1 92 “SKETCH OF THE SIKHS.
2 and worship; and a small piece of Nanac’s
3 garment js exhibited to pilgrims, as a sacred
4 relic, at his Dharmas4la, or temple.
5 It would be difficult to give the character
6 of Nanac* on the authority of any account
7 we yet possess. His writings, especially the
8 first chapters of the Adi-Grant’h, will, if
9 ever translated, be perhaps a criterion by
10 which he may be fairly judged; but the
11 great eminence which he obtained, and the
12 success with which he combated the oppo-
13 sition which he met, afford ample reason to
14 conclude that he was a man of more than
15 common genius: and this favourable im-
16 pression of his character will be confirmed
17 * He is, throughout this sketch, called Nanac.
18 Muhammedan historians generally term him Nanac
19 Shah, to denote his being a l'akir, the name of Shah
20 being frequently given to men of celebrity in that
21 sect. The Sikhs, in speaking of him, call him Baba
22 N&nac, or Gfrfi Nanac, father Nanac, or N4&nac the
23 teacher; and their writers term him N&nac Nirinkar,
24 which means Naénac the omnipresent.