The Mīnās (Gurmukhi: ਮੀਣਾ; mīṇā) were a heretical sect of Sikhs that followed Prithi Chand (1558–April 1618), the eldest son of Guru Ram Das, after his...
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calendar Mina (Sikhism), a Sikh sect Mina (unit), an ancient Near Eastern unit of weight and currency Mina (TV series), a Korean drama Mina (Mexico City...
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Lord of the Rings Mina (unit), an ancient Near Eastern unit of weight, and hence, also unit of currency Mina (Sikhism), a sect of Sikhism All pages with...
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North India. Adherents of Sikhism are known as Sikhs, meaning "students" or "disciples" of the guru. The English word Sikhism derives from the Punjabi...
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the first guru of Sikhism. The community transcends the boundaries of Sikhism and Hinduism, and was also a reference to the early Sikh community. Most Sindhi...
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Prithi Chand (category Sikh gurus)
Guru of Sikhism, and the eldest brother of Guru Arjan – the fifth Guru. He founded the heretical Mina sect of Sikhism. He wanted to inherit the Sikh Guruship...
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The Sikh gurus (Punjabi: ਸਿੱਖ ਗੁਰੂ; Hindi: सिख गुरु) are the spiritual masters of Sikhism, who established the religion over the course of about two and...
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Golden Temple (redirect from Sikh Temple of Amritsar)
Punjab, India. It is the pre-eminent spiritual site of Sikhism. It is one of the holiest sites in Sikhism, alongside the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur in...
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Guru Gobind Singh (redirect from 10th Sikh Guru)
to Sikhism are founding the Sikh warrior community called Khalsa in 1699 and introducing the Five Ks, the five articles of faith that Khalsa Sikhs wear...
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Guru Granth Sahib (redirect from Sikh Holy Book)
ɡɾənt̪ʰᵊ säː(ɦ)(ɪ)bᵊ(˦)]) is the central holy religious scripture of Sikhism, regarded by Sikhs as the final, sovereign and eternal Guru following the lineage...
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Guru Har Rai (category Sikh warriors)
to succeed as the next Guru of Sikhism. He started several public singing and scripture recital traditions in Sikhism. The katha or discourse style recitals...
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Guru Angad (category Sikh gurus)
əŋgəd̯ᵊ]) was the second of the ten Sikh gurus of Sikhism. After meeting Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, becoming a Sikh, and serving and working with Nanak...
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3HO (redirect from Sikh Dharma Brotherhood)
"American Sikhs," though the practice had nothing to do with actual Sikhism. Wilde, James (5 September 1997). "Religion: Yogi Bhajan's Synthetic Sikhism". Time...
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known as Bairagi), as the heads of Manjis. Sikh Gurus Women in Sikhism Cole, W. Owen (2004). Understanding Sikhism. Understanding Faith. Dunedin Academic...
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written or authorised by the Sikh Gurus. Within Sikhism the Sri Guru Granth Sahib or Adi Granth is more than just a scripture. Sikhs consider this Granth (holy...
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Janamsakhis (category Sikh literature)
of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism. Considered by scholars as semi-legendary biographies, they were based on a Sikh oral tradition of historical fact...
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Guru Arjan (category Sikh gurus)
edition of the Sikh scripture by 1604. The composition of both Prithi Chand and his followers have been preserved in the Mina texts of Sikhism, while the...
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In Sikhism, dharamyudh, dharam-yudh or dharam yudh (Gurmukhi: ਧਰਮਯੁਧ) is a term which is variously translated as 'religious war', 'war of righteousness'...
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Sikhism prohibits idolatry, in accordance with mainstream Khalsa norms and the teachings of the Sikh Gurus, a position that has been accepted as orthodox...
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Sikhism has often been criticised by non-Sikhs regarding its texts, practices, and societal norms, but Sikhs and other scholars argue that these criticisms...
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Jathedar of the Akal Takht (category Sikh religious workers)
against the principles of Sikhism and it's decisions null and void. He added that the removal of Jathedars came under Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925 and no...
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Bhai Bala (category Converts to Sikhism from Hinduism)
to Sikhism Singh, Dr. Trilochan. Guru Nanak: Founder of Sikhism: A Biography (PDF). pp. 492–494. Singha, H.S. (2000). The Encyclopedia of Sikhism. Hemkunt...
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Jainism and Hinduism Sikhism and Hinduism Islam and Sikhism Islam and Jainism Khalsa Qureshi, Tania (11 December 2016). "City of Sikh heritage — Gujranwala"...
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Guru Amar Das (category Sikh gurus)
third of the Ten Gurus of Sikhism and became Sikh Guru on 26 March 1552 at age 73.[failed verification] Before becoming a Sikh (Shishya from Sanskrit),...
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Amrit Sanskar (redirect from Sikh baptism)
ceremony | Rites and Rituals | Sikhism". BBC. Retrieved 9 October 2012. Regan, Michael (2019). Understanding Sikhism. p. 9. ISBN 9781532114298. Woodhead...
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Guru Hargobind (category Sikh warriors)
introduced the process of militarization to Sikhism, likely as a response to his father's execution and to protect the Sikh community. He symbolized it by wearing...
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Guru Ram Das (category Sikh gurus)
holiest city of Sikhism. Unlike the first three Gurus, he appointed his own son as his successor, as would the fifth through tenth Sikh Gurus. He served...
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Guru Har Krishan (category Sikh gurus)
the eighth of the ten Sikh Gurus. At the age of five, he succeeded his father, Guru Har Rai, and became the youngest Guru in Sikhism. He contracted smallpox...
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Singh. He established a Sikh religious educational school at Bedian, partly choosing this location to combat the rival heretic Mina sect, founded by the...
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Ram Rai (category Sikhism stubs)
eldest son of the seventh Sikh Guru, Guru Har Rai, and the founder of the Ramraiyas, an unorthodox and heretical sect in Sikhism. He had four wives, Raj...
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