Talk:Guru Granth Sahib
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[edit] Authorship of the Guru Granth Sahib
- I think it is necessary to add a section or at least write about the authors of the Guru Granth Sahib 17:36 05 September (UTC+1)
- The first sentence is completely wrong, isn't it? What about Joseph Smith? What about Muhammad? There must be others also. Am I missing something, or does it need to be axed? Jwrosenzweig 00:58, 11 Mar 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Gurmukhi
"The text used is a script called Gurmukhi, which is considered a modern development of the ancient language called Sanskrit."
- I'm not sure what this line means. How can a script be a modern development of an ancient language? I'm sure it could be a modern development of Devanagari (which it is not, incidentally) but surely not a language. All sources indicate that Gurmukhi was actually derived from Landa and standardised by Guru Angad Dev. Sure, it was adapted and used to write Sanskrit and other languages in the SGGS, but it was itself not a 'development' from either of these.
Anyone disagree? 82.37.161.188 14:58, 27 Dec 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Adi Granth
What is called the Guru Granth Sahib by some Sikhs is also called the Adi Granth by other Sikhs and by many scholars. It would be helpful to the article if someone knowledeable could clarify the subject. 12.74.168.70 14:33, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- I hope this clarifies things:
- "The Adi Granth is often — incorrectly — used to refer to the Guru Granth Sahib. The Adi Granth only forms the portion of the Guru Granth Sahib which Guru Arjan compiled in 1604."
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- I think that the picture of the Adi Granth (as beautiful as it is) should be replaced by a picture of the Guru Granth Sahib, as that is what the article is about. It only adds confusion to the issue. Mandy Kaur 17:46, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] change it
dont refer to the limbs of the guru as pages. The guru is considered to be living and as such has limbs not pages. All sikhs refer to the guru as having 'angs' (limbs) so this FACT should be included in the article
- The Guru Granth Sahib is viewed as a book, because that's what it is. Its significance as an eternal guru is mentioned quite regularly throughout Wikipedia. However, this personification is not something that should be prescribed to in a neutral enyclopedia and as such, the pages are referred to as pages. Sukh | ਸੁਖ | Talk 23:09, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Guru Granth Sahib Ji
- Should the title be more respectful? Is Guru Granth Sahib Ji more appropriate? BookwormUK 11:17, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
- No, we don't add honorifics such as 'Ji' as Wikipedia aims to be a neutral encyclopedia. Sukh | ਸੁਖ | Talk 15:16, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
- This edit has raised this issue again. Anthony Appleyard 07:29, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Cleanup of History and Writing Section
It starts with this sentence:
- From about 1479, when Guru Nanak was abon the evenings.
What does "abon the evenings" mean? It looks like this sentence was inadvertently cut off. But since I have no idea what is trying to be said here, I can't really help correct it. Msalt 21:52, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
- I have found and restored the original, by ferreting back through the history. The damage happened in this edit: [1] Anthony Appleyard 19:32, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Languages
It would be great if someone could explain a little more about which language the scripture is written in. From what I understand a good deal of it is in Braj Bhasa. Ahassan05 17:48, 6 February 2007 (UTC)ahassan05
I thought it was written in Punjabi and Hindi! Or perhaps Urdu: I am not sure if Hindi was defined as a language of it's own in that time. Apparantly, many more language were used. Do anyone have a list of all language used to write Guru Granth Sahib? If possible I also want to know to what extent they where used.
2007-03-27 Lena Synnerholm, Märsta, Sweden.
