The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1142 page)

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Janam-s
kh
(Pañj
b
, ‘birth-testimony, biography’). Collection of hagiographic stories about Gur
N
nak
.
Jan
rdana
:
(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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