“Dasam Granth”means “Writings of the Tenth Guru.” It was authored by Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh Guru, and compiled by Bhai Mani Singh in 1711, three years after Guru Gobind Singh passed away. It is a major source for Guru Gobind Singh’s writings.

Guru Gobind Singh felt the Siri Guru Granth Sahib was already complete by his time, and he did not alter it.

The Dasam Granth is written in Gurmukhi script, and transcribed in three different languages—Braj, Lehndi Panjabi, Central Punjabi, and Persian. It is 1399 pages long.

The whole of the Dasam Granth is composed in rhymed poetic verse, and includes Jaap Sahib (p. 1-10), Sudha Swayas (p.13-15), Shabad Hazare (p. 709-712), Var Bhagauti (Ardas p. 119), Shabad Deh Shiva (p. 99), Benti Chaupai (p. 1386), Swaya ‘paae(n) gahe’ (p. 254), and Dohra ‘sagal duaar’ (p. 254). It contains many of the banis (daily prayers) that Sikhs sing.

Some Sikhs regard the Dasam Granth as equivalent to the Siri Guru Granth Sahib, and in the Gurdwara of Takhat Hazur Sahib in India it is placed along with the Siri Guru Granth Sahib.