The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2266 page)

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Sikhism
.

The religion and life-way of those who are Sikhs. The word
sikh
(Pañj
b
; cf. Skt.,
ik
ya
) means ‘a learner’, ‘a disciple’. Sikhs are those who believe in one God (
Ik Onkar
) and are disciples of the
Gur
. In Indian usage,
gur
can apply to any religious teacher or guide, but for Sikhs it is restricted to God as
Sat
Gur
(true teacher), the ten Gur
s (listed under
Gur
) from Gur
N
nak
(b. 1469 CE) to Gur
Gobind Si
gh
(d. 1708), and to the
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