Guru Nanak
Guru Nanak and the Sikh Religion (W. H. McLeod)
Academic study
Guru Nanak and the Sikh Religion (W. H. McLeod)
Gurū Nānak and the Sikh Religion
A study that classified the janamsakhi episodes by historical plausibility and reconstructed Nanak's doctrine from his hymns. It was controversial among Sikh scholars and remains the basic critical reference for the historical Nanak.
amazon.com · Link to the store.
Authorship note
Monograph by W. H. McLeod (1932-2009).
Editions and translations
Editions in your language first, without hiding the others. Each with its cover and its store.
English
Guru Nanak
Guru Nanak and the Sikh Religion
The Conscious LibraryGuru Nanak and the Sikh Religion
Oxford University Press (India), 1976
ISBN 9780195608069
Guru Nanak
Gurū Nānak and the Sikh Religion
The Conscious LibraryGurū Nānak and the Sikh Religion
Clarendon Press, 1968
ISBN 9780198265214
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
- Puratan Janamsakhi (and the B40 manuscript) · 1600
- Bhai Bala Janamsakhi · 1650
- Miharban Janamsakhi · 1640
- Bhai Gurdas's first var · 1610
- The Sikh Religion (Max Arthur Macauliffe) · 1909
- Life and teachings of Guru Nanak (Premka Kaur Khalsa) · 2004
Sources
- McLeod, W. H. Gurū Nānak and the Sikh Religion. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1968. ISBN 9780198265214 (ed. india, Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1976, ISBN 9780195608069).
Affiliate link: if you buy through it, the library may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. When an edition's real cover is not available, we show an illustrative library cover.