The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1142 page)

Authors: John Bowker

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Janam-s

(Pañj

, ‘birth-testimony, biography’). Collection of hagiographic stories about Gur

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Jan

rdana
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(Skt., ‘giver of rewards’). One of the twenty-four
avat

ras
(incarnations) of
Vi

u
. He takes the form of the planets, and distributes the consequences of actions to living beings.

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