The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2264 page)

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ikara
(symbolic mountain):
see
ART
(Hinduism).
Sikh
(Pañj
b
, ‘learner, disciple’). One who believes in one God (
Ik Onkar
) and is a disciple of the
Gur
. For further detail see
SIKHISM
.
ikh
.
The tuft of hair, also called
cho
, left unshaven by orthodox Hindus at the place (
brahm
randra
) where the
tman
leaves the body at death or cremation. It is cut off, or plucked out, by anyone becoming a
sa
ny
sin
.

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