Panthan (meaning "path" in Sanskrit) is the term used for several religious traditions in India.
A panth is founded by a guru or an acharya, and is often led by scholars or senior practitioners of the tradition. A guru (गुरु গুরু is a person who is regarded as having great knowledge wisdom and authority in a certain area and uses it to guide others An acharya ( acariya in Pali) is an important religious teacher ( Guru) who teaches by his own example (from Sanskrit 'achara' behavior
Some of the major panthas in India are:
- Khalsa Panth (Guru Gobind Singh's Sikhism)
- Nanak Panth (Sikhism)
- Sahaja Panth (Universal)
- Kabir Panth (Part of the Sahaja)
- Dadu Panth (Part of the Sahaja)
- Tera Panth (Jain)
- Satnami Panth (Hindu)
- Nath Panth (Hindu)
- Varkari Panth (Hindu)
- Sat Panth (Shia, Islamic)
- Rasul Panth (Islamic)
- Pagal Panth (Islamic)
References
- Kabir and the Kabir Panth by G. Khalsa Panth (meaning a group of baptized Sikhs (ਖਾਲਸਾ ਪੰਥ khālsā panth) is the Theocracy that manages the affairs of the Khalsa Guru Gobind Singh (ਗੁਰੂ ਗੋਬਿੰਦ ਸਿੰਘ gʊɾu gobɪn̪d̪ sɪ́ŋg ( December 22, 1666 &ndash 7 October, 1708) was Sikhism ( IPA: or; ਸਿੱਖੀ sikkhī, IPA:) founded on the teachings of Nanak and nine successive gurus in fifteenth century Sahaja means spontaneous natural joy of a divine nature It was first used by Saraha and other Buddhists in north India in the 8th century CE Kabirpanthi (or Kabir Panth) is a religious community in India which recognizes Kabir as their Satguru or Prophet. Dadu Dayal (1544 - 1603 was a sant from Gujarat, India. "Dadu" means brother and "Dayal" means "the compassionate one" Terapanth (or Tera Panth the name given to two independent Jain sects Digambar Terapanth: A sect of the Digambara tradition that A Hindu ( Devanagari: हिन्दू is an adherent of the philosophies and scriptures of Hinduism, a set of religious, Philosophical The Sanskrit word nāthá ( Hindi nāth) is the proper name of a Siddha Sampradaya (initiatory tradition and the word itself The Varkari (वारकरी tradition is a part of the Bhakti spiritual tradition of Hinduism, particularly in the Indian states of Maharashtra And ' Satpanth ' is a subgroup (but not separate from Nizari Ismailism, a blend of Ismaili Sufism and Hinduism, inspired by followers of Pir For other meanings including people named 'Islam' see Islam (disambiguation. H. Wescott, South Asia Books; (July 1, 1986)
- The Bijak of Kabir by Linda Hess and Shukdev Singh, Oxford University Press, 2002
- One Hundred Poems of Kabir: Translated by Rabindranath Tagore. Assisted by Evelin Underhill, Adamant Media Corporation, 2005
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