Indian Classical Music And Sikh Kirtan
by Gobind Singh Mansukhani (M.A., LL.B, Ph.D.) © 1982
Shabad
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by Gobind Singh Mansukhani (M.A., LL.B, Ph.D.) © 1982
Shabad
Indian Classical Music And Sikh Kirtan by Gobind Singh Mansukhani (M.A., LL.B, Ph.D.) © 1982 Shabad |
| Shabad There are composition of the Sikh Gurus, bhaktas (saints) and bhatts (court singers) in thirty-one ragas included Sri Gurur Granth Sahib (the scriptures of the Sikhs). Shabads are hymns of prayer and in praise of Guru or God. A shabad consists of two or more parts. There is one asthai and the remaining verses form parts of the antra. A shabad should be sung in the specific raga in which it is composed. It can be sung in any tal, unless specially indicated. It is full of devotion and spiritual fervour and evokes shant rasa (emotion of peace) and nam rasa (devotional mood). Shabads are collectively known as kirtan. This differs from the Padavali kirtan if Bengal and Kirtanam of South India developed by Tygaraja which though devotional in content, should be classified under the category of bhajans and not shabads. |