[PDF.26gl] When Sparrows Became Hawks: The Making of the Sikh Warrior Tradition, 1699-1799

When Sparrows Became Hawks: The Making of the Sikh Warrior Tradition, 1699-1799

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 | #101831 in Books |  Oxford University Press |  2011-11-22 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  6.40 x1.10 x9.40l,1.15 | File type: PDF | 272 pages

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||4 of 6 people found the following review helpful.| Theorizing devotion through cultural practices|By Amandeep Khalsa|Purnima has made a diligent attempt to excavate the past from various sources. This makes her work somewhat important for a serious look. However, theorizing devotion and especially cautious eclipsing of Guru Teg Bahadur's and Guru Gobind Singh's transcendental prophetic vision, can be easily located in this book| ||"Built on a close reading of Punjabi and Farsi sources, Purnima Dhavan's narrative of eighteenth-century Sikh history begins with Guru Gobind Singh and the inauguration of the Khalsa and goes on to examine three important but relatively little studied Sikh le

Challenging the commonly accepted belief that the distinctive rituals, ceremonies, and cultural practices associated with the Khalsa were formed during the lifetime of the Tenth and last Sikh Guru, Gobind Singh, Purnima Dhavan reveals how such markers of Khalsa identity evolved slowly over the course of the eighteenth century. By focusing on the long-overlooked experiences of peasant communities, she traces the multiple perspectives and debates that eventually coalesced ...

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