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(16th–17th cents. CE).
Disciple of Sikh Gur
Arjan Dev
; early version of
Adi Granth
. According to tradition, Arjan Dev either entrusted his compilation to Banno for binding in Lahore or reluctantly lent it on condition he did not keep it for more than one night in his village, M
ga
. By travelling extremely slowly Banno contrived to copy the entire
di Granth before returning it. Unlike the
Kart
rpur
version, the Banno version, also known as the M
ga
version or bitter version (
kh
r
b
), contains a
hymn
by
M
r
b