Guru Nanak
Puratan Janamsakhi (and the B40 manuscript)
Later compilation
Puratan Janamsakhi (and the B40 manuscript)
ਪੁਰਾਤਨ ਜਨਮਸਾਖੀ
A collection of stories (sakhis) about Nanak's life, considered the oldest of the janamsakhi traditions. It includes the episode of the Bein river, the journeys in the four directions, the encounter with Babur and the death. The B40 manuscript in the British Library, copied in 1733, preserves an illustrated version.
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Authorship note
Not Nanak's work: an anonymous hagiography whose archetype dates from the late sixteenth or early seventeenth century.
Editions and translations
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English
Guru Nanak
The B40 Janam-sakhi
The Conscious LibraryThe B40 Janam-sakhi
Guru Nanak Dev University, 1980
Translation: W. H. McLeod
Other works by Guru Nanak
- Japji (Japu)
- Asa di Var (Ballad in raga Asa)
- Sidh Gosht (Dialogue with the Siddhas)
- Hymns and stanzas in the Guru Granth Sahib (the complete corpus) · 1604
- Mul Mantar
- Onkar (Ramkali Dakhni)
- Var in raga Majh
- Var in raga Malar
- Barah Maha (The twelve months), raga Tukhari
- Babarvani (The Babur hymns) · 1520
- Arti ("Gagan mai thal")
- Kirtan Sohila (Nanak's contributions)
- So Dar and Rahras (Nanak's contributions)
- Patti (The alphabet), raga Asa
- Alahanian (Dirges), raga Vadhans
- Pahare (The watches), Sri Rag
- Thiti (The lunar days), raga Bilaval
- Kuchaji and Suchaji, raga Suhi
- Saloks in sahaskriti
- Pran Sangli
- Bhai Bala Janamsakhi · 1650
- Miharban Janamsakhi · 1640
- Bhai Gurdas's first var · 1610
- Guru Nanak and the Sikh Religion (W. H. McLeod) · 1968
- The Sikh Religion (Max Arthur Macauliffe) · 1909
- Life and teachings of Guru Nanak (Premka Kaur Khalsa) · 2004
Sources
- McLeod, W. H. (trad.). The B40 Janam-sākhī. Amritsar: Guru Nanak Dev University, 1980 (traducción del manuscrito Panjabi B40 de la British Library, copiado en 1733).
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