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Origin Attested throughout the Adi Granth, compiled by Guru Arjan in 1604, with final recension attributed to Guru Gobind Singh in 1706.

Compassion or kindness, one of the five Sikh virtues (Panj Gun) opposing the Panj Vikar, held in Sikh teaching as inseparable from seeing the divine light (jot) present in every person, and named among the core qualities Guru Nanak's hymns commend toward all beings.

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Origin PeriodSourced to the subject's own account
Attested throughout the Adi Granth, compiled by Guru Arjan in 1604, with final recension attributed to Guru Gobind Singh in 1706. 1
Place of OriginSourced to the subject's own account
Punjab, in the Sikh community centered on Amritsar during the compilation of the Adi Granth. 1
Origin of the Name
Punjabi/Gurmukhi daya, compassion or mercy, from Sanskrit daya. 2
Attributed Author / CompilerSourced to the subject's own account
The Guru Granth Sahib, the compiled scripture of Sikhism. The base text was compiled by Guru Arjan in 1604 and given final form, the Adi Granth, by Guru Gobind Singh in 1706, who conferred upon it the status of eternal Guru; no single human author beyond the Sikh Gurus and Bhagats whose compositions it collects is credited for the Panj Gun as an enumerated set. 1
Language
Gurmukhi / Punjabi 2
Status
Status Within the Tradition
Standard teaching, not formally defined 3
Doctrinal Status DetailSourced to the subject's own account
One of the five Sikh virtues (Panj Gun), grounded in seeing the same divine light, jot, present in every person; Sikh ethical teaching reads it as the Guru Granth Sahib's direct counterweight to the self-centred outlook the Panj Vikar cultivate. 1
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Meaning in the Attesting Source
Compassion, one of the five Sikh virtues opposing the Panj Vikar, held as inseparable from seeing the divine light (jot) present in every person. 3
Cross-Tradition Connections

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Sikhism, Religions
Source The Encyclopaedia of SikhismHarbans Singh (editor-in-chief)
Sources
1. Guru Granth Sahib
Compiled by Guru Arjan, 1604; final recension attributed to Guru Gobind Singh, 1706, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, 1604the holders' own accountView the Source
2. Sikhism
W. H. McLeod, Penguin Books, 1997on the Panj Gun opposing the Panj VikarView the Source
3. The Encyclopaedia of Sikhism
Harbans Singh (editor-in-chief), Punjabi University, Patiala, 1998the daya entryView the Source
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