Sodhi

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Sodhi is a Khatri subcaste from the Punjab region.[1][2][3] Seven of the Sikh Gurus, from Guru Ram Das on, were Sodhis.[1][4]

In the Bachittar Natak, attributed to Guru Gobind Singh, Sodhis are described as linear descendants of Lava, one of the twin sons of Sita and Rama. According to the legend, some of the descendants migrated to Sanaudh, where the clan chieftain married the daughter of the king and had a son Sodhi, whose descendants ruled over the Sanaudh country.[3]

At the time of the Sikh Empire, Maharaja Ranjit Singh awarded aristocratic Sodhi patricians grants of jagirs, feudal, titular land grants and lordships bestowed upon subjected noblemen and patrons by a ruling monarch, worth ₹500,000 a year. Ranjit Singh lavishly patronised a descendant of Dhir Mal, Sodhi Sadhu Singh, with a gift of several villages.[5] The original copy of the Adi Granth, also known as the Kartarpuri Bir, is reported to be in the possession of the descendants of Sodhi Sadhu Singh at Kartarpur.[6][7]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Singh, Prithvi Pal (2006). The history of Sikh Gurus. New Delhi: Lotus Press. pp. 52, 54. ISBN 81-8382-075-1.
  2. ↑ "Sikism - Guru Ram Das". Britannica. 13 May 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Harbans Singh, ed. (1992). The Encyclopaedia of Sikhism: S-Z. Punjabi University. p. 225. ISBN 978-81-7380-530-1.
  4. ↑ W. H. McLeod (2009). The A to Z of Sikhism. Scarecrow Press. p. 86. ISBN 978-0-8108-6828-1.
  5. ↑ Grewal, J. S. (1998). The Sikhs of the Punjab (Revised ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 115. ISBN 0-521-63764-3.
  6. ↑ "Original copy of Guru Granth Sahib at Kartarpur". The Hindu. 30 August 2004. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  7. ↑ Daljit Singh. "Authenticity Of The Kartarpuri Bir (Updated)". Sikh Philosophy Network. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
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