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Seir Mutaqharin, Ghulam Hussain Khan, (translated by M. Raymond)
They form a particular society as well as a sect, which distinguishes itself by wearing almost always blue clothes (1), and going armed at all times. (2) It is true that they wear only a short blue jacket, and blue longdraws: but they use likewise the yellow and the...
Sketches Chiefly Relating to the History, Religion, Learning, and Manners of the Hindoos, Quintin Craufurd
Blue, which is generally considered as an inauspicious colour by the Hindus, distinguishes the dress of the Sikhs; as if Nanak meant to show by this, the weakness and absurdity of superstitious prejudices. Their dress commonly consists in blue trowsers of cotton...
Bansavalinama, Kesar Singh Chhibbar
ਤਾਂ ਸੀਸ ਕੇਸ ਰਖ ਸਿਪਾਹੀ ਕਰਨੇ । ਕਟਿ ਸ਼ਾਸ਼ਤ੍ਰ ਬੰਧਵਾਇ ਸਿੰਘ ਨਾਮ ਧਰਨੇ । ਮਾਤਾ ਕਾਲੀ ਦਾ ਬਾਣਾ ਨੀਲਾ ਪਹਿਰਾਵਣਾ । ਕਰਨਾ ਜੁਧ ਨਾਲਿ ਤੁਰਕਾਂ ਦੇ ਮਾਰਿ ਹਟਾਵਣਾ ।293। [And the Guru remarked], Adorning [unshorn] hair on your head, you shall be warriors, fastening weapons to your waist, and...
A Treatise on the History, Religion and Culture of the Sikhs, Antoine Louis Henri Polier
Their Dress is extremely scanty, a pair of blue Drawers, a kind of chequered Plaid worn partly round the middle and partly over the shoulder with a mean blue Turban forms all their Equipage. SHARE GYAAN WITH THE SANGAT This is a truly panthic effort, we would be...
SHARE GYAAN WITH THE SANGAT
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