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i 157 ni ; visits Amar Das, ii

97 ; summons G. Arjan, iii

81, 83; remits land revenue of

Panjab.84; addressed as deity,

iv369;'vi 350,

417Akk, poisonous plant, i 288 n i. j Akshar,_vi 189 n i. ! Alahanian, i i89n ; iv

70i Alakh, the Invisible, iii 108 n3. Ala-ul-DIn, last of Saiyad rulers,

Int. xlii, Ixx. Alayar, ii

77Alif Khan, v 51,

154Alim, author of the Rag Mala, iii

64.

Alim Singh, v 140, 155,

171Allah, name of God, iii 388 n 2 ;

v 67 n

2Allahabad (Priyag), place of

pilgrimage, i 144 n i. Almast, Bhai, iv 50, 53,

55Alms, i 39 n 4, 372 n 3 ; ii 206

n i ; iii

70Alphabet, Indian method of

teaching, i 3 ; vi 181 ; Guru-

mukhi, i 256 n i ; ii 56 ; Hindi,

ii 56; Sanskrit, iii 168 n i. | Amar Das, Guru, birth, ii 30 ;

visits Guru Angad, ii 32 ;

becomes his disciple, ii 32 ;

Amar Das (continued) —

his devotion, ii 35, 40, 42 ; punishment of the Tapa of Khadur, ii 38, 39 ; appointed Guru, ii 43 ; mode of life as Guru, ii 58 ; sends Sawan Mai to Hard war, ii 60 ; Raja of Kangra's visit, ii 61 ; Raja's insane queen, ii 62 ; rebellion of Datu, ii 64 ; the Sikhs per secuted by Muhammadans, ii 68 ; prophecy at Kasur, ii 75 ; annual gatherings instituted, ii 79 ; parable of the saint's son, ii 83 ; Bawali founded, ii 87 ; Ram Das visits him, ii 89 ; Bibi Bhani, the Guru's daughter, married to Ram Das, ii 91 ; Emperor Akbar's visit, ii 97 ; hostility of Hindus, ii 1 02 ; sent for by the Emperor, ii 105 ; Ram Das deputed in his stead, ii 106 ; advised by the Emperor to placate the Hindus by visiting Hardwar, ii 112; rules of his religion, ii 137 ; tests Ram Das, ii 142 ; devotion of Bibi Bhani, ii 143, 144; Ram Das appointed his successor, ii 146; death and cremation of, ii 1 50 ; hymns of, ii 154; denounces concrema- tion of widows, ii 228 n i.

Ambala, v 247.

Ambarik, King of Ajudhia, vi 63 n 2.

Amber, ancient capital of Jaipur, Int. xlix.

Ambrosias, five, ii 248 n i ; vi 85 n i.

Amils, surveyors, i 18.

Amrit, baptism, Pref. xix ; v 95 n i.

Amritsar, founding of, ii 141 ; stages of completion, ii 258, 267, 270, 276 ; iii 2 ; temple and tank, iii 3, 9, 20, 33, 440 n i ; Granth Sahib placed there, iii 65 ; visit of Emperor Jahangir, iv 32.

Amritsar Singh Sabha, Author's translation accepted by, Pref. xiii, xxix.

Amro, G. Angad's daughter, ii it. Si.

Ana, coin, iv 19 n i.

Anal, bird, v 143, 276 n 2.

Analogy of European and Indian conditions in fifteenth century, Int. xl.

Anand, ii 117, 130 ; marriage by, v 109, 249 n i.

Anand, grandson of G. Amar Das, ii 117.

Anand Ghan, Int. Ixxx.

Anandpur, founding of, iv 338, 362 ; v 2 ; invested, v 1 30 ; plundered, v 164, 174 ; evacu ated, v 185.

Ananta, serpent, iv 254 n 6.

Anatomy, Indian, vi 47, 169 n 2 and 3.

Ancestor worship, i 50, 65 n 5 ; ii 84 n i ; iv 249, 250 n 4, 346 n i ; vi 128 n 8.

Anchorets, vain devotion of, i 41 n i ; vi 177.

Angad (Lahina), Guru, meeting with G. Nanak, i 183 ; tested by him and named Angad, i 185 ; ii ii ; appointed his successor, i 187 ; ii 1 1 ; mar riage, ii i ; lived in Khadur on becoming Guru, ii 1 1 ; his mode of life, ii 15 ; visit of Emperor Humayun, ii 19 ; cures Chaudhri's son, ii 28 ; Amar Das's visit, ii 32 ; drought in Khadur, ii 36 ; Guru obliged to leave Khadur, ii 36 ; appointment of Amar Das as Guru, ii 43 ; G. Angad's death and cremation, ii 44 ; his sloks, ii 46 ; adoption of the Gurumukhi characters foi the Gurus' hymns, ii 56.

Animation, suspended, vi 16 n 2.

Ani Rai, son of G. Har Gobind, iv 67, 223.

Aiijan, a collyrium, ii 1 19 n 3.

Anpurna, iv 132 n i.

Ansavatar, v 274 n 3.

Antarjami, vi 77.

Anthropomorphism, Int. Ixi ; vi

99-

Antimony, ii 119 n3.

Aparas, iii 224 n i.

Apollo, Int. lix.

Apostasy, Gur Das on, iv 257.

Arati, i 83n3; vi 122 n2, 333 n 3.

INDEX

Archaisms avoided, Pref. xxxi.

Archery of G. Gobind Singh, v 172.

Ardas, supplication, v 333.

Arjan, Guru, order to translate Granth Sahib into all lan guages, Pref. viii ; birth, ii 93 ; sent to Lahore, ii 277 ; Pri- thia's jealousy, ii 279 ; ap pointed his father's successor, ii 281 ; building of Har Mandar, iii 9, 12 ; episode of Raja Birbar, iii 16 ; visit to Cholha, iii 21 ; to Khanpur, iii 22 ; founding of Tarn Taran, iii 25 ; of Kartarpur, iii 26 ; visit to shrine of G. Nanak and Sri Chand, iii 27 ; his wife's desire for a son, iii 29 ; she is sent to Bhai Budha, iii 30 ; birth of son Har Gobind, iii 35 ; controversy with Pandit, iii 50 ; decision to compile hymns of Sikh religion, iii 5 5 ; visit to Mohan to obtain sacred books, iii 56 ; completion of the Granth Sahib at Ramsar, iii 60 n i ; interviews with poets, iii 62 ; declines Chandu's daughter for his son Har Gobind, iii 7 5 ; son betrothed to Narain Das's daughter, iii 76 ; letter from Chandu, iii 79 ; marriage of Har Gobind, iii 80 ; Guru sent for by Emperor Akbar, iii 81 ; visited by Emperor Akbar, iii 83 ; Emperor remits revenue in compliment to Guru, iii 84 ; death of Akbar, iii 84 ; Guru assists Khusro, iii 85 ; Prithia and Chandu plot against him, iii 87 ; departure for Lahore by Emperor Jahangir's orders, iii 90 ; is tortured, iii 93 ; bathes in the Ravi, iii 98 ; his last injunctions, iii 99 ; is succeeded by Guru Har Gobind iv 2.

Arjani resuscitated, ii 130.

Arms, advantages of wearing, v 102.

Arnold's translation of Gitgovtnd, vi 7 n i.

Arun or Anuru, vi 81 n i.

As, son of Chitrblr, i 218 n 2.

Asaki War, i 218.

Asam, iv 351 n i.

Ascetics, exclusiveness of, vi 353

n i.

Ashes, use of, v 300 n 2 ; vi 243 n

5Ashtapadi, iii 197 n i. Asht Chhap, vi

83Asidhuj, v 98 n i. Asman Khan, son-in-law of

Painda Khan, iv 190, 194, 198,

204,

210Asoka, Int. Iv.

Asmr-i-Itrat-i-Far7di, vi 358 n i. As wad of Makka, iv 380 n i. Atal Rai, Baba, iv 49 n i, 130,

|3I«.

Atar Singh, Sir, Int. Ixxxvi n.

Aurangzeb, Pref. xviii ; treat ment of Hindus, Int. xlviii, xlix ; iv 277, 298, 300, 303, 304, 305, 307, 317, 368, 369, 375, 388, 391 ; v 20, 107, 164, 179, 201.

Aurangzeb, sons of, v 229 n i.

Austerities, G. Gobind Singh on, v 271.

Authenticity of religious books, Int. liii.

Awadh (Oude), vi 61 n 3.

Azrail, i 178 n i.

Baba, ii 2 n 2.

Babar, Emperor, imprisons G. Nanak, i in ; visits him, i 113 ; succeeded by Humayun, ii 19 ; descendants of, iv 379 n i.

Babhikhan, King of Ceylon, vi 24 n 2.

Badaoni, iii 84.

Badri Narain, vi 102.

Badr-ul-Dm, Maulana, Farid's son-in-law, vi 378.

Baghdad, G. Nanak's visit to, i 179.

Bagrian, Lord of, iv 150 n i.

Bahilo, Bhai, iii 8, 13 ; v 207.

Bahlol Khan Lodi, Int. Ixxi.

Bahadur Shah, Emperor, his relations with Guru Gobind Singh, v 230 ; their interview in Agra, v 232 ; his death in Lahore, 251.

Baha-ul-Dm Zakaria, vi 363 n i,

37.2, 375-

Bahia villages, iv

294Bairagi, i 141 n i, 161, 332; vi

105Bairars, v 204 n i,

226Baisakhi festival, iii 26 ; iv

290Bajra, iv 291 n i. Bakala, iv 69 ; G. Teg Bahadur

Bakrld, vi 341.

Bala, Int. Ixxviii, Ixxix, Ixxx,

Ixxxvii. Bali, portions of offerings, i 279

n 2 ; iv 346 n i . Bali, son of Prahlad, vi 63 n

4Balkrira, i

2Ballu, Bhai, with G. Amar Das,

ii 58,

117Balmlk, iii

414Balwand, Musician, ii 15, 21, 23,

253.

Bamdev, vi

36Bam Maragis, iii 348 n i. Banaras, i 61 n 2 ; ii 87 ; saw

at, i 274 n i ; iv 304 ; visit of

Gobind Rai, iv 365 ; vi 27, 30,

124, 131, 314 n 3, 138 n i. Banda, early history of, v 237 ;

career in the Panjab, 246 ;

execution of,

253Bandai Khalsa, v

250Bandishar, iv 27 n

2Bania, iii

67Banno, compiler of the Granth

Sahib, i 41 n 5 ; iii 66 ; vi 1,419. Baptism of Sikh recruits, Pref.

xxv ; v 95 n i. Bar, tract in Panjab, Int. Ixx. Bards employed by Guru Gobind

Singh, v 83, 161, 314 n i. Barley rolls, iv

346Barmaid, Indian, vi 155 n

2Baroda, H.H. the Gaekwar of,

Pref. xxvii. Barwanal, i 63 n

3Basali, v 141.

Basant, Indian spring, i 371 n i. Basarka, ii 35,

66Basava, horse dealer, iv

218Batala, birthplace of G. Nanak's

wife, i 19 n i, 109, 157,

158Bathing, G. Nanak on, i 146, 152,

177 n i, 372 n i ; iii 1 1 ;

Hindu times for, ii 254 n 2 ;

G. Gobind Singh's injunctions

Bathing (continued] —

regarding, v 161 ; Kabir on,

vi 214.

Bawa Wali of Kandhar, i

172Bawan, v 262 n

4Bawan Akhari, iii

168Beauty, thirty- two marks of, vi

64 n i. Bedis, v

294Beni, Pandit, ii 134; Bhagat,

vi 88.

Bentinck, Lord W., Pref. xxii. Ber tree, i 122 ; ii

142Betel, use of, iv 179 ; ingredients

of, 244, 248 n 4 ; as lip-salve,

vi 256 n 3.

Betrothal ceremony, iii

76Bhagat Mai, iii 415 n ; vi 2, 3, 5,

20, 36, 37 n 2, 86, 95 n i, 100

n i, 102, 119, 126 n i, 131 n i. Bhagat Ratandwali of Mani Singh,

Int. Ixxv, Ixxix. Bhagats, vi i n i. Bhagats of Granth Sahib, vi i ;

authorities for their lives, vi

2Bhagauti, iii 108 n i. Bhagauti ki War, v

81Bhagawad Gita, vi 124 n i ; G.

Har Kishan's reading of, iv 32 1 . Bhago, Indian heroine, v 2 1 3, 2 1 5,

220.

Bhagwan Gir, iv

288Bhagbhari, presents a robe to

the Guru, iv

61Bhagirath, i 145 ; ii 262 n i ;

vi 162 n

5Bhagtu, Bhai, ii 272 n i ; iv 276,

290,

291Bhai, meaning of, Int. Ixxiv n ;

ii 5-

Bhairo, mutilator of idol, iv 218.

Bhai Rupa, iv 151.

Bhana, Bhai, son of Bhai Buddha, iv 125, 142 ; sent for by G. Har Gobind, iv 222 ; conse crates G. Har Rai, iv 235.

Bhang, i 120, 174 ; v 153 ; vi 71

»3, 314.

Bhangani, battle of, v 35.

Bhani, BIbi, daughter of G. Amar Das, ii 30 ; marriage with Ram Das, ii 91 ; devotion to her father, ii 1 44 ; birth of her son,

ii 93- Bharthari, King of U j j ain, i 1 69 n 3

INDEX

Bhatinda, legend of, v 221, 222 n i.

Bhattewal, vi 39.

Bhawani, v 262 n 3.

Bhikan, Bhagat, vi i ; his hymns, 416.

Bhikan Khan, v 20, 30, 40, 42.

Bhikan Shah, Saiyid, iv 358, 366.

Bhikha, bard, ii 85.

Bhikhia, betrothal of his daugh ter Jito, v 2.

Bhim Chand, Raja of Bilaspur, j v 5, 7 ; visit to G. Gobind Singh, 8 ; desires elephant, 8 ; scorns Guru, 9 ; quarrel with j Fateh Shah, 27 ; subsequent war, 38, 50.

Bhoi, Rai, Int. Ixxi.

Bhringi, iv 247 n 5.

Bhujangam, Jogi belief, iii 360 n i.

Bhup Chand, Raja of Handur, v 126, 131.

Bias, river, ii 34, 42, 66, 109, 1 50 ; iv 102.

Bibaris, ii 84 n i .

Bibeksar, tank, iv 48.

Bidhi Chand, iii 22 ; iv 4, 35, 84, 89, 96, 108, in, 114; early history of, iv 154 ; recovery of horse for Guru, iv 158 ; goes disguised as magician for second horse, iv 175 ; at battle of Nathana, iv 181, 186 ; at battle of Kartarpur, iv 204 ; visit to Budhan Shah, iv 213; sent to Bay of Bengal, where he met Sundar Shah, iv 216, 225 ; death, iv 226.

Bidur, ii 331 n i ; iii 415 ; vi 41, 252.

Bigha, land measure, iii 252 n i.

Bigotry of Muhammadans, Int. Ixxxvi.

Bijli Khan, Nawab of Gorakhpur, vi 139.

Bilaspur, capital of Kahlur, v 6.

Bilawal, ii 229 n i.

Binaipal, v 221.

Bindhiachal, v 270 n i.

Bindraban, i 57 ; vi 347 n i.

Birbar, Raja, iii 15.

Birth, human, vi 289 n i, 404 n i.

Bishan Singh, Raja, iv 348 n i.

Bisiar, G. Nanak's visit to, i 93.

Bismillah, i 240 n 5 ; vi 259 n i, 364-

Body, compared to puddle, i 21 n 4 ; formation of, 198 n i ; gates of, vi 16 n 2, 169 n 2 and 3 ; mystical divisions of, 180 n i.

Bohr tree, ii 39 n i.

Books, sacred, of Muhammadans, i 167 n i ; of Hindus, ii 192.

Boons, four, iii 121 n i.

Brahma, god of Creation, i 40 n 3, 215 n i, 300 n i ; ii 193 n i ; iv 254 n 4, 255 ; sons of, vi 128 n 7, 201, 271 n i.

Brahmand, mundane egg, iii 230 n i.

Brahmans, power of, Int. xxxix, Ivii ; duties of, i 255 n i ; sacred herbs of, 155 n i, 307 n 2 ; cooking of, 132 ; cus toms, iii 193 n i ; ii 204 n i ; iii 317 n 2 ; iv 134 n i ; v 74 n i ; rules for, vi 104 n 2 ; origin of, 146 n i ; Kulin of Bengal, vi 338 n 2.

Brahmaputra, G. Nanak's jour ney on, i 8 1.

Brahm Das, Kashmiri Pandit, i 163, 167.

Brahm, Shaikh, i 84, 102, 285 ; genealogy of, vi 357.

Brain, nectar distilled from, vi 16 n 2, 155 n i.

Branding with irons, v 279 n 2.

Breath, five species of, i 99 n i, 378 n 2 ; suspension of, i 378 n 2 ; exercises with, vi 16 n 2.

Bridal dresses at Farid's shrine,

vi 375-

Bridge, of floating stones, vi 40 n 2 ; to heaven, 334 n 4.

Brihaspati, teacher of gods, wife abducted by moon, vi 81 n i, 138 n2.

Brooms, Jains' use of, i 151 n 2.

Browning on transmigration, Int. Ixvii.

Budha, Bhai, Int. Ixxiv, Ixxvii, meeting with G. Nanak, i 133 ; invests G. Angad, ii n ; find ing of G. Angad, ii 1 3 ; invests G. Amar Das, ii 43 ; finding of G. Amar Das, ii 65 ; receives rules of religion from Guru, ii

Budha (continued) —

137 ; invests G. Ram Das, ii 146 ; superintends building of tank at Amritsar, ii 271 ; teacher of Har Gobind, iii 49 ; entrusted with care of Granth Sahib, iii 66 ; inaugurates Har Gobind, iv 2, 4 ; visit to G. Har Gobind at Gualiar, iv 24 ; organizes sacred concerts, iv 57 ; returns to forest life, iv 70 ; visit to Sri Har Gobind- pur, iv 1 20 ; retires to his vil lage, iv 121 ; vision of G. Arjan, iv 125 ; death iv, 127.

Budha, Int. liii, liv ; i 64 ; iv 345.

Budhan Shah, meeting with G. Nanak, iv 140 ; with Gurdita at Kiratpur, iv 142 ; visit of Har Gobind to, 2 1 3 ; his death, 215.

Budhism, sacred books, Pref. v ; expulsion of, Int. Iv, Ivii ; causes thereof, Int. Iv, Ivi.

Budhu Shah, v 18 ; bravery 37 ; Guru's gift, 45,

Buh, G. Ar jan's prediction on, iii

22.

Bular, Rai, Int. Ixxi, Ixxii, i 2,

II, 15, 19, 21, 31.

Bull, supporter of earth, i 200 n 2,

203 n 2.

Bumble Bees, vi 264 n i. Burnt offerings, i 28 n

3Butter-churning, vi 201 n 2.

Caesar on German gods, Int.

Ixn. Cake, Shaikh Farid's wooden, vi

368, 398 n i.

Calendar, Kabir's, vi

190Call to prayer, Muhammadan, i

179 n

2Canals of Malwa, v 224 ; canal

at Pak Pattan, vi

367Carrion, i 281 n i. Caste, Hindu castes, i 16 n i ;

system attacked by Gurus,

Pref. xxii ; i 278, 283 ; ii

84, 102 ; iv 220, 248 n 4 ;

v 93, 101 ; vi 22, 31, 34, 103,

104, 126, 286 n 6,

319Catechism, Sikh, iv

264Categories, twenty-five, vi 266

Cattle, trespassing, iii 301 n i. Cemeteries, worship of, iv 293 ;

prayers in, vi

375Census of Sikh pilgrims at Har-

dwar, Pref. xx, xxi n. Ceylon, i 146,

154Chacha Phaggo, iv

345Chaitanya, reformer of Bengal,

vi 353 n 3-

Chakars of body, v 261 n 3 ; vi 91 n 8.

Chakor, ii 2 n 3 ; iii 154 ; vi 39.

Chakwi, ruddy sheldrake, i 271 n i.

Challenges, customs of, iv 179.

Chamars, vi 342 n i.

Chamkaur, battle of, v 186, 202.

Ghana (gram), i 68 n 2.

Chanakkya, Niti, iv 7 n 4.

Chandarbans, vi 81 n i.

Chanda Singh, Bhai, commenta tor of Granth Sahib, i 202 n 4.

Chandel, Raja of, v 38.

Chandi, v 80, 83, 289 n i.

Chandu, Emperor's Diwan, iii 70, 79, 87, 98 ; iv 7, 20, 22, 28, 35.

Chaparnala (Gurusar), iv 61.

Charanpahul, initiation cere mony, i 47 n i.

Chatrik, pied Indian cuckoo, i 83 n6, 139 n i ; ii 246 n i.

Chatur Das, Banaras Pandit, i 61.

Chaudhri, ii 28 n i, 29, 136.

Chaupar or Chausar, i 7 n i, 245, n 3 ; iii 426 n i ; iv 201 ; vi

348.

Chautala, iv

356Chhajju, water carrier, iv

322Chhitank, weight, iv 278 n i. Chhotamir, iv 193,

203Chintamani, jewel, vi 325 n

2Chitaur, ancient capital of Mewar,

Int. xlix ; Rana of, vi 318;

Mira Bai's temple, 348 n

3Chitrgupt, i 210 n

2Cholha, i 106 ; iii

21Chronograms, vi 94, 98,

384Chronology, Hindu contempt for,

vi

3Chuni Mandi, birthplace of G.

Ram Das, ii

87Circumcision, vi 127 n

2Clarified butter (see Ghi). Clothes, dyeing, i 42 n i ; blue,

i 117 n i ; red, ii 226 n i.

INDEX

Concremation of widows, Pref.

xxii, xxiii ; i 381 ; ii 228 n i. Congress of Orientalists at Rome,

Pref. xxvii, xxviii. Conversion, forcible, of Hindus,

v

174Cooking square, i 43 n i , 5 1 , 1 3 2 ;

vi 129.

Corn, staff of life, vi

239Coronation Ode, ii 24, 27 n 2, 58, „ 253- Courtesan, how saved, ii 338 n i ;

iv 251 ; vi 213, 396 n i. Covetousness inveighed against,

vi 16 n i. Cow, sacrifice of, vi 341 n 4 ;

calf, vi 1 1 8 n i ; reanimation

of, vi 220 n i ; vi 28 n i. Cow-dung, i 43 n i, 242 n

2Crane, vi 413 n i. Creation, i 138 n 4, 195 n 2, 215

n i.

Creator, Indian belief in One, ^ Int. Ixi ; i 300 n i . Cremation grounds, worship of,

iv 293 ; Kabir on, vi 283 n

2Crows, human corpses thrown to,

vi 340 n

2Cuckoo, pied Indian, i 83 n 6,

139 n i ; black Indian, i 139

n

2Cunningham's History of the

Sikhs, iv 21 n i. Customs, Indian, i 39 n 2, 65 n 4

and 7, 76 n 2, 1 1 2 n i , 1 1 5 n i ,

151-90, 1 8 1, 190 n i and 2;

226-348, 279 n 2 ; iii 202 n 2,

317 n 2 ; iv 250, 66 ; v 9 n i,

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