The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2608 page)

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V
k
(goddess of speech/sound):
see
V
C
.
Vakh
(verse sayings):
see
LALL
.
V
k laina
.
The way in which Sikhs get advice from the Gur
Granth S
hib (
di
Granth), by prayer, followed by opening the book ‘at random’. The book is held between the hands, the hands are moved slowly outward, and the reading begins at the first line of the first complete hymn on the left-hand page. A v
k commences the installation of the Gur
Granth S
hib each day.

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