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Work #1253 · Mature

Dasam Granth

Guru Gobind Singh
c. 1696-1708 · Punjabi (Gurmukhi script), with Braj Bhasha, Persian, and Sanskrit elements
Composite scriptural text · Sikhism / Khalsa tradition

Guru Gobind Singh's c.1696-1708 composite text — major Sikh scripture alongside the Guru Granth Sahib

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Attribute Dasam Granth (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 Plural
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

Dasam Granth

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

Space

Dasam Granth

The Khalsa-Sikh-Punjabi setting.

Matter

Dasam Granth

The embodied Khalsa community whose proper-religious-political life the text addresses.

Observer

Dasam Granth

Guru Gobind Singh as proper-religious-political subject.

Energy

Dasam Granth

The religious-political-mystical energies of the late-Mughal Punjabi Sikh community.

Information

Dasam Granth

The composite scriptural content.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

Dasam Granth

The authorship and proper-canonical status of specific Dasam Granth sections have been variously contested within Sikh tradition; the core compositions (Jaap Sahib, Akal Ustat, Bachittar Natak) are universally accepted.