The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (375 page)

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). Its influence is still felt today, not only in India, but—because of its use by the K
a Consciousness movement—throughout the world.
Bh
go, M
t
or M
Bh
go
(Pañj
b
, ‘mother’;
b. 17th cent. CE).
Sikh heroine. M
Bh
go rallied the ‘forty immortals’ at
Mukts
r
, vowing that she would, if necessary, die for Gur
Gobind Si
gh
. Wearing men's clothing, she fought bravely, killing several men of the local Mughal governor, Wazir Kh
n, and was blessed by the Gur
. Apparently she subsequently lost her reason and died at
Nander
.

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