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Sikhism
(1,444 words)
[German Version]
I. Religious Studies
1. Beginnings. Sikhism was brought into being at the turn of the 16th century by Guru Nānak in the Punjab (Pakistan/northern India). At that time the community called itself
Nānak-panth (“path of Nānak”) or
gurmat (“teaching of the guru”). As the community grew more complex, subgroups with various names emerged. Within the North Indian
bhakti of the Sants, Sikhism represents a regional variant, which nevertheless is aware of its ties to both the Sant tradition and in part also the Sufi tradition (Islam: II, 5) of th…
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Religion Past and Present
Sikhismus
(1,271 words)
[English Version]
I. Religionsgeschichtlich
1.
Gründung. Der S. wurde an der Wende vom 15. zum 16.Jh. von Gurū Nānak im Punjab (Pakistan bzw. Nordindien) ins Leben gerufen. Die Eigenbez. der Gemeinschaft lautete damals »Pfad Nānaks« (Nānak-panth) oder auch »Lehre des Gurū« (gurmat). Mit der Differenzierung der Gemeinschaft traten entsprechende Gruppenbez. hinzu. Innerhalb der nordindischen Bhakti der Sants stellt der S. eine regionale Sonderform dar, die sich jedoch mit der Sant-Tradition ebenso ver…
