CONTENTS

Of the Dabistán (vol. I.)


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Introduction of the Author[1]
CHAPTER I.
Of the religion of the Parsian[4]
Section
I.—Tenets and ceremonies observed by the Sipasian and Parsian[5]
Description of the worship rendered to the seven planets, according to the Sipasian faith[35]
II.—Description of the Sipasian sect[87]
III.—The laws of the Paiman-i-Farhang and the Hirbed Sár[147]
Descriptions of the gradations of Paradise[150]
Description of the infernal regions[152]
IV.—An account of the Jamshapian sect[193]
V.—The Samradian sect[195]
VI.—The tenets of the Khodaiyan[201]
VII.—The system of the Rádián[ibid.]
VIII.—The Shidrangián creed[203]
IX.—The Páikárian creed[ibid.]
X.—The Milánián system[204]
XI.—The system of the followers of Alár[206]
XII.—The Shidanian faith[207]
XIII.—The system of the Akhshiyán sect[ibid.]
XIV.—The followers of Zardusht[211]
Account of the precepts given by Zardusht to the king and all mankind [260]
The Sad-der, or “the hundred gates” of Zardusht[310]
Enumeration of some advantages which arise from the enigmatical forms of the precepts of Zardusht’s followers[351]
Summary of the contents of the Mah-zend[353]
XV.—An account of the tenets held by the followers of Mazdak[372]