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... Janam Sakhi ] A year later Nanak was sent to the village mosque to learn Arabic and other subjects . Here , too , Nanak astounded his teacher : The mullah wrote down the Arabic alphabet from alif to yea . Nanak at once mastered the ...
... Janam Sakhi ] A year later Nanak was sent to the village mosque to learn Arabic and other subjects . Here , too , Nanak astounded his teacher : The mullah wrote down the Arabic alphabet from alif to yea . Nanak at once mastered the ...
Page 178
... Janam Sakhi ] but it was dark and the stars still twinkled in the sky when Nanak , followed by his servant , went to the river . Nanak took off his kurta and dhoti and stepped into the stream . He closed his nostrils and ducked into the ...
... Janam Sakhi ] but it was dark and the stars still twinkled in the sky when Nanak , followed by his servant , went to the river . Nanak took off his kurta and dhoti and stepped into the stream . He closed his nostrils and ducked into the ...
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... Janam Sakhi ] Nanak spent another two years in and around Sultanpur before he forsook the habitations of men and took to the for- ests and solitude . The faithful Mardana was his sole compan- ion . He took on a strange dress : a cloth ...
... Janam Sakhi ] Nanak spent another two years in and around Sultanpur before he forsook the habitations of men and took to the for- ests and solitude . The faithful Mardana was his sole compan- ion . He took on a strange dress : a cloth ...
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Sex in Indian Life | 43 |
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