POTHIAN BABA MOHAN VALIAN , manuscript copies {pothidn, lit. books), in Gurmukhi script, containing some of the compositions of the first three Gurus and eight medieval saints, which, according to Sikh tradition. Guru Arjan (1563 - 1606) obtained from Baba Mohan, the elder son of the Third Guru Amar Das, and which he utilized in the compilation of the Adi Granth.