Grunth

English

Proper noun

the Grunth

1. (obsolete) Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh religious scripture.
   • 1846, William Lewis M'Gregor, The History of the Sikhs, page 44:

     The Grunth, held by the Hindoos, was no doubt received as a sure proof of the future greatness of Nanuk.

   • 1879, Frances Maria Milman, Memoir of the Right Rev. Robert Milman, page 79:

     The Grunth, the holy book of the Sikhs, seems to be becoming an object of idolatrous worship. They do puja to it, and carry it in procession daily.

References

• Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “Grunth”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].