Guru Nanak’s Siddh Gosti: a Dialogue Between Established and Emerging Discourse

Sophia 63 (4):845-860 (2024)
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The present paper analyses the _Siddh Gosti,_ a composition of Guru Nanak to understand the interface of Guru Nanak’s philosophy with prevailing philosophical traditions of his time. The study views the composition as an effort on the part of the Guru to engage with and demolish the philosophical hegemony of an established belief system that held sway in Northwest India in order to make way for the establishment of his own philosophy. Guru Nanak does this by providing new interpretations of constructs which the _Siddhs_ and _Naths_ concerned themselves with. These new interpretations were more practicable, socially relevant and humane as compared to the ways of the _Siddh_ and _Nath Yogi_ traditions thus making Sikhism a more acceptable religion.

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