The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (900 page)

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Gurmukh
(Pañj
b
, ‘person oriented towards the
Gur
’). A pious Sikh responsive to the Gur
's word. In contrast to the
manmukh
, the gurmukh embodies the living teaching of the
di Granth
.
Gurmukh
(Pañj
b
, ‘from the mouth of the
Gur
’). Sacred script of the Sikhs. The Gurmukh
alphabet consists of thirty-five letters and is simpler than, but closely related to, the Devan
gr
script used for Sanskrit and Hind
.

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