75:5 An ancient order of Jogis.

75:6 Ancient sages.

77:1 The Hindu Trinity.

78:1 The word Wār originally meant a dirge for the brave slain in battle; then it meant any song of praise; and in this collection it means God's praises generally.

82:1 The Rahirās is a collection of hymns by several Gurus.

86:1 The word is derived from sowan wela—in Punjābi, 'the time for sleep.'

88:1 The pied Indian cuckoo, a bird famous in Indian literature.

88:2 The body.

94:1 Guru Arjan was the compiler of the Granth Sāhib. He wrote a great number of hymns himself and more than half the sacred volume is made up of his own compositions.

101:1 Guru Gobind Singh's Jāpji was composed in order to supply the Sikhs with an equivalent to the Hindu Vishnu Sahasar Nām——Vishnu's thousand names. It is held by them in the same estimation as the Japji of Guru Nānak.

103:1 Hingula is another of the names of Pārbati or Durga, consort of Shiv.

104:1 Natives of the country of Magadha, now South Bihar.

104:2 The Telegu country, on the east coast of India, between Orissa and Madras.

108:1 Goddess of eloquence and learning.

108:2 The elephant-headed god of learning.

108:3 Hindu names of demons.

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