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Contents
1 Sikh Holy Texts

1.1 Japji Sahib
1.2 Jaap Sahib
1.3 Anand Sahib
1.4 Rehras Sahib
1.5 Kirtan Sohila
1.6 Tav-Prasad Savaiye
1.7 Sukhmani Sahib

2 Form of Currency

Sikh Holy Texts

Bani is the term used by Sikhs to refer to various sections of the Holy Text that appears in their several Holy Books


The important Banis are listed below:


Japji Sahib

1. Japji Sahib, forms the beginning of the Sri Guru Granth Sahib, which is regarded as the perpetual Guru of the Sikhs. This Bani was complied by Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the founder of Sikhism and the first of the Ten Gurus of Sikhism.

Jaap Sahib

2. Jaap Sahib, forms the first part of the Dasam Granth, which is the Holy Book

Anand Sahib

3. Anand Sahib, is a complilation by the Third guru Guru Amar Das. This bani is part of SGGS. Link to Anand Sahib (http://allaboutsikhs.com/prayers/anand/and-01.htm)

Rehras Sahib

4 Rehras Sahib or Sodar Rehras which consists of hymns from SGGS plus 4a). Sawayya ) 4b). Benti Chaupai ) by Tenth Guru.

Kirtan Sohila

5. Kirtan Sohila – Prayer to be recited before going to sleep – Also recite just before the body is cremated.

Tav-Prasad Savaiye

6. Tav-Prasad Savaiye, Link to: Tav-Prasad Savaiye - English Translation (http://sikhs.org/transl3.htm)


Sukhmani Sahib

7. Sukhmani Sahib



1,3,4,5,7: Part of SGGS.


2,4a, 4b,6:All complied by the tenth Guru of the Sikhs called Guru Gobind Singh Ji and part of Dasam Granth.

Form of Currency

Bani is also the plural form of ban - the subdivision of the Romanian leu and of the Moldovan leu. (1 leu is 100 bani)


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Gurbani di Bhasha te Vyakaran (in Punjabi), by Dr Harkirat Singh, presents a well-researched study on the philological and grammatical aspect of Gurbani.
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