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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).
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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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