The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (857 page)

. Adoration of God's holiness and majesty is expressed in new epithets (e.g.
ak
l
(timeless),
sarvloh
(all-iron), ‘Sword’, and ‘Punisher of Evil’, as well as ‘Gracious’ and ‘Benign’). Pious Sikhs daily recite his
j
p
,
savayye
, and
chaupa
in
Nitnem
. On
Bais
kh
1699 (according to tradition) he inaugurated the
kh
ls
, and initiated with
amrit
the
pañj py
re
to be the nucleus of a pure, casteless community, characterized by the
five Ks
and a code of conduct (rahat). He in turn received initiation (
Kha
e-d
-p
hul
) from them, assuming the name Si
gh. Thousands more accepted this initiation.
On
Aura
gzeb's