Many accouts of guru ji's era detail that women were baptised on vaisakhi day of 1699 and afterwards also.Below is a reference from Asiatic Journal of 1828 that also says that among sikhs baptism ceremony for women was in practice and carried out in the same way as men.
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THE ASIATIC JOURNAL FOR JULY, 1828.
Communication*, THE EAST-INDIA AND CHINA TRADE.
CEREMONY OF MAKING A SIKH.
When a person wishes to become а
sikh, he makes known his intention to
some grant'hi,* or to any person learned
in their sastras ; and if he wish to become «
klmlsn.f he permits his hair to grow.
When his hair has grown a month or two,
lie goes again to the grant'hi, who prepares
the nectar by stirring a knife iu a
bowl of water, repeating incantations : a
person present joins the bands of the new
disciple, into which the grant'hi pours
some of this water of life, of which he drinke five times, and afterwards
rubs a little on his eyes. While he receives this water, he repeats five
tiroes : " wah ! guru jida klialsa/ wah! guru jida ¡ihateh/"* The grant'hi
next demands bis name, which, if insignificant in sound or meaning, is
changed for another, and the word sinyha^- added. After this, a meat
offering is prepared, called hará prosada, composed of clarified butter,
flour, sugar, milk, and various kinds of fruits mixed and baked on the fire.
The grant'hi now worships the book (the adi-grant'ha, or " chief book," the
depository of the sikh creed and law), and presents to it some of the meat
offering; the rest of which is offered to Akala Purusha (a name of Narayana,
the supreme spirit), in the name of Nanak.f accompanied by a prayer to
Govinda Singha, that his blessing may rest upon the person now becoming a
sikh. At the close of these ceremonies, the food is distributed amongst the
spectators of every caste ; and the grant'hi addresses a short discourse to
the disciple respecting the religion of the sikhs, and teaches him an
incantation, by repeating it in his presence till it be learnt, or else he
gives it him in writing. The sikhs pay great reverence to the initiatory
incantation, but less to their spiritual guides than the Hindus. Women are
made eikhs in the same manner as men, the only difference in the form is
that when the nectar is prepared for women, it is stirred with the back
instead of the edge of the knife. When a Musulman becomes a sikh, he is
forbidden, in the strongest manner, to eat beef.—
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THE ASIATIC JOURNAL FOR JULY, 1828.
Communication*, THE EAST-INDIA AND CHINA TRADE.
CEREMONY OF MAKING A SIKH.
When a person wishes to become а
sikh, he makes known his intention to
some grant'hi,* or to any person learned
in their sastras ; and if he wish to become «
klmlsn.f he permits his hair to grow.
When his hair has grown a month or two,
lie goes again to the grant'hi, who prepares
the nectar by stirring a knife iu a
bowl of water, repeating incantations : a
person present joins the bands of the new
disciple, into which the grant'hi pours
some of this water of life, of which he drinke five times, and afterwards
rubs a little on his eyes. While he receives this water, he repeats five
tiroes : " wah ! guru jida klialsa/ wah! guru jida ¡ihateh/"* The grant'hi
next demands bis name, which, if insignificant in sound or meaning, is
changed for another, and the word sinyha^- added. After this, a meat
offering is prepared, called hará prosada, composed of clarified butter,
flour, sugar, milk, and various kinds of fruits mixed and baked on the fire.
The grant'hi now worships the book (the adi-grant'ha, or " chief book," the
depository of the sikh creed and law), and presents to it some of the meat
offering; the rest of which is offered to Akala Purusha (a name of Narayana,
the supreme spirit), in the name of Nanak.f accompanied by a prayer to
Govinda Singha, that his blessing may rest upon the person now becoming a
sikh. At the close of these ceremonies, the food is distributed amongst the
spectators of every caste ; and the grant'hi addresses a short discourse to
the disciple respecting the religion of the sikhs, and teaches him an
incantation, by repeating it in his presence till it be learnt, or else he
gives it him in writing. The sikhs pay great reverence to the initiatory
incantation, but less to their spiritual guides than the Hindus. Women are
made eikhs in the same manner as men, the only difference in the form is
that when the nectar is prepared for women, it is stirred with the back
instead of the edge of the knife. When a Musulman becomes a sikh, he is
forbidden, in the strongest manner, to eat beef.—
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