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" The A to Z of Sikhism / "
W.H. McLeod.
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BL
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957759
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b712129
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McLeod, W. H.
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| Title & Author
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The A to Z of Sikhism /\ W.H. McLeod.
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| Publication Statement
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Lanham :: Scarecrow Press,, 2009.
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| Series Statement
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A to Z guide series ;; no. 45
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1 online resource (xxxii, 297 pages) :: map.
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0810863448
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0810868288
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9780810868281
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Originally published in 2005 as Historical dictionary of Sikhism, 2nd ed.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-296).
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| Contents
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Editor's Foreword; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Map; Chart: The Descendants of Guru Amar Das and Guru Ram Das; Chronology; Introduction; The Dictionary; Bibliography; About the Author.
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"There is more to Sikhism than the distinctive dress of its adherents: the emergence of Guru Nanak, the founder, and his long line of successors; the precepts, many related to liberation through the divine name or nam; a particularly turbulent history in which the Sikhs have fought to affirm their beliefs and resist external domination; and, more recently, the dispersion f Sikhs from the Punjab throughout the rest of India and on to Europe and the Americas. With this emigration, Sikhism has become considerably less exotic but hardly better known to outsiders. The A to Z of Sikhism provides a brief introduction, a chronology, and a dictionary containing several hundred entries that present the Gurus and other leaders, trace Sikhism's complex history, expound some of its precepts and concepts, describe many of its rites and rituals, and explain the meaning of numerous Sikh expressions."--Page 4 of cover.
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Sikhism, Dictionaries.
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RELIGION-- Sikhism.
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Sikhism.
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| Dewey Classification
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294.6/03
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BL2017.3M35 2009eb
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McLeod, W. H.
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