APPENDIX TWO

Contributors to the Guru Granth

The Guru Granth was compiled by the Fifth Guru and includes selections of his own and the earlier Sikh Gurus’ works as well as those of Hindu and Muslim saints. The Tenth Guru later added poetry by his father, the Ninth Guru. His own works were compiled separately in the Dasam Granth.

Sikh Gurus

First, Guru Nanak: 974 hymns

Second, Guru Angad: 62 couplets

Third, Guru Amar Das: 907 hymns

Fourth, Guru Ram Das: 679 hymns

Fifth, Guru Arjan: 2218 hymns

Ninth, Guru Tegh Bahadur: 59 hymns and 56 couplers

Bhaktas (Hindu) and Sufis (Muslim)

Kabir: 292 hymns

Farid: 4 hymns and 130 couplets

Namdev: 60 hymns

Ravidas: 41 hymns

Jaidev: 2 hymns

Beni: 3 hymns

Trilochan: 4 hymns

Parmananda: 1 hymn

Sadhana: 1 hymn

Ramananda: 1 hymn

Dhanna: 4 hymns

Pipa: 1 hymn

Sain: 1 hymn

Bhikhan: 2 hymns

Sur Das: 2 hymns

Sundar: 1 hymn

Mardana: 3 couplets

Satta and Balvand: 1 hymn

Bhatts: 123 swaiyyas