Hymns From The Dasam Granth

What this book is about

A selection of seventy hymns from the Dasam Granth, edited by Prof. Gobind Singh Mansukhani, M.A., Ph.D., and published by Hemkunt Press of New Delhi; the title page records a first publication in 1980, a sixth revised edition of 1997 and a seventh edition of 2004, with the ISBN 81-7010-180-8, printed at Hindustan Offset Press, New Delhi. The preface states that the book is a companion to an earlier volume of Hymns from Guru Granth Sahib, and that the seventy hymns are arranged under headings on God, the Holy Name, False Religion, the Transitory World, Universal Brotherhood, the Khalsa, Yoga, Supplication and the Guru himself. It adds that the last section draws on Bachitra Natak and Zafar-Namah, both autobiographical, and that some of the hymns are commonly sung in gurdwaras.