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Guru Amar Das Ji

The Reformer

Sikh Langar; abolition of sati; women's equality; institutional structure 1479–1574 CE; Third Guru 1552–1574 Punjab; Goindval Sahib (his center); his reforms — abolishing *sati*, forbidding purdah in Sikh practice, expanding langar — reshaped Sikh social structure permanently
Portrait of Guru Amar Das Ji
Portrait of Guru Amar Das Ji
Rank Third Guru
Domain Langar; abolition of sati; women's equality; institutional structure
Period 1479–1574 CE; Third Guru 1552–1574
Alignment Holy / Sikh
Power LEGENDARY 80

Attributes

ATK
40
DEF
85
SPR
92
SPD
50
INT
92
CHA
99
WIS
99
END
85

Combat Profile

ATK DEF SPR SPD INT CHA WIS END
Special Move

Langar Sanctuary

establishes a divine space where all castes, genders, and stations sit as equals to share sustenance, breaking hierarchical bonds.

Passive

Liberator's Wisdom

continuously radiates compassion that dissolves oppressive social structures and emboldens the marginalized to claim dignity.

Became Guru at age 73 and served until age 95. His insistence that everyone eat together, on the floor, before any spiritual conversation could happen, hard-coded social equality into the daily ritual life of Sikhi in a way that no theological statement alone could have done.

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Primary Source

*Guru Granth Sahib*; tradition

1479–1574 CE; Third Guru 1552–1574 — See in timeline
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