Santhiya or Santhya (Gurmukhi: ਸੰਥਿਆ, romanized: Sathi'ā; 'elocution') is the correct pronunciation (ucharan[1]) of Gurbani,[2][3] taught in the manner of the 10th Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh.[4] It is comparable to the Islamic tajwid. Santhiya is almost always taught via a giani (also known as an Ustadh or Gurdev), who then teaches a vidyarthi (student). Educated vidyarthis can also teach other Sikhs santhiya. It involves the precise recitation and flow (rhythm) of the Gurbani (Sikh scripture) that is being recited. Color codes to stop and pause, known as vishraams, are commonly used to dictate the flow and rhythm of the recitation. Gurbani which is recited by a person who has taken santhiya is known as "shudh ucharan" (Gurmukhi: ਸੁਧ ਉਚਾਰਨ)
- ^ Sri Dasam Granth: Facts Beyond Doubt. Sri Guru Granth Sahib Academy. 2021. pp. iv. ISBN 9781527282773.
- ^ Jacobsen, Knut A.; Myrvold, Kristina (2016). Young Sikhs in a Global World: Negotiating Traditions, Identities and Authorities. Routledge. ISBN 9781134790883.
It is primarily in the larger congregation of Stockholm that a few active volunteers have taken the responsibility to teach the younger children in the Punjabi alphabet and those with basic reading competence in the correct pronunciation of gurbani text (gurbani santhiya) on Sundays after the ordinary liturgy.
- ^ Singh, Jasjit. "Lost in translation? The emergence of the digital Guru Granth Sahib." Sikh Formations 14.3-4 (2018): 339-351.
- ^ Singh, Harjinder (2017). Sri Guru Gobind Singh Jee - A Short Biography. Akaal Publishers. pp. 47–49. ISBN 9780955458781.