<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>AMRITDH&#256R&#298 </TITLE>਍㰀猀琀礀氀攀 琀礀瀀攀㴀∀琀攀砀琀⼀挀猀猀∀㸀ഀഀ
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<p class="C1">&#65279AMRITDH&#256R&#298 (<i>amrit</i>, lit. nectar, commonly Sikh sanctified initiatory water +<i>dh&#257r&#299</i> = practitioner) is one who has received baptismal vows of the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 initiated by Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh (30 March 1699) and abides by them and by the <i>pañj kak&#257r&#299 rahit</i>, distinctive insignia introduced by the Gur&#363 on that day comprising five symbols, each beginning with the Gurmukh&#299 letter "&#2581" (pronounced "kakk&#257") or its Roman equivalent "k". These are <i>kes</i> (long unshorn hair and beard), <i>ka&#7749gh&#257</i> (a comb to keep the hair tidy), <i>kirp&#257n</i> (a sword), <i>ka&#7771&#257</i> ( a steel bracelet worn around the wrist), and <i>kachh</i> (short breeches worn by soldiers).</p>਍㰀瀀 挀氀愀猀猀㴀∀䌀㄀∀㸀☀渀戀猀瀀㬀☀渀戀猀瀀㬀☀渀戀猀瀀㬀☀渀戀猀瀀㬀☀渀戀猀瀀㬀☀渀戀猀瀀㬀☀渀戀猀瀀㬀☀渀戀猀瀀㬀匀攀攀 倀☀⌀㈀㔀㘀䠀唀䰀㰀⼀瀀㸀ഀഀ
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"><i>Sikh Rahit Mary&#257d&#257</i>, Amritsar, 1975<BR>਍㰀氀椀 挀氀愀猀猀㴀∀䌀㄀∀㸀 䬀愀瀀甀爀 匀椀渀最栀Ⰰ 㰀椀㸀倀愀爀☀⌀㈀㔀㜀☀⌀㌀㐀㜀愀爀愀瀀爀愀☀⌀㌀㐀㜀渀愀㰀⼀椀㸀⸀ 䄀洀爀椀琀猀愀爀Ⰰ ㄀㤀㠀㤀㰀䈀刀㸀ഀഀ
<li class="C1"> Sher Singh, Giani, ed. , <i>Thoughts on Forms and Symbols in Sikhism</i>. Lahore, 1927<BR>਍㰀氀椀 挀氀愀猀猀㴀∀䌀㄀∀㸀 唀戀攀爀漀椀Ⰰ 䨀⸀ 倀⸀ 匀⸀ Ⰰ ∀吀栀攀 䘀椀瘀攀 匀礀洀戀漀氀猀 漀昀 匀椀欀栀椀猀洀Ⰰ ∀ 椀渀 㰀椀㸀匀椀欀栀椀猀洀㰀⼀椀㸀⸀ 倀愀琀椀愀氀愀Ⰰ ㄀㤀㘀㤀㰀䈀刀㸀ഀഀ
<li class="C1"> Nripinder Singh, <i>The Sikh Moral Tradition</i>. Delhi, 1990<BR>਍㰀⼀漀氀㸀㰀瀀 挀氀愀猀猀㴀∀䌀伀一吀∀㸀倀椀☀⌀㈀㔀㜀爀☀⌀㈀㔀㜀 匀椀☀⌀㜀㜀㐀㤀最栀 匀☀⌀㈀㔀㜀洀戀栀☀⌀㈀㤀㤀㰀戀爀㸀㰀⼀瀀㸀㰀䈀刀㸀ഀഀ
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