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Work #1254 · Mature

Jaap Sahib

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

Guru Gobind Singh's morning-prayer composition — 199 verses on the Timeless One

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Attribute Jaap Sahib (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

Jaap Sahib

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

Space

Jaap Sahib

The Khalsa-Sikh-Punjabi setting; the proper-morning-prayer space.

Matter

Jaap Sahib

The embodied Khalsa practitioner whose proper-morning prayer the work commends.

Observer

Jaap Sahib

Guru Gobind Singh as proper-religious-poetic-subject.

Energy

Jaap Sahib

The proper-religious-devotional energies of morning prayer.

Information

Jaap Sahib

The 199-verse devotional-philosophical content.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

Jaap Sahib

The Jaap Sahib has been universally accepted within Sikh tradition as proper-canonical text; the multiple-language composition is among the proper-aesthetic-philosophical distinctions of the work.