a collection of the hymns of the first four Gurus and some of those of Guru Arjan Dev Ji
It is a commonly used title in English for the Holy Granth of the Sikhs. The irony is that it is not the title of the Holy Granth. Some use this title for the first Pothi (Granth) prepared by Guru Arjan in 1604. The title assigned to the Holy Granth by the SGPC is Aad Sri Guru Granth Sahib Jee, which is rarely used. by the scholars. Moreover, 'Aad' is spelled as 'Adi' because they transliterate the 'sihaari' of Punjabi as 'i' in English. In the Gurbani, incorporated in the AGGS, the 'siaari' with a Punjabi letter puts an emphasis on that letter and is never pronounced as 'i'. In this book the Holy Granth is always addressed as "Aad Guru Granth Sahib' (abbreviated as AGGS) without the use of 'Sri' because the use of 'Sri' before 'Guru' (the Almighty) is redundant. Similarly ‘Jee’ is also removed from the title because it is also redundant after ‘Sahib’. For further discussion please consult Chahal [1, 2].
("the primal book") The Sikh sacred text, also known as the Guru Granth Sahib.
Literally 'The First Book', the sacred book of the sokhs; compiled by Guru Arjan Dev, the fourth successorof Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism (probaly 1614 AD).
Adi means first, Adi Granth is the first edition of the Guru Granth Sahib as was compiled by Guru Arjun in 1604.
Literally "the first book." The early compilation of the Sikh scriptures by Guru Arjan, the fith Sikh Guru, in 1604.
The Adi Granth (, ; pronounced Aad Granth), literally "the first book" is an early compilation of the Sikh scriptures by Guru Arjan, the fifth Sikh Guru. Often, the term is used to refer to the Guru Granth Sahib. In actual fact, the Guru Granth Sahib is an expansion of the Adi Granth which was written in 1604.
