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<p class="C1">&#65279SADD&#256 SI&#7748GH, PA&#7750&#7692IT, was a Nirmal&#257 scholar, who read Sanskrit with Pa&#7751&#7693it Chet Si&#7749gh of K&#257sh&#299. He attained such mastery of Sanskrit learning that his teacher made over to him his school before he died. The Pa&#7751&#7693its of K&#257sh&#299 honoured him with the highest scholarly rank of Da&#7751&#7693&#299p&#257d, after he had humbled in a <i>&#346&#257str&#257rtha</i> or debate a man of acknowledged authority in ancient texts.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sadd&#257 Si&#7749gh translated, in 1767, most famous, but abstruse, Sanskrit work on monism called <i>Advaita-Siddhi</i> into Braj Bh&#257sh&#257, using the Gurmukh&#299 script.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;He gave the translated version the title of <i>Sugams&#257r Chandrik&#257</i>. This book, known for its grandeur of style, is an answer to, and a critical evaluation of the various contemporary challenges to the theory of monotheism and non-plurality. It establishes the sovereignty of <i>bhakti. Bhakti</i>, it says, is both a means and an end in itself, where as <i>gi&#257n</i> is only a means and is included in <i>bhakti</i>.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sadd&#257 Si&#7749gh had at his school a succession of pupils whom he trained in Vedic learning. His name is still remembered with reverence among men of learning in V&#257r&#257&#7751as&#299 and his portrait still hangs in K&#257sh&#299 Sa&#7749gat, the school over which he presided with distinction.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Di&#257l Si&#7749gh, Mahant, <i>Nirmal Panth Darshan</i>. Amritsar, 1953<BR>
<li class="C1"> Pr&#299tam Si&#7749gh, ed., <i>Nirmal Sampradaya</i>. Amritsar,1981<BR>
</ol><p class="CONT">Gurdev Si&#7749gh<br></p><BR>
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