ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>SAMPA&#7788 P&#256&#7788H</TITLE> <style type="text/css"> .BODY { background-color: #EAF1F7; background-image: url('images/gtbh.jpg'); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: fixed; background-position: center; color: #0066CC;} .C1{text-align: justify;color: #0066CC;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} .BIB{text-align: center;color: #000099;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} .CONT{text-align: right;color: #FF0000;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} </style><META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="SAMPAl,PlH"> <META http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></HEAD> <BODY class="BODY" oncontextmenu="return false" ondragstart="return false" onselectstart="return false"> <FONT ALIGN="JUSTIFY" FACE="Tahoma"> <p class="C1">&#65279SAMPA&#7788 P&#256&#7788H is a variation of <i>akha&#7751&#7693 p&#257&#7789h</i> in which the reading of every single complete hymn of the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib is followed by the reading of a predetermined <i>&#347abda</i> or <i>&#347loka</i> (from the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib itself, which is thus repeated throughout the recitation. The <i>p&#257&#7789h</i> is performed in a curtained cabin so that the reading is audible outside the cabin but the <i>p&#257&#7789h&#299</i> (reader) and the Scripture are not in the view of the audience. In the Hindu tradition, a <i>mantra</i>, prefixed and suffixed by another mystic word or <i>mantra</i>, is called <i>sampa&#7789 mantra</i>. Literally, a <i>sampa&#7789</i> is a casket in which devout Hindus keep their idols or stone images called <i>&#7789h&#257kurs</i>. The <i>sampa&#7789 p&#257&#7789h</i> obviously takes double the time of an <i>akha&#7751&#7693 p&#257&#7789h</i>, or even more. Since such a <i>p&#257&#7789h</i> is contrary to the Sikh tenets, it never became an accepted form and is no longer in common vogue.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"><i>Sikh Rahit Mary&#257d&#257</i>. Amritsar, 1975<BR> <li class="C1"> K&#257hn Si&#7749gh, Bh&#257&#299, <i>Gurushabad Ratn&#257kar Mah&#257n Kosh</i> [Reprint]. Patiala, 1983<BR> <li class="C1"> Harbans Singh, <i>Berkeley Lectures on Sikhism</i>. Delhi, 1983<BR> <li class="C1"> Cole, W. Owen, and Piara Singh Sambhi, <i>The Sikhs : Their Religious Beliefs and Practices</i>. Delhi, 1978<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">T&#257ran Si&#7749gh<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>