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According to the Puratan janamsakhi, Guru Nanak Dev Ji was born in the month of Vaisakh, 1469. The date is given as the third day of the light half of the month and the birth is said to have taken place during the last watch before dawn.
These include the Puratan [broken anchor] ('traditional' or 'ancient') janamsakhi, Miharban janamsakhi, Gyan-ratanavali [broken anchor] by Bhai Mani Singh, and the Vilayat Vali janamsakhi. [18] Gurbilas Patashahi 6, written 1718, also attributed to Bhai Mani Singh contradicts Mani Singh’s Janamsakhi as it instead says Guru Nanak was born on ...
[4]: 2 According to Bhai Mani Singh, the first Var of the work is the only genuine and attestable janamsakhi tradition covering the life of Guru Nanak. [1] Bhai Mani Singh would author a janamsakhi rendition, known as the Gyan-ratnavali or Bhai Mani Singh Janam Sakhi, based upon the first var of Varan Bhai Gurdas.
[175] [176] According to the hagiography Puratan Janamsakhi composed more than two centuries after his death and probably based on oral tradition, [177] Nanak as a boy was fascinated by religion and spiritual matters, spending time with wandering ascetics and holy men. [178] His friend was Mardana, a Muslim.
The Puratan Janam Sakhi tells of these situations. At Kartarpur, Mardana, the Guru's faithful minstrel, advanced in years and wearied with his long wanderings and physical privations, fell ill. He felt that he had no hope of longer life, and resigned himself to man's inevitable fate.
Mani Singh Janamsakhi [broken anchor] or Gyan ratanavali — a collection dating from the time of the last Guru. Miharban Janamsakhi [broken anchor] — janamsakhis written by the followers of Prithi Chand. Puratan Janamsakhi — an early collection of janamsakhis by an unknown author. Panth Parkash — non-canonical Sikh history
The text of Sri Gur Panth Prakash makes it clear that its author was a person of considerable learning with access to wide range of Sikh sources, which included the Guru Granth and historical documents ranging from the Puratan Janam Sakhi (1580s), Gurdas Bhalla’s Vars (pre-1630), Sainapati’s Sri Gur Sobha (pre-1710), and Sukha Singh’s Sri ...
In certain Janamsakhi traditions, such as the Merharban Wali Janamsakhi, Mata Sulakhni is known as Ghummi. [4] In the Bala Janamsakhi , her name is given as Sulakhni. [ 4 ] Surjit Singh Gandhi theorized that Gummi is a corrupted form of Choni, the name of her clan (Chona). [ 4 ]