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{{Short description|Collection Of Sikh Hymns}}

'''Anand Sahib''' (Gurmukhi: ਅਨੰਦ ਸਾਹਿਬ ''anada sāhiba'') is a collection of [[Religion:Hymn|hymns]]{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}} in [[Religion:Sikhism|Sikhism]], written in the Ramkali Raag by [[Biography:Guru Amar Das|Guru Amar Das]], the third [[Biography:Guru|Guru]] of the Sikhs. It appears on the pages 917 to 922 in [[Biography:Guru Granth Sahib|Guru Granth Sahib Ji]]. The word Anand means complete happiness.<ref name="Kaur2007">{{cite journal|last=Kaur |first=Gurwinder |title=The Theme and Significance of 'Anand' Bani |journal=The Sikh Review |date=May 2007 |url=http://www.sikhreview.org/pdf/may2007/pdf-files/moral1.PDF |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407102157/http://www.sikhreview.org/pdf/may2007/pdf-files/moral1.PDF |archivedate=2014-04-07 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Macauliffe|first=Max|title=The Sikh Religion, Vol. II|url=https://archive.org/details/sikhreligionvoli015800mbp|year=1909|publisher=Clarendon Press Oxford|page=[https://archive.org/details/sikhreligionvoli015800mbp/page/n135 130]}}</ref>

== Synopsis ==
The Anand Sahib is a part of the [[Religion:Nitnem|Nitnem]] (daily prayers) which are read by Amritdhari Sikhs before dawn. Anand Sahib is chanted at all the religious ceremonies of the Sikhs irrespective of the nature of the event.<ref name="Kaur2007" />  There are two versions of Anand Sahib: one which extends 40 pauries and one shorter version often called Chhota Anand Sahib<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|last=Neki|first=J.|title=Anand Saheb|url=http://www.thesikhencyclopedia.com/sri-guru-granth-sahib-and-guru-gobind-singhs-bani/anand-saheb|encyclopedia=thesikhencyclopedia.com|accessdate=15 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219004436/http://www.thesikhencyclopedia.com/sri-guru-granth-sahib-and-guru-gobind-singhs-bani/anand-saheb|archive-date=19 December 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Khokhar|first=Kulwant|title=Nit-Nem Daily Prayer|year=2003|publisher=Dr. Baljit Singh Sidhu-Dr. Jatindar Kaur Sidhu|location=Virginia, USA.|page=11}}</ref> which comprises the first five pauries and then skips to the last one. This shorter version of Anand Sahib is usually recited at the closing ceremonies<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thesikhencyclopedia.com/sri-guru-granth-sahib-and-guru-gobind-singhs-bani/anand-saheb |title=ANAND SAHEB - Sri Guru Granth Sahib and Guru Gobind Singh's Bani |access-date=2013-03-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219004436/http://www.thesikhencyclopedia.com/sri-guru-granth-sahib-and-guru-gobind-singhs-bani/anand-saheb |archive-date=2014-12-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Khokhar |first1=Kulwant Singh |title=NIT NEM - Daily Prayer |url=http://www.globalsikhstudies.net/pdf/Nitnem%20by%20Dr.%20Kulwant%20Singh.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220504000906/http://www.globalsikhstudies.net/pdf/Nitnem%20by%20Dr.%20Kulwant%20Singh.pdf |archive-date=2022-05-04 |date=2003 |url-status=dead}}</ref> before Ardas. The Chhota Anand Sahib is included at the end of [[Religion:Rehras|Rehras Sahib]].

Anand Sahib, alongside ''Panj Granthi's'' (five chosen texts) Dakhni Oankar and Sidh Gosht are written in Raga Ramkali—the Raga of the coincides with part of the night before sunrise<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mansukhani |first1=Gobind Singh |title=Indian Classical Music: And Sikh Kirtan |date=1982 |publisher=Oxford & IBH}}</ref> or perhaps the first part of the day<ref>{{cite book |last1=Singh |first1=Pashaura |title=The Guru Granth Sahib Canon, Meaning and Authority |date=2003 |publisher=Oxford University Press |ref=Eight Chaunkis of Harimandir Sahib}}</ref> after sunrise.

=== History ===
[[File:Fresco of Baba Anand (grandson of Guru Amar Das) from above the entrance of the Baoli Sahib located in Goindwal.jpg|thumb|Fresco of Baba Anand (grandson of Guru Amar Das) from above the entrance of the Baoli Sahib located in Goindwal. He was named after the composition by the Guru]]
The Anand Sahib was composed by Guru Amar Das, whom, according to Sikh legend, composed it around the time he got news of the birth of his grandson, Baba Anand, whom is believed to have been a reincarnation of the soul of a [[Philosophy:Yogi|yogi]] who met Guru Amar Das in a previous life.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Journal of Sikh Studies |publisher=Department of Guru Nanak Studies, Guru Nanak Dev University |year=1984 |volume=11 |pages=75}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Gandhi |first=Surjit Singh |title=History of Sikh Gurus Retold: 1469-1606 C.E |publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist. |year=2007 |isbn=9788126908578 |series=History of Sikh Gurus Retold |volume=1 |pages=296}}</ref> Baba Anand was personally named after the composition by the Guru.<ref name=":0" />

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==External links==
*[https://nitnemsahib.com/anand-sahib-in-punjabi-gurmukhi/ Read Anand Sahib Bani in Punjabi]

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