Nirankar
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Nirankar (Template:Langx[1]) is one of the many attributes associated to God in Sikhism and means The Formless One.
Etymology
The word has its roots in the Sanskrit word nirākārā (Template:Langx) and is a compound of two words: Nir meaning "without" and Akar (or Akaar), "shape" or "form"; hence, The Formless.[2]
Meaning and usage
The term is used as one of the names of God by Sikhs.[3]
It finds usage in the Guru Granth Sahib:
Conjunction
The words is sometime conjoined with other terms. Some examples are below:
History
The term was first used to describe the divine by Guru Nanak.[1] The name later would become the namesake of the Nirankari sect founded by Baba Dayal Singh.[1]
References
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- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Nesbitt, Eleanor (2016). Sikhism: a very short introduction (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 66. ISBN 978-0-19-874557-0.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."God in Sikhism 3". www.speakingtree.in. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.McLeod, William H., ed. (1990). Textual sources for the study of Sikhism. Textual sources for the study of religion. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press. p. 126. ISBN 978-0-226-56085-4.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kumar, Nirmal (2006). Sikh Philosophy and Religion: 11th Guru Nanak Memorial Lectures. Guru Nanak memorial lecture series. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. p. 212. ISBN 9781932705683.
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