BHASA (Commentary)

In Punjabi Letters this term is not current. There is a long tradition of tikas, meaning compositions in which a poetic text is published with every line followed by its meaning in prose, including a brief comment wherever considered necessary by the tikakar.

References :

1. Grierson, G.A., Linguistic Survey of Inidia, Vol. IX, Part 1, Delhi 1968.
2. Singh, G.B., Gurmukhi Lippi da Janam te Vikas, Chandigarh, 1972.,