 and <i>Gur&#363 B&#257&#7751&#299 Park&#257sh</i> by So&#7693h&#299, Tej&#257 Si&#7749gh, published from Lahore in 1932. While the former has words arranged in the alphabetical order, the sequence in the latter follows the numerical order of the pages of the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib. Another work in this category, <i>Dasam P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 J&#299 ke Granth S&#257hib J&#299 ke Sampradai Pray&#257i</i> by Ba<u>kh</u>sh&#299sh Si&#7749gh also published at Waz&#299r-i-Hind Press, Amritsar, in 1908, is a glossary of difficult words of the <i>Dasam Granth</i> which contains the compositions of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Chand&#257 Si&#7749gh, <i>Priy&#257 Sr&#299 Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib J&#299 &#256di</i>. Amritsar, 1908<BR> <li class="C1"> Gobind D&#257s, <i>Priy&#257 Sr&#299 Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib J&#299 &#256di</i>. Amritsar, 1929<BR> <li class="C1"> Sute Prak&#257sh, <i>Pray&#257i &#256di Sr&#299 Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib J&#299 De</i>. Amritsar, 1898<BR> <li class="C1"> So&#7693h&#299, Tej&#257 Si&#7749gh, <i>Sr&#299 Gur&#363 B&#257&#7751&#299 Park&#257sh</i>. Amritsar, 1953<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Balb&#299r Si&#7749gh Nand&#257<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>