Guru Nanak
Asa di Var (Ballad in raga Asa)
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Asa di Var (Ballad in raga Asa)
ਆਸਾ ਦੀ ਵਾਰ
A var or heroic ballad in twenty-four stanzas by Nanak, interspersed with saloks by him and by Guru Angad, sung every dawn in gurdwaras. It criticises the religious hypocrisy of brahmins and qadis, the sacred thread, the notion of impurity and the arrogance of power; in one of its saloks it defends the dignity of woman, from whom kings are born. It is one of the central pieces of Sikh liturgy.
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Authorship note
A composition by Guru Nanak preserved in the Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh scripture compiled by Guru Arjan in 1604 from manuscript books handed down by the gurus; the attribution is marked by the heading "Mahala 1" ("first guru"). It is among the most secure attributions in Indian devotional literature.
Editions and translations
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English
Guru Nanak
Āsā dī vār
The Conscious LibraryĀsā dī vār
Prakash Books, 2009
Translation: Maneshwar S. Chahal
ISBN 9788172342968
Guru Nanak
Guru Nanak's Asa di Var
The Conscious LibraryGuru Nanak's Asa di Var
South Asia Books, 1997
Translation: G. S. Randhawa
ISBN 9780836459548
Guru Nanak
Sacred Asa Di Var
The Conscious LibrarySacred Asa Di Var
South Asia Books, 1992
Translation: H. S. Doabia
ISBN 9788172050689
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Guru Nanak
Srī Gurū Granth Sāhib (saroop estándar de 1.430 páginas)
The Conscious LibrarySrī Gurū Granth Sāhib (saroop estándar de 1.430 páginas)
Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee
Texto gurmukhi oficial; sin ISBN.
Other works by Guru Nanak
- Japji (Japu)
- 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
- 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
- Srī Gurū Granth Sāhib (Ādi Granth). Compilado por Guru Arjan en 1604; recensión de Damdama, 1706. Edición estándar de 1.430 páginas (ang). Trad. inglesa de Manmohan Singh, 8 vols. Amritsar: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, 1962-1969.
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