Panth
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Panth (meaning a path in Sanskrit) is the term used for several religious traditions in India. In Sikhism, it refers to the Brotherhood of Sikhs.
A panth is founded by a guru or an acharya, and is often led by scholars or senior practitioners of the tradition.
Some of the major panthas in India are:
- Sahaja Panth (Universal)
- Kabir Panth (Part of the Sahaja)
- Dadu Panth (Part of the Sahaja)
- Nanak Panth (Sikhism)
- Khalsa Panth (Guru Gobind Singh's Sikhism)
- Tera Panth (Jain)
- Satnami Panth (Hindu)
- Nath Panth (Hindu)
- Varkari Panth (Hindu)
- Sat Panth (Shia, Islamic)
[edit] References
- Kabir and the Kabir Panth by G. H. Wescott, South Asia Books; (July 1, 1986)
- The Bijak of Kabir by Linda Hess and Shukdev Singh, Oxford University Press, 2002
- One Hundred Poems of Kabir: Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Assisted by Evelin Underhill, Adamant Media Corporation, 2005
