Guru Granth Sahib The holy scripture of the Sikhs, containing about 6,000 hymns written by six Gurus (First- Fifth, Ninth), and more than 2 dozen holy people born in Hindu, Muslim, and low-caste families. The language, which is most often Sant Bhash, is very close to Punjabi. Some hymns are in Persian, Marathi, and Sanskrit based languages. The script used is Gurmukhi which is very akin to Hindi. It was compiled and first installed in the sanctum, Harimandar Sahib, in 1604 by Guru Arjun Dev. Later, the hymns of the ninth Guru were added to it. There is another scripture, Dasam Granth, containing the hymns of the tenth Guru. It was complied by Bhai Mani Singh Shaheed after the death of the Guru. To identify the two Granths, the Guru Granth is also addressed as Adi Guru Granth, Adi means the first one.
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