Bhattan de Savaiye ( pa, ਭੱਟਾਂ ਦੇ ਸਵਈਏ; ''bhaṭāṁ dē sava'ī'ē''), also known as Bhatt Bani (Gurmukhi: ਭੱਟ ਬਾਣੀ; ''bhaṭa bāṇī''), is a name given to 123
Savaiya
Sawaiya is a form of poetry which is written in praise of someone in which every verse is a quarter times the length of common verse. The plural of Savaiya is Savaiye (Punjabi: ਸ੍ਵਯੇ ). Famous among them are Tav-Prasad Savaiye
''Tav-P ...
s composed by various
Bhatts, which are present in
Guru Granth Sahib
The Guru Granth Sahib ( pa, ਗੁਰੂ ਗ੍ਰੰਥ ਸਾਹਿਬ, ) is the central holy religious scripture of Sikhism, regarded by Sikhs as the final, sovereign and Guru Maneyo Granth, eternal Guru following the lineage of the Sikh gur ...
, scripture of Sikhs. According to various scholars, these Savaiyas are eulogies of first five
Gurus
Guru ( sa, गुरु, IAST: ''guru;'' Pali'': garu'') is a Sanskrit term for a "mentor, guide, expert, or master" of certain knowledge or field. In pan-Indian traditions, a guru is more than a teacher: traditionally, the guru is a reverential ...
of
Sikhism
Sikhism (), also known as Sikhi ( pa, ਸਿੱਖੀ ', , from pa, ਸਿੱਖ, lit=disciple', 'seeker', or 'learner, translit=Sikh, label=none),''Sikhism'' (commonly known as ''Sikhī'') originated from the word ''Sikh'', which comes fro ...
.
Generally, it is accepted that there were 11 Bhatts whose hymns are present in Adi Granth, but controversy still exist that there are 12 or 17.
Structure
The savaiye starts from page 1389 from Savaiye Mahalla Pehla Ke and ends at page 1409 of Guru Granth Sahib. The savaiyas are under five titles:
#Savaiya Mahalla Pehle Ke 1 ( pa, ਸਵਈਏ ਮਹਲੇ ਪਹਿਲੇ ਕੇ ੧)
#Savaiye Mahalle Duje Ke 2 ( pa, ਸਵਈਏ ਮਹਲੇ ਦੂਜੇ ਕੇ ੨)
#Savaiye Mahalle Teeje Ke 3 ( pa, ਸਵਈਏ ਮਹਲੇ ਤੀਜੇ ਕੇ ੩)
#Savaiye Mahalle Chauthe Ke 4 ( pa, ਸਵਈਏ ਮਹਲੇ ਚਉਥੇ ਕੇ ੪)
#Savaiye Mahalle Panjve Ke 5 ( pa, ਸਵਈਏ ਮਹਲੇ ਪੰਜਵੇ ਕੇ ੫)
Following is list of Bhatts and their number of savaiyas composed by them:
Author controversy
#Tall or Kal: A Swaiya in name of Bhatt Tall, which according to some scholars is a
Gurmukhi
Gurmukhī ( pa, ਗੁਰਮੁਖੀ, , Shahmukhi: ) is an abugida developed from the Laṇḍā scripts, standardized and used by the second Sikh guru, Guru Angad (1504–1552). It is used by Punjabi Sikhs to write the language, commonly r ...
typo
A typographical error (often shortened to typo), also called a misprint, is a mistake (such as a spelling mistake) made in the typing of printed (or electronic) material. Historically, this referred to mistakes in manual type-setting (typography). ...
as it is Kal i.e
Bhatt Kalshar.
[''Page 1392: ਟਲ = ਹੇ ਟੱਲ! ਹੇ ਕਲ੍ਯ੍ਯ! ਹੇ ਕਲ੍ਯ੍ਯਸਹਾਰ!'': Teeka by Professor Sahib Singh, Adi Granth]
#No. of Bhatts: Few author believe there are 17 Bhatts
including above. Others are Bhatt Sevak, Bhatt Jalh, Bhatt Jalan.
References
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