Sukhmani Sahib

Sukhmani Sahib
ਸੁਖਮਨੀ ਸਾਹਿਬ
Guru Granth Sahib
Sukhmani Sahib chapter from an illuminated Guru Granth Sahib manuscript housed at Burhanpur, Madhya Pradesh, India
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ReligionSikhism
AuthorGuru Arjan
LanguageMix of Punjabi and Braj
Periodca.1602

Sukhmani Sahib (Punjabi: ਸੁਖਮਨੀ ਸਾਹਿਬ), known under the title of Gauri Sukhmani in the scripture (named after the Gauri raga musical measure it belongs to), is usually translated to mean Prayer of Peace is a set of 192 padas (stanzas of 10 hymns) present in the holy Guru Granth Sahib, the main scripture and living Guru of Sikhism from Ang 262 to Ang 296 (about 35 count). This Gurbani text (writing of the Gurus) was written by the 5th Guru, Guru Arjan (1563–1606) at Amritsar in around 1602. Guru Arjan first recited the bani at Gurdwara Barth Sahib in the Gurdaspur district of Punjab, India.

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