The Dabistán, or School of manners, Volume 3 (of 3) / translated from the original Persian, with notes and illustrations

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• Cahen, his French translation of the Hebrew Bible, II. 301, 302, 303.
• Callisthenes, I. 279 n.
• Canun fil thabi, title of a work composed by Avisenna, II. 173 n. 3.
• Carpentarius (Jacobus), Claramontanus Bellovacus, III. [208].
• Cedrenus, quoted, I. 215 n. 1.
• Chadah, a tribe of Kchatriyas, II. 112.
• Chahnal, Ch’halana Avatar, III. [213] n. [1].
• Chaitra, March-April, II. 18.
• Chakra, the summary of the four ages of the Hindus, stated, II. 48.
• Chakra, disk, weapon of Vichnu, II. 17
  • —what it means, 32.
• Chanda, on prosody and verse, II. 65 n. 1.
• Chandra bakta, “worshippers of the moon,” II. 242.
• Changragatcha-nameh, a Persian poem, I. 213 n. 224 n.
• Chanyud Pul, or Chinawad Pul, “bridge of judgment,” I. 285 and n. 2.
• Chardin (Chevalier), traveller in the East, I. 225 n.
• Charvak, a Sceptic philosopher, II. 197, 198 n. 4
  • —his creed, 198, 202.
• Châtayi Khan, son of Jangis Khan, III. [115]
  • —dashes his horse against his brother, the Khalif—obtains his pardon, [116].
  • —the countries inherited from his father, enumerated, ibid. [n.]
• Chatra, umbrella, I. 18.
• Chatramán, Chatri, the same as Kchatriyas, the second class of the people, I. 18.
• Chatur Vapah, a Dandahar-Sanyasi (see [these words]), highly abstemious, II. 142
  • —an adventure concerning him, 143, 144, 145.
  • —blesses the author of the Dabistán, ibid.
  • —his death, 146.
• Chauki Navîs, “register-keeper,” I. 156.
• Chehar Kúb, “four blows,” a mode of invoking God, I. 77.
• Chet harten, “a chapel,” a temple among the Tibetans, II. 290, 291.
• Chetnuph (Agatho demon), III. [106].
• Ch’hala, “misconstruction,” II. 209
  • —of three sorts, ibid. n. 2.
• Chid, name of a Nosk of the Zand-Avesta, I. 274.
• Chinon (Gabriel de), traveller in the East, I. 225 n.
• Chiran jivah, “long-lived,” surname of Parasu-Rama, II. 23.
• Chistápá, the wife of Baharam Gul, a beauty of her times, tries the sanctity of Muselmans and Hindus, II. 226.
• Chivarina, a Brahman of Kachmir, burns himself, II. 103, 104.
• Choharas, low class of men, II. 245, 246.
• Chúda Karana, a rite of the Hindus, II. 56 n. 3.
• Cicacole, town of India, in the Northern Circars, I. 46.
• Cicero, quoted, I. 340 n. 1.
• Clement (St.), of Alexandria, is not unacquainted with Zoroaster’s works, I. 224 n.
  • —quoted, 277 n. 1.
  • —304 n. 1.
• Clitarchus, author, quoted, I. 17 n.
• Colebrooke (Thomas), quoted, II. 4, 10, 37, 65, 93, 119, 120, 122, 177, 198, 210, 451 n. 1; III. 1 n. [1.], [43].
• Ctesias, quoted, I. 33 n.

D.

• Daâi, missionary, particular dignity among the Ismâilahs, II. 432 n. 2.
• Dabati, the Caspian sea, in Parsi works, I. 231.
• Dadistan, hall of justice, I. 43.
• Dadistan Aursah, or Davershah, Daversah, or Sah daver, work quoted, I. 131.
• Dadram, a Persian festival, I. 63.
• Dád-Shikar, “equity-hunt,” I. 185.
• Dad-sitaní, “lawyer,” I. 160, 168.
• Dadu Panthians, a sect, II. 233.
• Dadu, Durvish, and founder of a sect—an account of him, II. 233.
• Dai, name of an angel and a month, I. 61, 62 n.
• Daibader, angel presiding over the 8th day of the month, I. 62 n.
• Daibadin, angel presiding over the 23rd day of the month, I. 62 n.
• Dabamiher, angel presiding over the 15th day of the month, I. 62 n.
• Dair-namah, a work of Fakher, III. [298].
• Daityas, “demons,” churn the oceans, II. 42 n. 1.
• Daldal, name given by the Ulviahs to the fourth heaven, II. 468
  • —signifies also Muhammed’s mule and Ali’s horse, ibid. n. 1.
• Dalmah, “cultivator,” II. 78.
• Dama bhavani, name of a spring, II. 167 n. 2.
• Daman-i-bad, “sound of the wind,” II. 134.
• Damudar Dás Kaul, a learned Brahman of Kachmir, holds Akas to signify space, II. 40.
• Dana phal, a rite of the Hindus, II. 58 n. 3.
• Dandahari, a class of Sanyásis, II. 140.
• Dandorat, “prostration,” II. 101.
• Danish nameh Káteb Shahi, work quoted, II. 372.
• Darab the Great, king of Persia, son of Bahman, I. 87.
• Darab the Less, king, son of Darab the Great, I. p. 87.
• Dara-i-Gunah, name of an angel, I. 7.
• Daran Sarún, king and magician, attempts to destroy the child Zardusht, I. 219
  • —invited to a feast by Zardusht’s father, 228.
• Dara Shiko, son of Shah Jehan, defends his father—defeated by Aurengzeb, his brother—delivered up to the latter—executed, III. [285] n. [1], [294].
• Dartha, sacrificial grass, II. 57 n. 1, 2, 80.
• Darji, “demon,” I. 324.
• Darkúbín, name of a Nosk of the Zand-Avesta, I. 275.
• Darun, an office celebrated particularly for the sake of a king, I. 258 and n.
  • —also a little cake, ibid.
• Darun fusesté, “offered bread,” I. 315.
• Darun miezd, “religious rites,” I. 315, explained, ibid. n. 1, 316.
• Darun Yeshté, a Parsi office, also banquet, I. 333, and n.
• Darwands, enemies to good, I. 301 and n.
• Dastan, surname of Zal, I. 191.
• Daláteri, the chief of a class of Sanyásis, II. 139
  • —his adventure with Goraknath, 140.
• Davárah, a chief of the Sikhs—his dispute with Pertab-mal, II. 112.
• Davaserujed, the 18th Nosk of the Zand-Avesta—its contents, I. 274 n.
• Danda (David), II. 298.
• Daud Isfahaní, the chief of a Muhammedan sect, II. 329 n. 332.
• Dáud Kaiséri (Shaikh), III. [232] n. [1].
• Daulet Khan Kaksal, quoted, II. 281.
• Daulet Khan Lodi, II. 247
  • —a short account of him, ibid. n. 2.
• Dawir Haryar, author of Dara-i-Sekander—a speech of his quoted, I. 34, 360.
• Dayab, the north-west region, II. 35.
• Dáyu, a Vairági—a legend of him, II. 192.
• Deh Ak, a name of Zohak, I. 74.
• Derick Desatir, “the little Desatir,” I. 65 n. 1.
• Desatir, “heaven-sent book,” I. 20, 44, 66, 123.
• Desnad, the volume which contains the doctrine of Mazdak, I. 375, 378.
• Destánír, for Desatir, I. 20 n.
• Deva, a free-minded Brahman, II. 279, 280.
• Déva archaka, worshipper of an idol, II. 102.
• Deva Kanya, “daughters of the gods,” name given to public women, II. 154.
• Dhaids, one of the lowest classes of men, II. 245.
• Dhanam, “meditation,” II. 125, 127.
• Dhanu, “military tactics,” II. 65 n. 1.
• Dharanam, “fortitude,” II. 125 n. 6, 126.
• Dharma sastra, civil and canon laws, II. 66 n.
• Dhritarashtra, son of Vyása, II. 68.
• Dihyat ol kalbi, “the ape-dog,” form in which the angel Gabriel appeared to Muhammed, II. 453 n.
• Din, angel presiding over the 24th day of the month, I. 62 n.
• Dinbahi, “true faith,” I. 231, 232.
• Diodorus Siculus, quoted, I. 33 n. 1.
• Diogenes Laertius, quoted, I. 209.
• Dion Chrysostomus mentions Zoroaster’s works, I. 224 n.
• Disa, quarters of the world, eight, II. 219
  • —their names, ibid.
• Div, demon, I. 180.
• Dóazdah Hamast, the fifth Nosk of the Zand-Avesta, its contents, I. 273 n.
• Doghduyah, mother of Zardusht, I. 215
  • —her dream in the sixth month of her pregnancy, ibid. 216.
  • —interpretation of the dream, 217, 218.
• Do giti, “two worlds,” the great volume of God, I. 65 n. 1.
• Donatus (Aelius), I. 171.
• Dortous de Mairan, II. 305.
• Dosha, “error,” subdivided into three parts, II. 205.
• Dostur, “prime-minister,” to whose department the public revenue is attached, I. 155.
• Dostur, “superintendent,” I. 18 n.
• Draupadí, daughter of Drúpada, II. 68.
• Drishtanta, “comparison,” II. 207.
• Drupada, Raja of Panchala, II. 68.
• Druses, a sect of the Ismáilahs, disciples of Hamza, son of Ali, II. 421 n. 1.
• Dubois (abbé), quoted, II. 37 n. 1, 73 n. 1.
• Dukh, “pain,” II. 205.
• Duníahs, a particular sect, III. [25].
• Dup Néreng, “prayer,” I. 283 n.
• Durds, a sect in the mountains of Kachmir—brothers have but one wife, II. 244, 245; III. [304] n. [1].
• Durgá, a name of the wife of Siva, demands the sacrifice of a man from a villager, II. 162
  • —from Vichnu-nath Deo, and his son, ibid.
  • —how represented, 163.
  • —the human sacrifice continued to the time of the author of the Dabistán, ibid.
  • —eight Durgás, and their names, 220.
• Dvésha, hatred, II. 120, 205.
• Dwapar-yug, the third age of the Hindus, its duration, II. 24, 47.
• Dwaraka, town of India, account of it, I. 53 and n. 1.
• Dyani, “contemplator,” II. 240.

E.

• Eichhorn, quoted, II. 300.
• Elmacin (George), author of a History of the Saracens, quoted, III. 8 n. [1], 55 [n], n. [1] and [2].
• Enka (also called Simurgh), “the foundation of material substance,” III. [237]
  • —divinity, [249].
  • —a fabulous bird, ibid. n. [1].
  • —an allegory connected with it, ibid. n. [1].
• Eristratus, grandson of Aristotle, compared to Avisenna, II. 171 n. 1.
• Erpenius (Thomas), translator into Latin of Elmacin’s History of the Saracens, quoted, II. 358 n. 1; III. 8 n. [1].
• Erskine (William), translated the Memoirs of Zehir-eddin Muhammed Baber, quoted, II. 247 n.
• Esculapius (Iskalapius), disciple of Hermes, III. 106 [n.]
  • —called Apu, 111 n. [2].
  • —confounded with the sun, [112].
  • —with Serapis, ibid. n. [1].
• Esha âad avizmidi, a form of prayer, I. 318, 319.
• Eshem, the demon of envy, wrath, and violence, vanquished by Káiomers, I. 268 n. 1.
• Espintaman, the third ancestor of Zardusht, I. 215 n.
  • —signifies excellent, ibid.
  • —name of Zardusht’s father, I. 233.
• Eva, the mystical meaning of the name, III. [146].
• Eudemos, disciple of Aristotle, quoted upon the opinion of the Magi concerning space, II. 41 n.
• Eudokia (the empress), attributes to Zoroaster several books, I. 224 n.
• Eudoxus, quoted, I. 212 n.
• Eusebius, testifies that, in the fourth century after J. C., there existed sacred works concerning the theology and religion of the Persians, I. 224 n.

F.

• Fabricius, quoted, III. 106 [n.], 208 [n.]
• Fakher eddin Muhammed Tafresi (Mir), III. [297], [298], [299].
• Falek atlas, “the crystalline sphere,” arrival at it, III. [248].
• Falek sabitah, “the heaven of the fixed stars,” arrival at it, III. [247].
• Faná, “annihilation,” III. [268], [274].
• Farab, a town situated on the occidental confines of Turkestan, III. 170 n. [1].
• Farabí, surname of a great philosopher, III. 170 n. [1], [302].
• Faramand, disciple of Fariraj, his opinion, I. 196.
• Faramandiyah, a subdivision of the Samradian sect, I. 196.
• Fard, a measure of time, I. 14.
• Fardát, “inspiration,” I. 11.
• Farhád, son of Alad, I. 180.
• Farhád, a follower of Mazdak’s creed, I. 378.
• Farhang, “judge,” I. 166.
• Farhang-dár, “judge,” I. 160.
• Farhang Dostúr, one of the compilers of the testament of Jemshid, I. 195
  • —a travelling merchant of the Yekanah binan sect, ibid.
• Farhang Kesh, “excellent faith,” the system of Hushang, I. 145.
• Farid eddin (Shaikh), quoted, I. 66.
• Faridun, king and prophet, I. 30
  • —son of Abtin, 88.
  • —kindles the holy fire—his epoch and duration of his reign, 50 and n.
  • —suspends by his prayer a rock in the air, 51.
  • —enjoins the slaughter of noxious animals, 74.
• Far-i-Izad, “the splendor of God,” name of the angel guardian of Zardusht, I. 221.
• Fariraj, son of Farshid, a sectary of the Samradian faith, his opinion, I. 196.
• Farírajíyah, a subdivision of the Samradian sect, I. 196.
• Farishta Manish, “angel-hearted,” I. 180.
• Farjud, “miraculous power,” I. 72.
• Farmah, a month of a Farsál (see [Farsal]), I. 27.
• Farnishin, a particular position in praying, I. 78.
• Farógh pirai, name of a fire-temple in Najf, I. 51.
• Farroz, a day of a Farmáh (see [Farmah]), I. 27.
• Farsál, the revolution of a planet, I. 26, 27.
• Farshid, son of Fartosh, a sectary, I. 196
  • —his opinion, ibid.
• Farshidiyahs, a subdivision of the Samradian sect, I. 196.
• Fartáb, “revelation,” I. 11.
• Fartosh, a sectary of the Samradians, I. 195
  • —his doctrine, ibid.
• Fartoshian, a subdivision of the Samradian sect, I. 196.
• Fartúsh, a merchant of the Khodayi sect, I. 201.
• Faruk, “separator,” surname of the Khalif Omar, I. 98, 99 n.
  • —name of the Koran—two Faruks, III. [4].
  • —a passage of the second, 5.
• Farúmad, or Farúyad, or Ferdid, a town in the country of Tus, where Zardusht planted a cypress, I. 307 n.
• Farun Faro Vakhshur, name given to the conservative angel of mankind, I. 149.
• Farzanah Bahram (doctor), son of Farhad, author of the Sharistan-i danish wa gulistan-i Binish—a precept of his quoted, I. 77
  • —his account of Azar Kaiván, 88, 93.
  • —Ferzanah’s descent, life—attainments, with the aid of his master, Kaiván—anecdote concerning both, 109.
  • —his death, 110.
  • —quoted in the life of Zardusht, 245.
• Farzanah Bahram the Less, son of Farhad, author of Arzhang Máni, I. 121
  • —his death, 122.
  • —he translated into Persian the works of Shaikh Ishrak Shuhab udden Maktul, 122.
  • —his austerity, 122, 123.
• Farzanah Farshid wird, a disciple of Kaiván, his lineage, I. 105
  • —description of a fight between him and Bahman, 106.
  • —his death, ibid.
• Farzanah Kharrad, disciple of Kaiván, his origin, I. 103
  • —an anecdote of him, 104.
  • —his death, 105.
• Farzanah Khiradmand, disciple of Kaiván, his descent, fight with Rustam, I. 106, 107.
• Farzanah Khushi (Mobed), author of Bazm gah-i Durvehan, I. 104, 119
  • —a quotation from this work, 120, 121.
• Farwardin, name of an angel and a month, 60 and n. 1, 61.
• Fasakh, “fracture,” III. [150].
• Fas hawdi, work of Shaikh Mohí eddin, III. [234].
• Fatimah, daughter of Muhammed, wife of Ali, II. 398 n. 1; III. [51]
  • —her inheritance disputed to her—the gate of her house burnt—she never spoke to the enemies of her husband, 52 n. [1], 53 [n.]
• Fatimite (Khalifs), descendants of Ismâil, II. 398 n.
  • —of Ali and Fatima, the daughter of the prophet, 401 n.
  • —the termination of their dominion, 450 n.
• Fatúhát, “victories,” III. [281].
• Favaid Madaniy, “Useful Notes by a Citizen of Medina,” work quoted, II. 272, 381, 382.
• Favaimasihan, “science of future events,” contained in the sixth Nosk of the Zand-Avesta, I. 273 and n.
• Favardigan, “five supplementary days of the year,” I. 312
  • —their names, 62, 326, 327.
• Favátah, “Prolegomena,” title of a work of Maibedí, III. [226], [237].
• Fayz, “emanation,” and other significations, III. [230] n. [2].
• Fedak, a castle near the town of Khaibar—an inheritance of Fatima, III. [51] n. [2]
  • —taken from and restored to the family of Ali, 52 [n.]
• Fedayi, name of the devoted followers of Hassan Sabah, and the doctrine of the Ismâilahs, II. 435 n. 2.
• Ferdid, see Feruyad.
• Ferehengiram, name of Venus, I. 38 n.
• Ferhad, celebrated architect, I. 112.
• Ferhengí Shuuri, quoted, III. 267 n. [1].
• Ferhósh, an ancient Persian king, chose seven poets, each of whom, on one day of the week, recited his verses to the king, III. [107].
• Ferid eddin Attlar, a work of his quoted, III. 96 n. [1], 249 n. [1].
• Ferishta (History of), I. 41 n. 1.
• Ferk, “division,” III. [295] n. [1].
• Fersendaj, faith of Máhábad, I. 21 n. 1.
• Ferzábad, another name of Máhábad, I. 21 n.
• Ferz Desátir, or “the Great Desátir,” I. 65 n. 1.
• Ferz-zemiar, “great prayer,” I. 79.
• Feśus ul hikem, “the bezels of philosophers,” a work of Mohi eddin Ibn Arabi, III. [91].
• Fikah, “jurisprudence,” II. 375 n. 1.
• Firrah Kári, disciple of Shidosh, how he was revenged on the peasantry of Achan, who had offended him, I. 115, 126.
• Foucaud, professor of Tibetan, II. 292.
• Foucher (abbé), a learned French author, his opinion about the Zand books, I. 225 n.
  • —quoted, 278 n. 373.
• Fortia d’Urban (marquis), II. 305, 306.
• Frank, his French translation of the Hebrew Bible quoted, II. 301, 302, 303.
• Fransâi (Padri), II. 305.

G.

• Gada Naráyana, master of a sect, II. 229.
• Gahambara, “six periods of creation,” I. 312
  • —six festivals, 346.
  • —origin of it, and description of the creation, 348, 349, 350.
• Gah Havan, “sunrise,” I. 316 n.
• Gah-i-zarin, “golden place in heaven,” I. 288.
• Gáh-numás, “astrologer,” I. 169.
• Gandharva, “science of music,” II. 65 n. 1.
• Gandhara-viváhah, a form of marriage among Hindus, II. 72.
• Ganésa man, appointed tutor of the author of the Dabistán, II. 145.
• Gangavara, place of pilgrimage, in Kachmir, II. 166.
• Gangu, a boy ten years old, initiated in idealism, II. 105.
• Garbha ádána karma, a rite of the Hindús, II. 54 and n. 2.
• Garcin de Tassy, quoted in the notes of vol. I. pp. 1, 2, 3; II. 115, 168, 224, 342, 368; III. 29 [n.], 235 [n.], 259 [n. 1], 286 [n.]
• Gautama, husband of Ahalya, II. 68.
• Gáya, Giya, town in India, a place of pilgrimage, I. 53 and n. about it.
• Gaya mereta, or Gayo mard, the primitive man, I. 355 n.
• Gayatri, “sacred prayer,” II. 61 n. 1.
• Ghaib al ghaiyub, “the mysterious hidden,” III. [248], [267], 268 [n. 1].
• Ghaib imkani, “the possible disappearance,” III. [278].
• Ghâibet kaberi, “the great absence,” II. 377.
• Gházi khan Badakshí, a great logician, III. [97].
• Ghaib maháli, “the illusive disappearance,” III. [278].
• Ghâibet sârí, “the minor absence,” II. 377.
• Ghasal, “ablution,” II. 59, 60, 61
  • —how interpreted by the Ismâilahs, 408; III. [259].
• Ghalálí Abu Hamed Muhammed Ebn Muhammed Ghazálí, surnamed Hajjet ul islam Zain eddin al Tusi, II. 349
  • —a short account of him and his works, ibid. n. 2.
• Gilshah, assumes the government in obedience to Heaven, I. 29.
• Gird-koh, a fort, taken by the Ismâilahs, II. 439
  • —taken by Holágu, 450 n.
• Gita govinda, poem composed by Jayadiva, II. 180 n. 1.
• Giti kharid, “a pious gift,” I. 289 and n. 2.
• Gladwin, quoted, I. 9 n. 14.
• Glaire (Monsieur), his French translation of the Hebrew Bible, II. 301, 302, 303.
• Gnostics (The), make great use of Oriental cosmogony and psychology, as derived from Zoroaster, I. 224 n.
• Gódána, “gift of a cow,” II. 57 n. 4.
• Gokhastah (Ahriman), I. 345.
• Gómedha, “sacrifice of a cow,” II. 83.
• Gopinath (Raí), author quoted, I. 54.
• Goraknáth, name of the divinity—a saint—adopted by a class of Yogis, II. 128 n. 1. 129.
• Goya Kasem, author of an account of Sectaries, II. 230.
• Goyastah, Gojestah, Gosakhtah, the evil spirit, I. 337.
• Grihasthà, “married men,” II. 213, 241.
• Gul-shen-raz, “The Mystery of the Rose-Bower,” II. 102; III. [142], 228 [n.], [233].
• Guna, “property,” II. 14 n. 1.
• Gundwar, a particular sect, II. 241
  • —kill strangers, 242.
• Gurgín, a Persian chieftain, whose dignity remained more than a thousand years in his family, I. 163.
• Guru Govind, son of Tégh Bahader, founder of the national greatness of the Sikhs, author of the Dasama Padshah grantha, “The Book of the Tenth King,” II. 288 n. 1.
• Guru-mata, great council of the Sikhs, II. 288 n. 1.
• Guruva gurinah, Brahmans of Kachmir, II. 103.
• Gushaspian, a sect, I. 278 n.
• Gushtasp, son of Lohrasp, I. 88
  • —receives Zardusht, 245 and n. 2.
  • —hears his doctrine, 246, 247, 248.
  • —demands a proof of the truth of the Zand-Avesta, and a miracle, 249.
  • —doubts of it, 250.
  • —displeased with Zardusht, 251.
  • —throws away the Zand-Avesta, and imprisons the prophet, 252.
  • —finds his charger palsied, ibid.
  • —calls Zardusht, and accepts the conditions for the cure of the horse, 253.
  • —punishes the enemies of the prophet, 254, 255.
  • —requests the grant of four wishes, 256.
  • —sees four angels, and falls senseless from his throne, 257, 258.
  • —on the tasting of hallowed wine, ascends to heaven, 259.
  • —establishes fire-worship in his kingdom, 260.
  • —calls Jangrangháchah to Iran, 276.
  • —is said to have travelled in India, ibid. n. 2.
  • —relates and explains a parable of Zardusht, 368, 369.
• Gwalior, a fort in the province of Agra, II. 274.

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