what is shastar naam mala and aarti/artaa

Vaheguru ji ka Khalsa Vaheguru ji ki Fateh

Can somebody please tell me what is Shastar naam maala?

What is aarti/aarta?

Its on the sundar gutka app and I read them out of curiousity

So like why do people do that paath?.. and I feel like its from dasham granth..

What is the significance of those paaths

Vaheguru ji ka khalsa
Vaheguru ji ki Fateh

Shashtar Naam mala is a bani of Sri Dasam Granth sahib.In that various shashtars used by Sikhs are listed.It is like encyclopedia of weapons.

Please listen to this video of bhai Balbir Singh ji wherein he names some shashtars that we have forgotten. PLease press download and audio comes on.

[www.patshahi10.org]

Aarti and aarta are read after rehras sahib from harmandir sahib.