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Sikh

Mata Sahib Devan

Mother of the Khalsa

Sikh The sweetening of the *amrit*; the maternal lineage of the Khalsa
Attribute Value
Combat
ATK 30
DEF 80
SPR 95
SPD 55
INT 88
Rank Mother of the Khalsa
Domain The sweetening of the *amrit*; the maternal lineage of the Khalsa
Alignment Holy / Sikh
Key Act At the founding of the Khalsa in 1699, added *patashas* (sugar crystals) to the iron bowl of water Gobind Singh was stirring with his sword -- giving the *amrit* its sweetness alongside its steel. By this act she became the symbolic mother of every initiated Khalsa. To this day, every *Amritdhari* Sikh is understood to have Gobind Singh as spiritual father and Mata Sahib Devan as spiritual mother
Source Sikh tradition

The structural placement of a mother into the Khalsa initiation is not accidental.


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