Definition of Guru nanak

1. Noun. Indian religious leader who founded Sikhism in dissent from the caste system of Hinduism; he taught that all men had a right to search for knowledge of God and that spiritual liberation could be attained by meditating on the name of God (1469-1538).

Exact synonyms: Nanak
Category relationships: Sikhism
Generic synonyms: Religious Leader

Lexicographical Neighbors of Guru Nanak

Gunzberg's reagent
Gunzberg's test
Guo
Guomindang
Guoyu
Gupta
Gur
Gurage
Guria
Gurindji
Gurjit
Gurkha
Gurkhas
Gurmukhi
Guru Granth Sahib
Guru Nanak
Gus
Gusii
Gussenbauer's suture
Gustav
Gustav Hertz
Gustav Klimt
Gustav Ludwig Hertz
Gustav Mahler
Gustav Robert Kirchhoff
Gustav Theodor Fechner
Gustave
Gustave Courbet
Gustave Flaubert
Gustavus

Literary usage of Guru nanak

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... and in later times the strict observants or elect were called the Khalsa. The founder of the sect, Nanak (now called Sri guru nanak ..."

2. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"guru nanak l»y$: " Caste hath no power in the next world ; there is a new order of beings. ... This is not the case guru nanak wrote: " By drinking wine man ..."

3. Dancing With Siva: Hinduism's Contemporary Catechism by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, Himalayan Academy, Master Subramuniya (2003)
"Religion of nine million members founded in India about 500 years ago by the saint guru nanak. A reformist faith, Sikhism rejects ..."

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