The collected writings of Guru Gobind Singh are known as Dasam Granth ("Scripture of the Tenth Guru"). The writings of the poets in his court comprise a different scripture known as Vidiya Sar ("Pool of Knowledge"). According to a famous history of the Sikhs written in 1843 Suraj Prakash ("Rising of the Sun") 52 scholar-poets and 7 pandits always lived in the court of Guru Gobind Singh Ji. The writings of the poets were written on paper in fine script and according to Suraj Prakash the weight of this Vidiya Sar was "9 maunds.
The Guru Granth Sahib contains the scriptures of the Sikhs. It is an anthology of prayers and hymms which contain the actual words and verses as uttered by the Sikh Gurus. The Guru Granth Sahib also known as the Adi Granth consists of 1430 pages and has 5864 verses. Its contents are referred to as bani or gurbani. An individual hymm is a shabad.
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