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Work #1256 · Mature

Akal Ustat

Guru Gobind Singh
c. 1696-1708 · Braj Bhasha, Punjabi, Sanskrit
Devotional-philosophical composition · Sikhism / Khalsa tradition

Guru Gobind Singh's 271-verse praise of the Timeless One — major Dasam Granth composition

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Attribute Akal Ustat (Mature)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Total
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Active
Observer · Number Singular
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Personal
Observer · Moral Authority Revelation
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Reversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

Akal Ustat

The c. 1696-1708 late-Mughal-period moment.

Space

Akal Ustat

The Punjabi-Khalsa setting; the broader Hindu-Islamic religious-philosophical setting.

Matter

Akal Ustat

The embodied religious-praising community.

Observer

Akal Ustat

Guru Gobind Singh as proper-religious-philosophical poet.

Energy

Akal Ustat

The proper-religious-mystical-philosophical energies.

Information

Akal Ustat

The 271-verse devotional-philosophical content.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

Akal Ustat

The Akal Ustat has been universally accepted within Sikh tradition as proper-canonical text; its universalist-religious framework has shaped the Sikh tradition's subsequent religious-philosophical position.