INFORMATION  ABOUT 
THE  CONTENTS  ON  THE  GURBANI CD

(Complete Contents of Gurbani CD are not given here. In this page viewer can have an idea as the what are the full contents of Gurbani CD)

The computer data on the Gurbani CD includes:

·    Text of Siri Guru Granth Sahib, Nitnem Banies and Bhai Gurdaas's Banies in Gurmukhi (in different formats).

·    Text of Siri Guru Granth Sahib, Nitnem Banies and Bhai Gurdaas's Banies in Devanagari (in different formats).

·    Translation of Text of Siri Guru Granth Sahib by Singh Sahib Sant Singh Khalsa, MD. (in the customary Siri Guru Granth Sahib format and sentence by sentence Gurmukhi/Devanagari to English translation).

·    Transliteration of Text of Siri Guru Granth Sahib and Nitnem Banies in customized roman characters.

·    Many types-faces (fonts): Many are variations of Gurmukhi, 3 of Devanagari & 1 of GurbaniRomanizing

·    A number of databases of Siri Guru Granth Sahib text in different formats including alphabetized databases.

·    A number of full screen photographs of many historic Gurdwaras in 24 bit color.

·    A valuable document  "Mansrovr" compiled by Dr. Kulwant Singh. 

·    Another valuable document  "Haumai" compiled by Dr. Gurcharan Singh. 

·    An instructive 25 page article on Sikhism & another document on Sikh Marriage Ceremony (Anand Karaj) by Dr. Pritam Singh.

·    A useful 263 pages long document (from a 291 page book) on Sikh Religion written in English by Sikh Missionary Center, PO BOX 62521, Phoenix, Arizona 85082 (current address). The lives of the ten Sikh Gurus and the basic Sikh philosophy are nicely depicted in this document.

The written documents on the Gurbani CD are provided for use with the following programs:

1.      Microsoft Word 6, MS Word 95 (V7) and MS Word 97/2000.

2.      Acrobat Reader.

Acrobat files provide the best appearance on the computer monitor.

List of folders/documents on the Gurbani CD with brief explanation of files.

(NOTE: This list is not intended to be complete).

1.    “HowToUse.wri”        HowToUse.wri, HowToUse.doc and HowToUse.pdf documents provide basic information on how to use the Gurbani CD.

2.    “INTRODUC.wri”       A document giving a brief introduction to the Gurbani CD. Similar documents are also available for use with MS Word or Acrobat Reader.

3.    “CD_CONT.wri”        A document briefly explaining the contents (documents) of the Gurbani CD. Similar documents are also available for use with MS Word or Acrobat Reader.

4.    “ACNOWL.wri”          A document acknowledging the dedicated individuals whose efforts resulted in the making of Gurbani CD and its distribution. Similar documents are also available for use with MS Word or Acrobat Reader.

5.    “F_MANUAL.pdf"      A document that provides necessary details to help you successfully use the fonts provided on the Gurbani-CD. A similar document is also available for use with MS Word.

6.    "DISCLAIM.wri"         A disclaimer document. Similar documents are also available for use with MS Word or Acrobat Reader.

7.    "S_HINTS.doc"         Hints to do easy word/phrase searches. An easy way to do a word search is to type a space character on either side of the word in the find box. However, checking “Match Case” attribute is also very important for Gurmukhi/Devanagari characters /words/phrases searches.

8.    “ALL_SGGS.---”        Complete text of Siri Guru Granth in Gurmukhi including the List of Contents (Tatkra). A similar file for Devanagari is named "SGGS_HIN".

9.    “ALL_WORD.---“       This document has all the words from Siri Guru Granth Sahib (files in Gurmukhi & Devanagari are included) and these words are arranged in an alphabetical order according to the Gurmukhi alphabet. These words number approximately 30,000. This document can be very useful in doing word searches in the SGGS files. For example, before doing a word search one can look at all the variations of a word or similarities in the words. One can also copy the word for pasting in the “Find” dialogue window to make sure that the spellings are correct for the search.

10.  “EN_TRANS.---”        English translation of all of Siri Guru Granth by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa, in the customary Siri Guru Granth Sahib format.

11.  “E_Tr_LBL.---”           Gurmukhi text to English translation of all of Siri Guru Granth test in a sentence by sentence format. Translation text by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa. A similar file for Devanagari is named "E_Tr_Hin".

12.  “INDEX.---”                 A concordance file in Gurmukhi as well in Devanagari that lists all the words and their locations of occurrence in Siri Guru Granth Sahib.

13.  “MANSROVR.---”      A valuable and a wonderful document compiled by Dr. Kulwant Singh with a collection of about 7000 quotations from Siri Guru Granth Sahib organized by subject matter. However, the spelling accuracy of its text has yet not been brought to the same standard as that of Siri Guru Granth Sahib files.

14.  “HAUMAI.---”              Another valuable document compiled by Dr. Gurcharan Singh with extensive discussion on “Haumai” i.e.’ “Ego”. It is all based on references from Siri Guru Granth Sahib.

15.  “NITNEM.---”              A “Nitnem” document (Gutka) in Gurmukhi. A similar document in Devanagari is named  “NITNEM_H.---” and the one in customized romanized characters is named: “Nit_ROMN.---.”

16.  “SIKHISM.---“ & “ANAND_K.---“          Documents written/compiled by Dr. Pritam Singh. The first document is an instructive 25 page introduction to Sikhism and is especially good for those who know little about Sikhism. The second document is an introduction to “Sikh Marriage Ceremony.”

17.  “SIKH_REL.---”          Approximately 263 pages long document (from a 291 page book) on Sikh religion is included with courtesy of Jaswant Singh, Sikh Missionary Center, PO BOX 62521, Phoenix, Arizona 85082 (new address). The lives of the ten Sikh Gurus and the basic Sikh philosophy are nicely depicted in this document.

18.  “SGGS_.---”               Complete text of Siri Guru Granth in Gurmukhi but excluding the List of Contents (Tatkra).

19.  “SGGS_H.---“            Complete text of Siri Guru Granth in Devanagari but excluding the List of Contents (Tatkra).

20.  “PLRA_SGG.---“       All the text from Siri Guru Granth in Gurmukhi. However, the text in this document is arranged in a format to make it easier to do scholarly work. In this document each sentence from Siri Guru Granth Sahib is arranged as a single line (in few instance in double line) paragraphs. Each line (paragraph) is labeled with the page number, line number, Raag and Author for easy reference. A similar file for Devanagari text is also available.

                                            NOTE: The quoted page and line numbers refer to the starting point of any given sentence.

21.  “PLRA_SRT.---“        It is like PLRA_SGG. However, in this file the lines of text are alphabetized with the aid of the computer.

21.  “LINEINDX.---“           It is like PLRA_SRT. However, in this file the lines of text are perfectly alphabetized and references of adjoining lines are also provided.

22.  “SGGS_ROM.---“     Complete text from Siri Guru Granth Sahib in one file but in customized romanized characters.

23.  “TATKRA.---“             List of Contents (tatkra) of Siri Guru Granth Sahib in Gurmukhi.

24.  “TRAN_COM.---”       This document compares the five available English translations of Siri Guru Granth Sahib and is compiled by Sahib Siri Sant Singh Khalsa, MD.

25.  “CHOPAE.---”            Chopae is available in Gurmukhi, Devanagari and in Romanized text.

26.  “JUPJEE.---”              Text of Jupjee Sahib is available in Gurmukhi, Devanagari and in Romanized text..

27.  “Sukhmani.---”            Sukhmani Sahib in Gurmukhi.

28.  “Shskriti.---”                Sahskriti Slok in Gurmukhi.

29.    “ACROFILE” folder (directory)

         Contains files for use with Acrobat Reader.

30.    “ACROREAD” folder (directory)

         Contains installation program files for Acrobat Reader V 3.0.  with search features (for Windows 95 as well as for Windows 3.1). Run appropriate “setup.exe” to install the Acrobat reader.

31.    “FONTS_TT” folder (directory)

         True Type fonts for the MS Windows environment are included here.

32.    “PS_FONTS” folder (directory)

         PostScript Type-1 fonts for the MS Windows environment are included here.

33.    “KEY_MAPS” folder

Provides key map documents to help you successfully use the provided fonts.  (NOTE: The key maps for Ramington typewriter based fonts are provided inside the “Ramingt_” folder)

34.    “GURDWARA” folder

         Contains may full screen digitized photographs of some historical Gurdwaras. These bitmap images are in 24 bit color and will display the best when your computer’s monitor is able to display thousands or millions of colors. On a 256 color monitor (8 bit color) these images do not look the best.

35.    “PSSGTRST” folder

         Contains files provided by Professor Sahib Singh Gurmat Trust for inclusion on the Gurbani CD (HAUMAI.--- & LINEINDX.--).

36.    “PNTSHOP” folder

         Contains installation program files for PrintShopPro V 4.0. (for Windows 95 as well as for Windows 3.1). Run appropriate “setup.exe” to install PrintShopPro program. This program is a shareware software that may be used for viewing and editing bitmap images such as Gurdwara photos.

37.    “WORD_6_7” folder

         Contains documents for use with Microsoft Word 6 or 7 (MS Word 95).

38.    “WORD_97” folder

         Contains documents for use with Microsoft Word 97 or 2000. All the documents included in the "Word_6_7" folder can also be opened with MS Word 97 or 2000.

39.    “RAMINGT_” folder

         Contains Gurmukhi fonts and Gurmukhi documents. The fonts included here have a different key map that is based on the Ramington Gurmukhi type-writer. The fonts based on this key map are popular in India. These fonts and the Gurmukhi documents prepared in these fonts are included here as service to those who are used to the Ramington type-writer key map.

40.    “TEST_FON” folder

         Contains documents (one MS Word 6.0 and an other self opening document) to test fonts required to use this version of Gurbani CD.

41.    “XTRA__” folder

         Contains different items: (1) MS Word document template (“Normal.dot” inside the Macros_ folder) with imbedded macros  for use with Microsoft Word. To install the macros, open the template file with MS Word then use organizer command from inside Macros command (under “Tools” menu). (2) a text sort program (inside sort folder) which works under Windows 95 DOS and sorts lines of text according to the Gurmukhi alphabet when written with GurbaniLipi or other fonts with a similar key map. Before sorting, the files should be saved in the text format and may be moved to the “SORT” folder for the sake of simplifying the command sequence while sorting. The sequence of DOS command for sorting is: Sort ToBeSortedFileName SortedFileName. With this program up to a maximum 2000 lines of text can be sorted at one time. For any technical questions about the use of these programs you may contact the author: Manjit Singh Sahota, 2634 Glencotswold Court, San Jose, CA 95148. Phone: (408) 238-9719.

42.    “XTRAFONT” folder

         Contains many Gurmukhi fonts (old and new) that are not essential for use of this version of Gurbani CD, but can otherwise be useful.

NOTES:

1.      Most of the Siri Guru Granth Sahib documents in Gurmukhi (& Devanagari) are optimized to do word searches of text from Siri Guru Granth Sahib. Each word in these documents is separated with a space character on either of its sides.

2.      The documents in Devanagari are prepared with a customized Devanagari font. It is not possible to convert Gurmukhi documents to Devanagari just by changing the font of the document. However, it is achievable. A macro for this purpose is included on the Gurbani CD.

3.      “Acrobat Reader” program (each for Windows 95 and Windows 3.1) and files for use with this program are also provided on this version of the Gurbani CD. Run appropriate “setup.exe” to install the Acrobat Reader program before attempting to use files inside “AcroFile” folder. Acrobat files do allow word searches and printing. Selected text can also be copied and pasted in to other documents.  Some of these documents have hypertext links. Clicking on the text in the List of Contents (tatkra) of such documents will automatically scroll to the appropriate part of the document. These documents probably will satisfy the needs of most of the Gurbani CD users. Acrobat files provide the best appearance on the computer monitor.

5.      The documents of Siri Guru Granth Sahib have been created in such a way that on most commonly used computer systems correct number of pages will be displayed (1430 in all). However, on some computers depending upon the printer set-up and  the resolution of the monitor, the displayed number of pages may be more than the actual. This problem can be easily fixed by reducing the left & right margins of the documents. In rare instances, it may also require a slight adjustment of paragraph indentation/margins of some headline paragraphs.