Granthn.

a1792 G. Forster Journ. Bengal to Eng. (1798) I. xi. 255 A book, entitled the Grunth,..is the only typical object which the Sicques have admitted into their places of worship.

1837 Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 6 i. 480 The Granthas, or sacred books, of the Dadupanthi Sect.

1838 E. Eden Let. 10 Dec. in Up Country (1866) II. i. 7 There was a large collection of priests, sitting in a circle, with the ‘Grooht’, their holy book, in the centre.

1839 H. Bevan Thirty Years India II. i. 7 This compilation is called Granth, and is held at least in as high veneration by the Sikhs as the Bible by Christians.

1852 J. M. Honigberger 35 Years in East I. 99 The Gooroos, or priests of the Sikhs, did the same, from their holy scripture called Grunthsaheb.

1877 Good Words 18 699 Nanuk was rather the bard, who handed down in his Grunth the verses of Kubeer and other fakeers.

1901 N. Amer. Rev. Feb. 303 The Sikh still..visits the temple to listen to the reading of the Granth.

1927 Daily Tel. 22 Feb. 11/5 Three hundred Sikhs, carrying the Granth Sahib, or Holy Book,..were attacked by infuriated Moslems.

1961 P. Spear India xxii. 249 Guru Gobind lost his sons in battle; after his death in 1708 the guruship lapsed and its place was taken by the Sikh scriptures or Granth Sahib as the sole object of worship.