Guru Nanak
Bhai Gurdas's first var
Later compilation
Bhai Gurdas's first var
ਵਾਰ ੧ (ਭਾਈ ਗੁਰਦਾਸ)
A poem by Bhai Gurdas, scribe of the Adi Granth, narrating Nanak's mission: the corruption of the age, the journey to Mecca and Baghdad, the dispute with the siddhas and the founding of Kartarpur. It is the oldest Sikh narrative source with a known author.
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Authorship note
Not Nanak's work: Bhai Gurdas (d. 1636) composed it in the early seventeenth century.
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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
- 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
- Bhāī Gurdās. Vārāṁ Bhāī Gurdās, Vār 1 (primeras décadas del siglo XVII). Texto y trad. en J. S. Grewal y otros; ed. de la SGPC, Amritsar.
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