Amrit Vela

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Amrit Vela is the pre-dawn period in Sikhism considered especially sacred for meditation, prayer, and spiritual practice.

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Label Occurrences
Amrit Vela canonical 2

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Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sikh religious practice ⓘ
religious time period ⓘ
associatedWith meditation ⓘ
prayer ⓘ
quiet and stillness of early morning ⓘ
spiritual practice ⓘ
category Sikh devotional practice ⓘ
Sikh spiritual discipline ⓘ
considered especially sacred ⓘ
culturalRole daily spiritual routine in Sikh households ⓘ
describedAs pre-dawn period ⓘ
emphasizedBy Guru Nanak ⓘ
encouragedIn Sikh code of conduct ⓘ
etymology Amrit (nectar, divine) + Vela (time) ⓘ
frequency daily ⓘ
goal inner purification ⓘ
spiritual awakening ⓘ
languageOfTerm Punjabi ⓘ
linkedTo daily discipline of a Gursikh ⓘ
mentionedIn Guru Granth Sahib ⓘ
practicedBy observant Sikhs ⓘ
practiceForm congregational practice ⓘ
individual practice ⓘ
purpose connection with Waheguru ⓘ
cultivation of spiritual discipline ⓘ
recommendedFor Naam Simran ⓘ
Nitnem ⓘ
recitation of Gurbani ⓘ
relatedConcept Naam Japna ⓘ
Nitnem Banis ⓘ
Sikh Rehat Maryada ⓘ
linked to: Rehat Maryada
religion Sikhism ⓘ
spiritualBenefit detachment from worldly distractions ⓘ
focus of mind on the Divine ⓘ
spiritualSignificance time of heightened spiritual receptivity ⓘ
temporalRelation before sunrise ⓘ
timeOfDay early morning ⓘ
tradition Sikh ⓘ
linked to: Sikh people
valueInSikhism highly meritorious ⓘ
viewedAs ideal time for remembrance of God ⓘ
viewedBySikhsAs gifted time for grace ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Japji Sahib → timeOfRecitation → Amrit Vela ⓘ
Nitnem → timeOfDayDetail → Amrit Vela ⓘ