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Explore Patti

The Guru Granth Sahib Project

Thursday

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October

2024

Guru Granth Sahib

The Guru Granth Sahib Project

Patti is a poetic form based on the Gurmukhi alphabet. Historically, students used a wooden tablet, known as patti in Panjabi, to practice writing the alphabet. The Guru Granth Sahib includes many compositions based on the alphabet.

Patti is a poetic form based on the Gurmukhi alphabet. Historically, students used a wooden tablet, known as patti in Panjabi, to practice writing the alphabet.‍

‍The Guru Granth Sahib includes many compositions based on the alphabet. The Patti, revealed by Guru Nanak Sahib, is one of those compositions. It consists of thirty-five stanzas of two lines each and a stanza of rahau or Pause.

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Jasleen Kaur

Research Associate

Jasleen Kaur is a Research Associate at the Sikh Research Institute. She has received a Religious Studies B.A./M.A. from the University of Virginia, focusing on South Asian Religions through the lens of literature and poetry.

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