JAMUNA (YAMUNA) Ganga, Jamuna, Godavari and Sarasvati make effort to touch the dust of the feet of saints. (Malar M. 4, p. 1263) It is the Guru (Ramdas), who assumed the birth and work of Machh (fish incarnation), Kachh (tortoise incamation) and Baraha (boar incarnation) and who (as Krishna) played the game of ball on the bank of Jamuna. (Swayye Mahle Chauthe Ke, p. 1403) The river Yamuna is described in the Puranas as the daughter of the sun (Surya). For sometime Krishna played on its banks. It is said that Krishna\'s elder brother Balarama compelled the river to change its course.
KALIANA, BHAI, a prominent and learned Sikh of the time of Guru Arjan. The Guru once sent him to the hill country, present day Himachal Pradesh, to raise funds and bring timber for the holy Harimandar, then being built at Amritsar. When Kaliana arrived at Mandi, the capital of a hill state of the same name, he found that it was Janam Astami, the birth anniversary of Lord Krsna, pro-claimed by the ruler, Raja Hari Sen, to be observed by the entire population as a day of fasting. Bhai Kaliana and the Sikhs accompanying him did not consider themselves bound by the prince`s fiat in a purely religious matter and did not observe the fast.
KAUR SINGH NIHANG, AKALI (1886-1953), scholar and religious preacher, was the eldest son of Bhai Mahari Singh and Mal Karam Kaur of Paddhar, a small village near Chakar in that part of Jammu and Kashmir which is now under Pakistan`s occupation. Tlic family traced its descent from one TrilokT Nath, who was among the group of Kashmir! Brahmans who had travelled to Chakk Nanaki (Anandpur) in 1675 to tell Guru Tegh Bahadur how they suffered pcrsccuiion at the hands of the Mughal satrap. Trilokt Nath`s son, Amolak Nath, wlio was Akali Kaur Singh`s great grandfather, received the riles o fKhalsa baptism and became Amolak Singli. Kaur Sirigli, whose original name was Puran Singh, was born on 28 June 1886.
KHANU, BHAI, a Chhura Khatri of the village of Dalla, in present day Kapurthala district of the Punjab, was a devoted Sikh of the time of Guru Amar Das. As the Guru once visited Dalla, Bhai Khanu led into his presence a group of villagers including Bhai Taru, Bhai Vega Pasi, Bhai Ugaru, Bhai Nandu Sudana, Bhai Puro and Bhaijhanda. He and his companions received initiation at his hands. The Guru, says Bhai Mani Singh, Sikhdn di Bhagat Maid, advised them to feed the needy. "To share one`s victuals with others,"
KIDARA, BHAI, an inhabitant of the village of Maddar, now in Sheikhupura district of Pakistan, was a devout Sikh of the time of Guru Arjan. He was, according to the tradition preserved in his village, miraculously cured of a wasting disease. The story was, as says Bhai Santokh Singh, Sri Gur Pratap Suraj Granth, related by one Bhai Manik of Maddar to Guru Hargobind at the time of his visit to the village while returning from Kashmir around 1620. Guru Hargobind was told that Guru Arjan had once visited the village and Bhai Kidara was one of the local Siklis who came to offer obeisance.
Dr. Surinder Singh Kohli, who served as Head of the Punjabi Department in the Punjab University for 17 years before he retired from service, is like Dr. Harbhajan Singh both a creative writer and a critic. He is the author of Gurudev (1944), a Mahakavya (epic) and a topographical \'novel entitled Paron Aye Char Jane (1952), besides a number of other works. He is, therefore, better equipped to assess and appreciate literary activity.
LALA, a Pannu Jatt, was, according to Bhai Santokh Singh, Sri Gur Pratap Suraj Granth, a devoted Sikh contemporary of Guru Angad. He is said to have accompanied Bhai Bala sent out by Guru Angad in search of the horoscope of Guru Nanak so that he might have a life story of him written. The two travelled to Talvandl Rai Bhoi and obtained from Guru Nanak`s uncle, Lalu, what they had come in search of. Bhai Bale vali Janam Sakhi mentions the event, but docs not name the Sikh who accompanied Bhai Bala.
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LOBH, meaning greed, avarice, coveiousness or cupidity arising out of the acquisitive instinct of man, has been denounced in almost every ethical system. Sikhism treats it as one of the Five Evils that hinder man`s spiritual progress as well as his moral growth. Personifying lobh in one of his hymns, thus does Guru Arjan address him: "0 lobh, you have lured the best of men who gambol about under your sway. Their minds waver and run in all directions. You have respect neither for friend nor for one worthy of adoration, neither for father, mother or kindred.
MADHO, BHAI. a Sodhi Khatri, was a learned Sikh of the time of Guru Arjan. The Guru assigned him to the valley of Kashmir to preach Guru Nanak\'s word. The Brahmans of Kashmir, as says Bhai Mani Singh, Sikhan di Bhagat Mala, objected to his use of Punjabi in his sermons instead of Sanskrit. Bhai Madho said, "What is important in an utterance is not its medium but its content. Second, our Guru teaches humility." Bhai Madho travelled extensively in the valley and established dharamsalas where Sikhs assembled morning and evening to recite the Guru\'s hymns.
MAIA, BHAI, a Lamb Khatri of Suhand, identified as Sirhind by Bhai Kahn Singh, Gurushabad Ratnakar Mahan Kosh, was a devotee of Guru Hargobind. He regularly participated in the sangat and sang the holy hymns. According to Bhai Mani Singh, Sikhan di Bhagat Mala, he once asked the Guru, "There are some who perform kirtan as a means to earn their living while there are others who earn their living through hard labour, share their victuals with others and also attend the holy assembly and recite hymns to please the Guru. Pray enlighten us regarding their respective merit." Guru Hargobind replied, "All who sing God\'s praise are best, but those who do so without desire for reward attain Divine Bliss."