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

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• Nabhi chakra, a region of the human body, II. 132.
• Nader, the sixth Nosk of the Zand-Avesta—its contents, I. 273 n.
• Nafhat al Uns, “the fragrant Gales of Mankind,” a work of Jami, quoted, III. [96], 97 n. [1], [289].
• Nafi, “negation,” I. 136.
• Nagarikot, a fortress in Lahore, II. 109 n. 1.
• Nagmeddin Ali Ben Omar al Kazvini, disciple of Naśir eddin, III. [217].
• Nahid (Venus), represented in the form of a man, I. 38, 39.
• Nakid-azar, a fire-temple, I. 47.
• Najem eddin Ahu ’l Hassan Ali, son of Muhammed, surnamed Dabiran al Katebi al Kazviní, III. 218 n. [1].
• Najem eddin Abu ’l Jenab Ahmed, son of Omar, III. [277].
• Najf, burial-place of Alí, I. 47
  • —its ancient name, 51.
• Náin Javet, quoted by the author of the Dabistán, III. [87], [89].
• Nairrita, regent between south and west, II. 219.
• Naisan, a Syrian month (April), also spring-rain—fabulous belief about it, II. 259 n. 2.
• Nakd al Faśus, “the ready Money of Bezels,” work of Jâmi, III. [235].
• Nakir, an angel visiting the dead, III. [153].
• Nak shatras, twenty-seven stellar mansions, II. 83, 219.
• Náma-Karana, a rite of the Hindus, II. 55.
• Namaskara, “respectful salutation,” II. 235.
• Nan, name of a Nosk of the Zand-Avesta, I. 275.
• Nanac, founder of the Sikh religion, II. 246
  • —a Kchatriya—devoted to piety, 247, 248.
  • —his creed, 248, 249.
  • —favors the Moghul invasion—an anecdote of him, 249, 250, 251.
  • —his poems, 252.
  • —his children—where he died, 253 n. 2.
  • —successors, 252, 253, 254.
  • —supposed to have formerly been Janaka, sovereign of Mithila—a legend of the latter, 255, 256, 261 to 267.
  • —Nanak appeared successively in the four ages, 268, 269.
  • —for saving the former inhabitants of hell, whom he had once brought up to the world, 269.
• Nânakî, sister of Nanak, II. 247 n. 1.
• Nanac-Panthians, or Sikhs, II. 246.
• Nánac-pautras, descendants of Nánac, extant in our days, II. 252, 253 n. 2.
• Narain Dasi, a Ramanandi, II. 194.
• Naráyana, name of God, II. 16
  • —of Vichnu, 17.
  • —how represented, ibid.
  • —the lotus rises from his navel, 217.
• Narayanían, a sect of the Hindus, II. 232.
• Narmedha, sacrifice of a man, II. 83
  • —practised by the Saktians, 155.
• Narsinha, “Man-lion Avátar,” II. 21.
• Nasír eddin (Khajah), the surname of Muhammed ben Hassan, or ben Muhammed al Tusi, II. 417 n. 2
  • —is sent to Almut, 447.
  • —accompanies Rukn-eddin to the fort Maimundiz, 449.
  • —instigates Holágu to march to Baghdád, 450.
  • —directs an assembly of philosophers and astronomers at Maragha, in Aderbijan, III. [114].
• Naseb, Navaseb, name of a sect, II. 350, 354, 366.
• Naser Khusro, a poet, quoted, II. 312.
• Náśer Khusro (Amir), a learned poet, II. 419 n. 2.
• Naser Motashem, lord of Kohistan, sends Khajah Nasir to Almut, II. 447.
• Nasikh, “obliteration,” III. [149].
• Naśir eddin Abu Said Abdalla ben Omar, III. 218 n. [6].
• Náska, Nosk, book, treatise, chapter of the Zand-Avesta—twenty-one enumerated, I. 272, 273, 274, 275 n.
  • —three additional expected, 275 n.
• Nasudi, “husbandmen,” I. 20 n.
• Natik, “speaker, legislator,” II. 403
  • —seven Natíks enumerated, ibid. n. 1.
• Natiri, a sect, II. 128.
• Navágher, a fort of the Roshenian, III. [44].
• Navand, “writer,” I. 157, 174.
• Naubar, name of a Commander—his conduct on a march, I. 161.
• Nauder, son of Minutheher, I. 88.
• Náúroz, great festival on the first six days of the year, I. 268 and n. 1
  • —commemorates several great events of the world and of Persia, I. 268 and n. 1.
• Náuzodi, a rite of the Parsees, I. 289 n. 2.
• Náya, “ethics,” II. 66 n. 1.
• Náyari, a sect, II. 128.
• Nazar, the eighth king of the Péshdadians—its epoch, I. 52 and n.
• Nazar, son of Montaśer, is superseded in the succession to the throne by his brother, II. 430.
• Nazaratus, perhaps a name for Zoroaster, I. 277 n. 1.
• Nazer Ushruf (Maulavi), editor of the printed edition of the Dabistán—his epilogue, III. [315] to 319.
• Nehajat alekdam fi élm al Kelam, work of Sheheristaní, II. 323 n.
• Nek Khoy, a person treated of in the Samrad Namah of Kámkar, I. 201.
• Nerioseng, a genius, guardian of the germs of Zoroaster’s posterity, I. 281 n.
• Neriosengh, a Dostúr, translator of the Yasna into Sanscrit, I. 226 n.
• Nezam Thanasir (Shaikh), II. 273.
• Niaram, the sixteenth Nosk of the Zand-Avesta—its contents, I. 274 n.
• Nicolaus, of Damascus, mentions Zoroaster’s works, I. 224 n.
• Nigamana, “the conclusion in a syllogism,” II. 207 n. 4.
• Nigraha, “subjugation, termination of a controversy,” II. 209 n. 5.
• Nikudar Oglan, the first of Jengís Khan’s successors who professed the Muhammedan faith, III. 119 n. [1].
• Nimánujas, a class of Vairagis, II. 185.
• Nirang, the world of superior bodies, according to the Sipasíans, I. 86.
• Nirnéya, “ascertainment,” II. 208 n. 2.
• Nirnudis, “rationalists,” a sect, I. 278 n.
• Nirukta, explanation of difficult words, II. 65 n. 1.
• Nisarian, “warriors,” I. 20 n.
• Nish-Kramana, a rite of the Hindus, II. 56 n. 1.
• Nívah-i-chaminah, “quitting and reassuming the body,” I. 85.
• Niyama, “particular posture,” II. 125 n. 2, 126.
• Niyátús, a Greek philosopher, interrogates Zardusht, I. 277, 278, 279.
• Niyayish, form of prayer, I. 336 and n. 1.
• Nizam al Mulk Tusi, II. 424 n. 2, 425
  • —his connection with Hassan Sabah, 425, 428.
  • —his work, called his “Testament,” ibid. n. 1.
  • —is assassinated by Abu Táher Adani, a Fedáyi of Hassan Sabah, 437.
• Nóusarí, a town in the district of Gúzerat, inhabited by fire-worshippers, III. [95].
• Nukeba, “chosen,” III. 265 [n.]
• Nuniar, “vision during sleep,” I. 84.
• Nurakhi language, the Greek, I. 278 n.
• Nurakhis, a sect, I. 278 n.
• Núr allah, of Shoster, author of Mejálísu-’l Múminin, II. 451 n. 1; III. [1] n. 1.
• Nur eddin, son of Miyen Bayezid, III. [42].
• Nur eddin Muhammed Jehangir Padshah, appoints Hindu judges for the Hindus, II. 165.
• Nuristan, region of light, I. 7.
• Nushád, “law,” I. 15.
• Nushirvan, king of Persia, I. 103
  • —account of his reign, 103, 104 n. 184.
  • —restores the aged world to youth, 266.
  • —praised for his justice, III. [60], [61].

O.

• Ohod, a mountain, half an hour’s distance from Medina, III. 54 n. [1].
• Ohsson (D’), quoted, III. 19 [n.], 257 n. [1], 259 n. [1], [260], 261 n. [1].
• Oktáyi Khan, son of Jengis Khan, appointed Khalif, III. [115]
  • —the countries which he ruled enumerated, ibid. n. [1].
  • —his behaviour to his brother, who had offended him, [116].
  • —date of his death, ibid. [n.]
  • —was liberal and generous, [117].
• Olshousen, editor of fragments relative to the religion of Zoroaster, I. 275.
• Omar Ben al-Khetab, I. 98
  • —account of his deeds, reign, and death, 99 n. 1; II. 332, 341.
  • —prevents Muhammed from writing a last will, III. [53].
• Omar Khayám, of Nishapur (Hakim), II. 425 n. 1.
• Omar Shaikh, son of Miyan Báyezid, III. [42].
• Omm Hani, daughter of Abu Thaleb, III. 177 n. [2].
• Ommiah, son of Abd-ul-Shems, ancestor of the great family of Mâaviahs, II. 361 n. 1.
• Orcha, a place in the district of Narwar, III. [93].
• Ormuzd (Hormuzd), the good principle opposed to the evil—statement concerning both, I. 235, 236 n., 354 n. 2.
• Orobio (Isaak), a learned Jew, author of a remarkable work, II. 298 n. 1.
• Oshederbámi, the first posthumous son of Zoroaster—epoch of his appearance and deeds, I. 281 n.
  • —otherwise called Assar Avaster, 293 n. 1.
• Oshedermáh, the second posthumous son of Zoroaster, epoch of appearance and deeds, I. 281 n.
  • —otherwise called Ozwar túr, 293 n. 1.
• Osman, I. 98
  • —account of his deeds, reign, and death, 99, 100 n.; II. 332, 341.
  • —calls from banishment Hakim, the son of As, III. [54], [55].
  • —several blamable acts attributed to him, [55].
• Osman, son of Said ul Umrul Asadi, the first Vakil of the invisible Imám, II. 384.
• Onkelos, a Hebrew commentator of the Bible, quoted, II. 302.
• Oweis, great Shaiks, III. 265 [n.]

P.

• Padiav, Pávyáb, “water, plain water,” I. 331 n. 1, 345
  • —etymology of the word, ibid. n. 1.
• Padma asan, “lotus-seat,” a particular position in praying, I. 78.
• Pajem, the seventh Nosk of the Zand-Avesta, its contents, I. 273.
• Paikár, a sage from Iran, founder of a sect, his epoch, and opinion, I. 204.
• Paikarian, a sect, I. 203.
• Paikaristan, image-temples, I. 35.
• Paikar Pazhuh, of the Paikarian sect, I. 204.
• Paíman (Payman)-i-Farhang, “the code of Máhábad,” I. 33, 147
  • —several translations of it, by whom made, ibid.
• Pámárak, “sacrificial wood,” II. 80.
• Pancha-homa, sacrifice of five goats, II. 83 n. 1.
• Pancha Kalushani, five failings, II. 120 n. 6.
• Panchala, one of the thirty-eight divisions of central India, II. 68.
• Pancha tantra, five things, II. 57 n. 5.
• Pandu (Raja), the nominal father of the five Pandavas, II. 67, 68.
• Pankila, the earthen vein, II. 132.
• Panthi, tribe, sect, II. 128, 129 n. 1.
• Pápîha, a bird, supposed to drink but rain-water, II. 259 n. 1.
• Parama atma, necessary, self-existing Being, II. 96.
• Paramátma, great Spirit, II. 96.
• Parantarush, or Partarush, or Turbitarosh, name of a celebrated magician, I. 221
  • —his declaration concerning Zardusht, 221, 222.
  • —invited to a feast by Zardusht’s father, 228, 229.
• Parasara, father of Vyása, II. 67, 68 n. 1, 69.
• Parasu Ráma, Ráma with an axe, the sixth Avátar of Vichnu, II. 23
  • —exterminator of the Kchatriyas, ibid.
• Parbatah, a class of Sanyásis, II. 139.
• Pari-dokht Roshenak (Parysatis Roxana), I. 278 n.
• Pariksha, “evidence,” II. 203.
• Paristar (Mobed), son of Khurshid, disciple of Azar Kaiván, and of Mobed Sarosh, author of The Tap-rah-i-Mobedi—his particular position at prayers, I. 123
  • —his death, 124.
• Parvardigar-i-gunah, name of an angel, I. 7.
• Parviz (Khusro), son of Hormuz, grandson of Nushirvan, I. 145
  • —expelled from Persia—returns—marries Mary, or Shirin, the daughter of the Greek emperor Mauritius—his victories, defeats, death, 145 n. 2.
  • —his verses, addressed to the Roman emperor, quoted, 146.
• Pásáyi, the name of a wind, II. 133.
• Pashutan Daji (Dostur), brought the Sadder from Kirman to India, I. 310 n. 1.
• Pátála loka, one of the fourteen spheres, II. 13
  • —an infernal region, ibid. n. 2.
• Pátanjala, the Yoga system of philosophy, II. 165.
• Patanjali, the Sage, founder of a philosophy and of a sect, II. 165 n. 6, 231
  • —his school and opinion, ibid. n. 1.
• Patet Iran, a form of prayer, I. 342.
• Patirasp, grandfather of Zardusht, I. 215 n.
• Pavaj, a particular rite, I. 331.
• Pavana bhakta, “worshippers of the wind,” II. 243.
• Pavanáhari, “wind-eater,” II. 248 n. 2.
• Pawn Pishna, a saint among the Tibetans, II. 290
  • —singular custom of succession, ibid.
• Pausanius, mentions Zoroaster’s works, I. 224 n.
• Pa-Zand, a dialect derived from the Zand, I. 223 n.
• Philo, quoted, I. 209 n. 1.
• Pend-nameh, III. 229 n. [1].
• Perah Káivan, a Yezdanian and Vairági, II. 192
  • —some of his speeches, ibid.
• Perí, a class of Sanyásis, II. 139.
• Pertábmal Chadah, a Jnaní, his dispute with Davárah, a Jat, II. 112
  • —his free speeches and actions, 113.
• Peshkár (Mobed), son of Khurshíd, disciple of Azar Kaiván, adept in suppressing the breath, I. 124.
• Petrus Nicolaus ex Castellaneis Faventinus, III. 207, 208 n. [1].
• Phala, “fruit, consequence,” II. 205.
• Phani, a serpent, II. 58 n. 5.
• Pharâoh (Pharâun), II. 298
  • —a mention made of a precept of his religion, III. [91].
  • —his faith and character, 272 n. [1].
• Píára Panthíán, a sect, II. 233, 234.
• Píl Azar, a merchant of the Shidrangian sect, I. 203.
• Pimasidim, a name for the sixth Gâhambar, I. 347 n. 1.
• Pinda pradána, a rite of the Hindus, II. 58 n. 1.
• Pirah-i-Yazdan, “the ornament of God,” I. 151.
• Piránah Kohely, a Vaíragi, II. 194
  • —his opinion, ibid. 195.
• Pisácha, demon, II. 72.
• Pisácha-viváha, a form of marriage among Hindus, II. 72.
• Pitishahim, the third Gáhambar, I. 347.
• Pivar-asp, name of Zohak, I. 33 n.
• Plato, shows a knowledge of Zoroaster’s works, I. 224 n.
  • —quoted, 237 n. 1, 304 n. 1; II. 374 n. 2, 402 n. 2.
• Pliny (H. N.), quoted, I. 218 n.
  • —mentions Zoroaster’s works, 224 n.
  • —quoted, 244 n.
• Plutarch, I. 209, 212 n.
• Pokhtanga (Afghanistan), perhaps the country of the ancient Aspagani, III. 41 n. [1].
• Pocock, quoted, II. 300, 323, 324, 327, 350, 351, 352, 353, 354, 375; III. 171 n. [1], 173 n. [2], 312 [n.]
• Prahlada, son of Kiranya Kashipu, II. 21.
• Prakriti, nature, II. 9
  • —explained, ibid. n. 1.
  • —according to the Sankhya system, 119 n. 2.
• Pralaya, catastrophe of the world, II. 51.
• Pramána, “proof,” subdivided into four parts, II. 203.
• Pramiti, “true knowledge,” II. 204.
• Prana, “breath,” II. 133 n. 1.
• Pranáyáma, peculiar mode of breathing during prayers, II. 125 n. 4, 126, 135.
• Prapura paroksha, “absence from the former body,” I. 85.
• Pratijná, “proposition in a syllogism,” II. 208.
• Pratyáhára, “abstraction,” II. 125 n. 5, 126.
• Pratyaya, “evidence,” I. 85.
• Pravritti, “activity,” II. 204 n. 8.
• Prayága, “place of pilgrimage,” II. 166
  • —five principal places so termed, ibid. n. 2.
• Prayójana, “motive,” II. 207 n. 1.
• Prester John, name given by Europeans to the king Awenk Khan, or Ung Khan, III. [119].
• Prétya bhava, “reproduction,” II. 205 n. 3.
• Prithivi bhakta, “worshippers of the earth,” II. 243.
• Puchan-i-Púch, “the hell of hells,” I. 153.
• Pujáris, worshippers of the image of a Deity, II. 213.
• Pungsavana, a rite of the Hindus, II. 54 and n. 3, 55.
• Puranas, II. 66 n.
• Purshasp, son of Pitarasp, descended from Faridun, the father of Zardusht, I. 215.
• Purva, the sixteenth day of the month, II. 86.
• Purusha, the divine male, Brahma himself, the embodied soul, II. 119 n. 1, 120.
• Pythagoras, instructed by the Magi, perhaps by Zoroaster, I. 277 n. 1
  • —placed in the time of Gushtasp, ibid. 278.

Q.

• Quatremère (Étienne), quoted, II. 430 n. 2.

R.

• Rab-un-naw, name of an angel, I. 7.
• Rád Gúnah, founder of the Radian sect, I. 201
  • —his opinion, 202.
• Rádah, one hundred Aspár, see [Aspár], I. 25.
• Radhâ Vallabhis, a sect of Vaichnavas, II. 182 n. 1.
• Radian, a sect, I. 201.
• Rafíah, poet quoted, I. 129.
• Rafíah Mirzah, quoted, II. 109.
• Rafiâ ’l Kader, III. [216].
• Rafs, Ravafes, name of a sect, II. 350, 353, 365.
• Rága, mental affection, II. 120
  • —sensual lust, 205.
• Rah beri, “Way-Guides,” name of occidental philosophers, III. [139].
• Rahmániah, a name of the followers of Musaylima, III. [2].
• Ráhu, a demon destroyed by Vichnu, II. 42 n. 1.
• Rai, the most northern town of Jebal, supposed native place of Zardusht, I. 264.
• Rai, town of Persia, II. 172.
• Raja-yogi, a superior Yogí, II. 101.
• Rajas, passion, one of the three properties, II. 14, 146, 176, 178.
• Ráis sufid, “chieftain,” I. 176.
• Rakshasa, explained, II. 17 n. 4.
• Rákshasa-vivaha, a form of marriage among the Hindus, II. 72.
• Ram, angel presiding over the twenty-first day of the month, I. 62 n.
• Ráma Avátar, II. 23.
• Ramachandra, II. 23 n. 2
  • —son of Dasaratha—when born, ibid. 183 n. 1.
• Ramachandra deo, raja of Orissa, causes an image of Durga to be cast by a goldsmith—legend concerning it, II. 161, 162.
• Rámadas, the third successor of Nanak, II. 253, 254 n. 3.
• Rámánanda, founder of the sect of the Rámánandis, II. 180 n. 1.
• Rámánandis, a sect of Vaichnavas, II. 180 n. 1, 181.
• Rámánuja acharya, the founder of the sect of Rámánujas, II. 185 n. 1.
• Ramanujas, a class of the Vairagis, II. 185 n. 1.
• Ramazan, a fast of thirty days, III. [261] n. [1].
• Ramazastan, or Ramzsitan, of Zardusht, work quoted, I. 569; II. 136.
• Ram Bhot, a Hindu, becomes a disciple of the son of Farhad, I. 139
  • —his prediction, ibid.
• Ram Chand, a Kchatriya, disciple of Ram Bhot, I. 139.
• Rámdais, “servants of God,” name given by the Sikhs to the deputies of their Gurus, II. 282.
• Rang, the elementary world, according to the Sipasians, I. 86.
• Rang-a rang, the world of the four elements, according to the Sipasians, I. 86.
• Ras, the head of the dragon—a demon destroyed by Vichnu, II. 41, 42.
• Rasakh, “firmness,” III. [150].
• Rasan, a linear measure, I. 285 and n. 2.
• Rasátála loka, one of the fourteen spheres, II. 13
  • —an infernal region, ibid. n. 1.
• Rasi, son of Muktedir Abasi, II. 384.
• Rask, establishes the genuineness and antiquity of the Zand language, I. 223 n.
• Rash-Rast, or Rashni Rast—his representation, character, functions, I. 287 and n. 1, 311.
• Rast yug, the age of the righteous, its duration, II. 47.
• Raushibár, name of a vein of the human body, II. 134.
• Rauzat-us-safa, quoted, I. 33 n. 1, 192 n. 193.
• Rauza-us-safa, work of Mirkhond, translated by D. Shea, I. 20 n. quoted, 243 n.
• Ravaets, correspondence between the Dosturs of Persia and India, I. 224 n.
• Ravákín, name of Oriental philosophers, III. [139].
• Rawal Bundi, a town on the road from Panjab to Kabul, I. 203.
• Ravana, sovereign of the demons—of Lanka, overthrown by Ráma, II. 23, 183 n.
• Ravand, “courier,” I. 157.
• Ráz, equal to one hundred Arádah, see [Arádah], I. 25.
• Razi ben al Khatib, abbreviator and commentator of Avisenna’s work, entitled Shafa, II. 173.
• Razvan, “the porter of heaven,” III. [155].
• Refík, “follower,” distinctive name of the Ismâilahs, II. 436 n. 3.
• Rehtishtáran, name of the second class of the people, I. 19 n.
• Reiske, editor and translator of Abulfeda (quoted with Abulfeda).
• Resalah vajudíah, or Resalah fel vujud, “Treatise upon Existences,” work of Jami, III. [221] n. [1].
• Resh, angel presiding over the eighteenth day of the month, I. 62 n.
• Reteshtai, the eighth Nosk of the Zand-Avesta—its contents, I. 273 n.
• Reza (Imám), son of Musa, the eighth Imám, his mausoleum—date of his death, I. 48; II. 390.
• Richi, a kind of saint, explained, II. 27 n. 2
  • —seven classes of them enumerated, ibid.
• Riccioli, quoted, II. 305 n. 2; II. 305.
• Richardson, denies the authenticity of Zoroaster’s works published in French, I. 223 n.
• Rijez, a metre, III. 212 n. [1].
• Rig Véda, II. 64.
• Rikat, “attitudes of devotion,” III. [260], [261].
• Roham, a painter of the Milanian sect, I. 205.
• Roseus (Franciscus), III. 207 n. [1].
• Roshenian, a sect, III. [26].
• Rozah, “fasting,” III. [262].
• Roz-azar, name of a fire-temple, I. 52.
• Roz-gah, place of assembly, I. 182.
• Rozistan, “day-station,” I. 168, 182.
• Rozistan, a place in which the king was seated, surrounded by his ministers, I. 43.
• Rubúbiyet, “divinity,” III. [242]
• n. [1].
• Rudbar, a fort in the province Jebal, II. 423 n. 1.
• Rudra, a name of Mahadeva—eleven of them, II. 34, 218.
• Ruhen mar, name of a vein of the human body, II. 134.
  • —vanquished by Holagú Khan—is sent to Maiku Khan (or Mangu Khan), 449 n.
  • —killed on his journey, 450.
• Rukn-eddin Khúrshah, son of Ala-eddin, the eighth ruler of the Alamutians, II. 448
• Rukva, bowing the head with the hands upon the knees, III. [260].
• Rupa-skandha, “whatever is perceived and understood,” II. 197, 198 n. 3.
• Rustam, a son of Zal, restores Kai Kaus to the throne—his epoch, I. 57 and n. 1, 110.
• Rustam, a disciple of Kaivan—his descent—fight with Farzanah Khiradmand—death, I. 106, 107.
• Rúya, vision during sleep, I. 84; II. 93.
• Rúzistar, name of the fourth class of the people, I. 19.

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