Sakhi (
Gurmukhi
Gurmukhī ( , Shahmukhi: ) is an abugida developed from the Laṇḍā scripts, standardized and used by the second Sikh guru, Guru Angad (1504–1552). Commonly regarded as a Sikh script, Gurmukhi is used in Punjab, India as the official scrip ...
: ਸਾਖੀ; ''sākhī'') literally means 'historical account', 'anecdote', or 'story'. It is derived from the Sanskrit word ''sākṣī'' (साक्षी) which literally means 'witness'.
The term refers to the accounts of the historical events in
Sikhism
Sikhism is an Indian religion and Indian philosophy, philosophy that originated in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent around the end of the 15th century CE. It is one of the most recently founded major religious groups, major religio ...
. It is a tale usually from the era during the times of the
Sikh Gurus
The Sikh gurus (Punjabi language, Punjabi: ਸਿੱਖ ਗੁਰੂ; Hindi: सिख गुरु) are the spiritual masters of Sikhism, who established the religion over the course of about two and a half centuries, beginning in 1469. The year ...
and their devoted followers and associates. However, many Sakhis do exist from the period before and after the times of the
Ten Gurus. Most Sakhis have a moral lesson and highlight important Sikh principles.
Compilation
A collection of over five-hundred anecdotes from Sikh history was said to have been compiled in a work known as the ''Panj Sau Sakhi'', which is now lost.
An extant work titled ''Sau Sakhi'' contains a hundred anecdotes.
See also
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Janamsakhi
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Bhat Vahis
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Sau Sakhi
References
Further reading
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External links
www.sikh-history.comwww.sikhpoint.com
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