> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.urantia.dev/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Japji API

> Japji API: get any passage by its reference, as JSON. Max Arthur Macauliffe, 1909. 40 passages, public domain, no key needed.

The API serves **The Japji** (Max Arthur Macauliffe, 1909) as JSON, one passage at a time, by the reference people use. The opening hymn of the Sikh scripture, by Guru Nanak. It has 40 passages in 1 composition. No key and no account.

## Get a passage

```bash theme={null}
# Japji 1
curl https://api.urantia.dev/scriptures/japji/1
```

```json theme={null}
{
  "data": {
    "corpus": {
      "slug": "japji",
      "title": "The Japji",
      "translator": "Max Arthur Macauliffe",
      "year": 1909
    },
    "passages": [
      {
        "ref": "Japji 1",
        "division": 1,
        "text": "By thinking I cannot obtain a conception of Him, even though I think hundreds of thousands of times. Even though I be silent and keep my attention firmly fixed on Him, I cannot preserve silence. The hunger of the hungry..."
      }
    ]
  }
}
```

The slug `japji`, the id `japji-macauliffe-1909`, and the prefix `japji` all name this text.

## References

`Japji 0` is the opening (the Mul Mantar), `Japji 1` to `Japji 38` are the pauris, and `Japji 39` is the closing slok.

`GET /scriptures/japji` lists every composition with its first and last reference.

## Search

```bash theme={null}
# By meaning
curl -X POST https://api.urantia.dev/scriptures/search/semantic \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"q":"your question","corpus":"japji","limit":5}'
# By keyword
curl 'https://api.urantia.dev/works/search?q=your%20words&work=japji'
```

Each passage also links to the closest paragraphs of the Urantia Papers: `GET /scriptures/japji/1/urantia-parallels`. The [world religions guide](https://docs.urantia.dev/scriptures.md) explains how the links are made, and the [MCP server](https://docs.urantia.dev/mcp-servers.md) has the same calls for AI agents.

## Source

* **Text:** The Japji, translated by Max Arthur Macauliffe (1909)
* **Source:** [en.wikisource.org](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Sikh_Religion/Volume_1/Japji)
* **License:** Public domain in the United States
* **Notes:** From The Sikh Religion, volume 1. Japji 0 is the opening (the Mul Mantar), Japji 1 to 38 are the pauris, and Japji 39 is the closing slok.


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