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1 of 674  \n# ENCYCLOPAEDIAOFTHE SIKH LITERATURE\n\nVOLUME ONE(8-H)  \nEnglish Translation of  \nddH8ed35adHJ百文H  \nbyBHAI KAHAN SINGH NABHA  \nPUBLICATION BUREAUPUNJABI UNIVERSITY,PATIALA  \nPage 2 of 674  \n◎  \nDepartment of Development of Punjabi LanguagePunjabi University,Patiala  \n# ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE SIKH LITERATUREVOLUME ONE(8-H)\n\nEnglish Translationof  \nddHed36ddH百H  \nbyBHAI KAHAN SINGH NABHA  \nISBN :81-302-0075-9  \nYear :2006  \nCopies:1100  \nPrice :Rs.800/-  \nLaser Setting:  \nAdvanced Centre for Technical Development of Punjabi Language,Literature and Culture             Punjabi University,Patiala.               \nPage 3 of 674  \nAdvisory BoardBhaiAshok Singh BagrianMajor A.P.SinghS.P.S.Virdi  \nParam Bakhshish SinghIndu BangaJodh SinghJaswinder Singh  \nB.S.SandhuTranslators  \nMajor Gurmukh SinghMohinder Singh BajajAmarjeet Singh DhawanHina NandrajogMadan Lal HasijaGurdial Singh AarifNavrattan KapoorHarwinder Kaur GroverT.D.JoshiVed AgnihotriGurwinder KaurKuljeet Kapoor  \n(θ)(H于  ，nd+r学isT)(Re  r)(H古Hnr)(Ts  frσ)(frdas1fr1r)(frgd3Hfe)(FHI'e  H836)(H83'yaH863)(H8ddld)(Rare5frfHede6)(fra3e)  \nCopy EditorGurkirpal Singh Sekhon  \nProof ReadersDigitilization byInderjit KaurGurpreet Singh LehalSatnam SinghKeyboardersTitle DesignerRajinder SinghHarjit SinghBharti  \nPage 6 of 674  \n## FOREWORD\n\nPunjabi University,Patiala feels highly honoured in presenting the first volume ofthe Encyclopædia of The Sikh Literature,the English version of Gurushabad RatnakarMahan Kosh by Bhai Kahan Singh Nabha.  \nBhai Kahan Singh Nabha was the most erudite Sikh scholar.Bhai Sahib's erudition,vision,hard work and devotion are unmatched.Mahan Kosh,his magnum opus,overwhich he spent fifteen years bears eloquent testimony to his great qualities.Visualizedby him as the Encyclopcædia of The Sikh Literature,it comprises the exposition of  \n64,263 terms,relating in the first instance to Gurmat and Gurbani.He embellished hisexposition with illustrations richly drawn from seminal Sikh sources.To his exposition,so opulently illustrated,Bhai Sahib sought to provide a wider perspective.Terms relatingto the ancient Hindu scriptures,masterpieces of Sanskrit literature,the Indian systemsof prosody,music and medicine are explicated with as much authority.  \nMahan Kosh,prepared in 1926 and published in 1930,is the 12hin the history ofencyclopædias in the world.Yet the world is unaware that a Sikh scholar did this path-breaking scholarly work single handed at that time,when no modern research facilitieswere available.Magnificent source of profound and varied knowledge,Mahan Koshhas remained shrouded in mystery,particularly for people in India and abroad,notwell-versed in the Punjabi language.For enabling them to make the best use of this vastreservoir of knowledge,Punjabi University Patiala has embarked upon its Englishtranslation.This stupendous project has been made possible by the liberal grant somagnanimously sanctioned by Captain Amarinder Singh,the Chief Minister of Punjab.Major A.P.Singh,grandson of Bhai Kahan Singh,has used his tremendous persuasiveskills in arranging resources for the purpose.Eight decades back,Patiala State hadrendered a great service by bearing all expenses of publication of Mahan Kosh inPunjabi.The name of the House of Patiala figures a second time in bringing this store ofknowledge in English version before the whole world.  \nSwarn Singh Boparai  \nVice-ChancellorPunjabi University,Patiala  \nKirti Chakra,Padma Shri Awardee  \n## PREFACE\n\nThis volume of the Encyclopedia of The Sikh Literature is the English version of thefirst volume of Gurushabad Ratnakar Mahan Kosh popularly known as Mahan Kosh,Bhai Kahan Singh Nabha's creation of 1930 in four volumes.  \nMahan Kosh is the greatest work of scholarship till today published in Punjabi.Since the publication of its first edition,it has often been cited as the most authoritativereference work in the academic world.It is hard to think of 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