The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1283 page)

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in an iron bowl, while reciting certain prayers (see below). His wife added
pat
se
(sugar sweets). The Gur
then gave each of the pañj py
re in turn five palmfuls of the
amrit
(sweetened water) to drink and sprinkled it five times in their eyes and on their hair. Each time the initiate repeated, ‘
V
higur
j
k
kh
ls
; v
higur
j
k
fateh
’. The Gur
himself then received amrit from them in the same manner. He gave them and himself the new surname Si

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