<div>The original Concept of Akalpurakh
Dr. Gurbhagat Singh
(Ex-Head, Department of English, Punjabi University, Patiala)
Dasam Granth is the creation of Guru Gobind Singh. The controversy regarding its authorship is without substance. According to the accepted scholarly norms, if a written historical evidence regarding the authorship of a work is not available, then, it is the internal evidence and cultural memory that are taken into consideration. Since the "eternal departure" of Guru Gobind Singh, the Sikh memory, as mediated by the tradition, has always accepted the entire Granth as the writing of Guru Gobind Singh. The most vital internal evidence is of the meta-sign Akal Purakh (Timeless Person) that the Guru elaborates in an identical language in the entire Granth.
The second major and consistent concern is to reinterpret and modify the Hindu myth regarding the avatars and battles between the gods and the demons.
The Akal Purakh or God of Guru Gobind Singh is his model for reshaping human beings and the society that they need to grow. As manifested in the Guru
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Dr. Gurbhagat Singh
(Ex-Head, Department of English, Punjabi University, Patiala)
Dasam Granth is the creation of Guru Gobind Singh. The controversy regarding its authorship is without substance. According to the accepted scholarly norms, if a written historical evidence regarding the authorship of a work is not available, then, it is the internal evidence and cultural memory that are taken into consideration. Since the "eternal departure" of Guru Gobind Singh, the Sikh memory, as mediated by the tradition, has always accepted the entire Granth as the writing of Guru Gobind Singh. The most vital internal evidence is of the meta-sign Akal Purakh (Timeless Person) that the Guru elaborates in an identical language in the entire Granth.
The second major and consistent concern is to reinterpret and modify the Hindu myth regarding the avatars and battles between the gods and the demons.
The Akal Purakh or God of Guru Gobind Singh is his model for reshaping human beings and the society that they need to grow. As manifested in the Guru
More...