अकाल तख्त akāl takht

Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.

How to read the transliteration

This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919On this site
cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

A few reading pointers:

  • ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
  • ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
  • A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

Hindi · g.n. · m.

Earlier definition

Definition

Throne or seat of the eternal or immortal.
(Sikhism) Seat of authority for Sikhism.
(Bābā) Seat or throne of the (immortal) soul: the forehead, the body.

Usual translation

  1. immortal throne

Origin of the definition

अकाल akāl (punjabi)

Out of time, untimely, unseasonable, immortal, (a title of God).

तख्त تخت takht (persan)

Throne, chair of state; seat, stage, platform; sofa, bed; any place raised above the ground for sitting, reclining, or sleeping.

Usage in the murlis

Murlis of the day (and original sakar)

133 occurrences

In 67 on 2386 murlis

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Avyakts

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Created
Friday 25 December 2020
Updated
Saturday 20 April 2024