What is the word count of Guru Granth Sahib Ji?

Total number of words are:398697. The Standand format of the "Siri Guru Granth Sahib Beerh" with the customary format has a total of 1430 pages. * The pages are written with a landscape orientation. * There are 19 lines of text per page. read more

The Standand format of the"Siri Guru Granth Sahib Beerh" with the customary format has a total of 1430 pages. The pages are written with a landscape orientation. There are 19 lines of text per page. However, many pages with headlines (starting with new raag) have less than 19 lines per page. Guru Granth Sahib contains 5894 Shabads or hymns. read more

Of the 5894 Shabads or hymns in the holy Granth, 974 hymns are written by the first Guru, 62 by the second Guru, 907 by the third, 679 by the fourth, 2218 by the fifth, and 115 by the ninth. Among the remaining 922 hymns of Bhagats, the highest number of hymns (541) is by Bhagat Kabir. read more

The Guru Granth Sahib is a collection of the revealed hymns of Guru Nanak and five of the other gurus. The second Guru, Guru Angad, wrote down the hymns of Guru Nanak. The third Guru, Guru Amar Das, composed more hymns, including the Anand Sahib (Hymn of Bliss). read more