The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2595 page)

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fateh
(The kh
ls
is God's: God's is the victory). In the early
janam-s
kh
s
, however, V
higur
was not a name for God but an ascription of praise either to God or to the Gur
(i.e.
N
nak
). From its repetition in meditation (see
N
M SIMARAN
) V
higur
naturally came to be regarded as God's name.
Vaibh
ika
.

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