MANSĀ DEVĪ, MĀTĀ (d. 1569), wife of Gurū Amar Dās (1479-1574), was the daughter of Bhāī Dev Chand, a Bahil Khatrī of Sankhatrā, a small town in Siālkoṭ district (now in Pakistan). Her marriage to (Gurū) Amar Dās took place on 11 Māgh 1559 Bk/ 8 January 1503, but the couple remained childless until a girl, Dānī, was born to them in 1530 followed by three more children, Bhāni (1535), Mohan (1536) and Mohrī (1539). Mātā Mansā Devī died at Goindvāl in 1569.

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Harnām Siṅgh