Deg Teg Fateh

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Deg Teg Fateh is a Sikh motto symbolizing the community’s commitment to providing food (charity) and wielding the sword (justice) in defense of righteousness and the oppressed.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Deg Teg Fateh canonical 1
Fateh 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sikh motto ⓘ
Sikh slogan ⓘ
religious motto ⓘ
appearsOn Nishan Sahib in some historical depictions ⓘ
historical Sikh coinage of the Sikh Empire ⓘ
associatedWith Khalsa ⓘ
Sikh Empire ⓘ
Sikh misls ⓘ
linked to: Khalsa misls
component Deg ⓘ
Fateh ⓘ
linked to: Deg Teg Fateh

Teg ⓘ
culturalContext Sikh communal kitchen tradition ⓘ
Sikh martial tradition ⓘ
degMeaning cauldron for food ⓘ
ethicalPrinciple dharam yudh ⓘ
sarbat da bhala ⓘ
seva ⓘ
fatehMeaning victory ⓘ
historicalUse motto of Sikh confederacy period ⓘ
motto of the Khalsa army ⓘ
language Punjabi ⓘ
linked to: Punjabi language
literalMeaning victory to the cauldron and the sword ⓘ
purpose to affirm commitment to armed defense of the weak ⓘ
to affirm commitment to feeding the needy ⓘ
to express victory of righteousness ⓘ
region Punjab ⓘ
relatedConcept Khalsa Raj ⓘ
linked to: Khalsa misls

langar ⓘ
shastar ⓘ
religion Sikhism ⓘ
script Gurmukhi ⓘ
symbolizes Sikh collective responsibility ⓘ
Sikh sovereignty ⓘ
charity ⓘ
community service ⓘ
defense of righteousness ⓘ
justice ⓘ
martial responsibility ⓘ
protection of the oppressed ⓘ
religious duty ⓘ
social equality ⓘ
tegMeaning sword ⓘ
timePeriodOfProminence 18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
usedAs inscription on Sikh coins ⓘ
inscription on Sikh flags ⓘ
inscription on Sikh seals ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Khalsa → motto → Deg Teg Fateh ⓘ
Deg Teg Fateh → component → Fateh ⓘ
linked to: Deg Teg Fateh