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Granth

or Grunth

[gruhnt]
noun
  1. the sacred scripture of the Sikhs, original text compiled 1604.
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Origin of Granth

< Hindi < Sanskrit grantha a tying together, a book
Also called Adigranth, Grant Sahib [gruhnt] /grʌnt/.
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Examples from the Web for granth

Historical Examples

  • This Granth is only partially the composition of the tenth guru.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3

    Various

  • I noticed outside one door “Granth Sahib,” and wondered what Scotsman had entered himself as pupil with such companions.

    Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life

    Margaret Elizabeth Leigh Child-Villiers, Countess of Jersey

  • The service consists principally of singing and the reading of their sacred scripture, the Granth.

  • His sacred book, the Granth, is mainly pantheistic; it dwells earnestly on devotion, especially devotion to the guru.

    Two Old Faiths

    J. Murray Mitchell and William Muir