Re-thinking the Guru: Towards a Typology of Forms of Religious Domination in Pre-Colonial Pañjāb
In this paper, I explore the role of hagiographical tradition in the formation of Sikh identity and in shaping the attitude’s of Sikhs to non-Sikhs in eighteenth-century Pañjāb. I focus on one particular hagiography, the B40 Janam Sākhī, which tells of the life and deeds of Guru Nānak. I suggest tha...
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| Language: | English |
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Equinox
2009
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Religions of South Asia
Year: 2009, Volume: 3, Issue: 2, Pages: 183-202 |
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Sikhs
B Critical Theory B Indian literature B Hagiography B South Asia |
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