NOUN | person | Guru Nanak, Nanak | Indian religious leader who founded Sikhism in dissent from the caste system of Hinduism |
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Meaning | Indian religious leader who founded Sikhism in dissent from the caste system of Hinduism; he taught that all men had a right to search for knowledge of God and that spiritual liberation could be attained by meditating / meditating on the name of God (1469-1538). | |
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Synonym | Nanak | |
Category | Sikhism | The doctrines of a monotheistic religion founded in northern India in the 16th century by Guru Nanak and combining elements of Hinduism and Islam |
Instance of | religious leader | leader of a religious order |
Spanish | Guru Nanak | |
Catalan | Guru Nanak, Nanak |
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