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

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• Saâdah, a tract of Arabia, II. 332 n. 1.
• Sâad eddin Taftarani, III. 218 n. [5].
• Sâadias, a learned Jew, translator of the Old Testament from Hebrew into Arabic, II. 300.
• Sabæism, worship of the heavenly bodies, I. 379
  • —ancient and modern, III. 311 [n.] 312 [n.]
• Sabda, “sound,” II. 203.
• Sabiah (Sabæans), III. [310]
  • —derivation of the word, 310 n. [1].
  • —their creed, 311 [n.]
• Sabjana (Sabjaní), III. [256], [265], [269], [270], [281], [282], [283], [299], [301], [302], [303].
• Saber Mashedi, quoted, II. 140.
• Sada, one of the six regions of the human body, II. 151.
• Sada asana, peculiar mode of sitting, II. 134.
• Sadah, the sixteenth night of the Persian month Bahman, I. 112 n. 2.
• Sadah, a disciple of Hargovind, his character, II. 284, 285.
• Sadananda, a chief of the Saktians—uses daughters and wives of his disciples—sits naked, drinking in a burial place, II. 159.
• Sad-der, “hundred gates,” a summary of their contents, I. 310 to 351.
• Sad-der nasem, in prose, I. 310 n. 1
  • —the original in Pehlvi.
• Sad-der nazem, in verse, I. 340 n. 1
  • —by whom versified in Persian—when terminated—by whom brought to India—translated into Latin, ibid. n. 1.
• Sadder Bundehesh, work written by a disciple of Zardusht, I. 224 n.
• Sader eddin Kautivi, III. [300].
• Sader Jehan, adopted the Ilahi religion, III. [104].
• Sâdi (Shaikh), quoted, I. 108, 127; III. [126], [128], 229 n. [1], 269 n. [1], [301].
• Sadik, true, sincere friend, or instructor—whose epithet, II. 412 n. 1, 413.
• Sadikiahs, a sect, followers of Musaylima, III. [1]
  • —their creed, [4] to 11.
• Sad-wakshur, name of Hushang, I. 32 n.
• Sad yuman (Sapet man), “excellent,” name of an ancestor of Zardusht, I. 215 n.
• Safa, and Marvah, two remarkable rocks, near Mecca, II. 339 n. 409, 410 n.
• Safandarmuz, the angel of husbandmen, I. 292.
• Safiah, a name of the Ismâilahs, II. 421 n. 1.
• Safin, a plain on the banks of the Euphrates, the field of battle between the armies of Mâaviah and Ali, III. 60 [n.]
• Safina, freeman of Muhammed, II. 358 n. 1.
• Sag díd, “the dog saw,” presenting a dog to a dying person, I. 335 n. 2.
• Saha deva, son of Vyasa, a legend of him, II. 255, 268.
• Saheban-i-kereb-i-ferais, “the masters of proximity to divine precepts,” a sect of Súfis, III. [294].
• Sahi-din, “upright in faith,” I. 180.
• Sahifah al Auliya, “Volume of the Saints,” work of Muhammed Nur baksh, I. 130.
• Sahi Kesh, “flourishing faith,” I. 147.
• Sahi Keshan, I. 241.
• Sahu, “recovering from ebriety,” I. 85, 86.
• Said, Abu-Muhammed Obaid-alla, the founder of the Fatimite Khalifs in Africa, II. 401 n.
  • —lays the foundation of a new capital, 418 n. 1.
• Said ben Hebatallah, abridged and commented Avisenna’s work, entitled Shafa, II. 173.
• Said (Sayyad) Cabiru ’ddin, a master of the Sadikíyahs in India, III. 1 n. [1].
• Said (Saiyid) Hasan of Shiraz, quoted, I. 90, 91.
• Sâid Khan Terkhan, puts to death a son of Jelal-eddin, III. [47].
• Saiva-Sanyasis, called also Avadutas, II. 218
  • —war between them and the Súfis, ibid.
• Saivas, worshippers of Siva, II. 217.
• Sajud, “prostration,” III. [260].
• Sakah, Sijah, Thegjazis, names of the wife of Musaylima, III. [8] n. [1].
• Sakar, a class of Sanyasis, II. 139.
• Saklapes, see [Serapis], III. [112].
• Sakti, power, generic name given to women by the Saktians, II. 154.
• Saktians, followers of Siva, of austere manners, II. 164.
• Saktian, a sect of Hindus, their belief, worship, and customs, II. 148 to 168.
• Sakti púja, profligate intercourse with women—worship of the Saktians, II. 153.
• Sakunat, “dwelling in God,” III. [29], [37].
• Salaimaniyat, a branch of the Zaydiyat, II. 363 n. 1.
• Salam, a numerical quantity, equal to one hundred thousand, I. 24.
• Salarbar, “usher with a silver mace,” I. 169.
• Sale (George), translator of the Koran into English, quoted, II. 323, 325, 328, 330, 344 n. 1, 369, 404, 405, 453 n.; III. 76 n. [1], 80 n. [2].
• Salikan, a class of Súfis, III. 251 [n.]
• Salim, poet, quoted, I. 88.
• Sama, tranquillity, II. 126.
• Samadharanam, “fortitude,” II. 125 n. 8, 127.
• Samadhi, deep and devout meditation, I. 85.
• Samak Asur, stole the Veda, II. 18.
• Samán Sálár, “head-steward,” to be accompanied by two supervisors and two recorders of occurrences, I. 155.
• Samarah, a town in Chaldæa, I. 307 and n. 2.
• Samartagans, the orthodox of the Hindus, II. 53.
• Sama véda, II. 64.
• Sameri, a magician, contemporary with Moses, III. [80]
  • —Aaron himself, ibid. n. [2].
• Sami, sacrificial wood, II. 80.
• Sampradaya, a sect, schism, particular doctrine, II. 186 n. 1.
• Samrad, or Samwad, meaning of it, I. 195, 200.
• Samradian, a sect, I. 195.
• Samrad namah, work composed by Kamkar, I. 201
  • —quoted, II. 98.
• Samudras, seas, seven of them, II. 41.
• Sanabad, town of Tus, there is the mausoleum of Imam Reza, I. 48.
• Sanakaras, “incorporeal beings,” II. 237.
• Sandebar, a cavern and miraculous spring, in Kachmir, II. 166, 167.
• Sandhya, a rite of the Hindus, II. 61 n. 1.
• Sangati, assembly of the Sikhs, II. 285.
• Sanja nath, an adept in restraining the breath, lived seven hundred years, II. 138.
• Sanicher (Saturn), son of the Sun, II. 38.
• Sanjnya-skandha, “knowledge or belief arising from words,” II. 198 n. 1.
• Sanishin, peculiar mode of sitting, described, II. 135.
• Sankara Acharya, a sage, I. 276 n. 1.
• Sankara acharya, an author upon the Vedanta, II. 96, 102
  • —maintains the universality of illusion, 103.
  • —preceptor of Saha diva, Raja of Kachmir, 141.
• Sankara Vijaya, a work containing an account of various sects, II. 128 n. 4.
• Sankhya (The) doctrine stated, II. 119, 123.
• Sansaya, “discernment,” II. 206, 207.
• Sanskara skandha, “whatever enters the mind,” II. 198 n. 1.
• Sanson (D.), traveller in the East, I. 225 n.
• Santanu, ancient king, son of Riksha, II. 67 n. 3.
• Santarem (viscount), quoted, II. 307 n. 1; III. [87].
• Sanyal, book of the Sipasians, II. 136.
• Sanyasí, one who resigned the world, divided into ten classes, II. 139, 218
  • —battle between Sanyasis, and Jelalis and Mandaris, 231.
• Saónos, particular mode of sleeping of the Sipasians, I. 111.
• Sapta chakra, seven circles of the Yogis, II. 131
  • —six chakras of Hindu philosophers, ibid. n. 1.
• Sapt anshis, seven Richis, seven stars in the constellation of the Great Bear—name given to holes in a cavern, II. 167
  • —names of the seven Richis, 220 n. 4.
• Sarabi, author quoted, I. 9.
• Sarai, royal abode, I. 42.
• Saraist, a particular rite of devotion, I. 123.
• Sarang, the world of human beings, according to the Sipasians, I. 87.
• Sarapréma, a state of beatitude, II. 95.
• Sarat, bridge of judgment of the Muhammedans, I. 285.
• Sardah, “primary genus,” I. 324.
• Saríra, “body,” II. 204, 205.
• Sarosh (Mobed), son of Kaivan, son of Kamkar, his lineage—conduct, I. 113
  • —his works, supposed miracles, 114.
  • —causes rain to cease, phantoms to appear, 116.
• Sarsash, a descendant from Zardusht, I. 232.
• Sarsati, a class of Sanyasis, II. 139.
• Sarud-i-Mastan, work of the Mobed Hushyar, quoted, I. 72, 76, 79; II. 136.
• Sarúrak, or Saruregh, a tyrant, I. 314.
• Sarush (Mobed), author of the Zerdusht Afshar, I. 77.
• Sarúsh (Mobed), a Yazdanian—his account of Zardusht’s origin, I. 213.
• Sasan, five individuals of that name, their lineage, I. 87.
• Sasan, the Fifth, the last of fifteen Persian prophets, I. 105
  • —account of him, ibid. n.
  • —his commentary on the Desatir, and the code of Zardusht quoted, 277.
• Sasan (Azar), or the first son of king Darab the Less, I. 87.
• Sastra, institute, science, II. 141.
• Sathrah, “a Fakir,” II. 109.
• Satra Payah, sphere of the fixed stars, I. 289.
• Sattee, a widow burning herself with the corpse of her husband, her recompense after death, II. 75
  • —in a future birth appears as a man, 76.
  • —not to be forced into fire, ibid.
• Satva (Satek), one of the three properties, II. 14, 149, 176, 178, 180.
• Saturn, description of his form, I. 35, 36.
• Satyam, “truth,” II. 125.
• Satya loka, one of the fourteen spheres, II. 12
  • —abode of truth, ibid. n. 7.
• Satyanath, a sect of Hindus, II. 128.
• Satyavati, mother of Vyása, also called Yojana gandha, II. 67 n.
• Satya yugam, the age of the righteous, II. 47 n. 1.
• Sáut Mutluk, “absolute sound,” I. 81.
• Sayah ban, and Sayah dar, umbrella, I. 19.
• Schmidt (Isaak Jacob), II. 292 n.; III. [113].
• Schmölders (doctor), quoted, II. 391.
• Seer, a measure of weight, II. 223 n. 2.
• Sefand, the thirteenth Nosk of the Zand-Avesta—its contents, I. 274 n.
• Selden, author quoted, I. 18 n.; III. 80 n. [2].
• Selsebil, a source, sweet like clarified honey, in Gabriel’s heavenly mansion, III. 190 n. [1].
• Serapis, the sun of autumn—the Egyptian Chmun—Esculapius—has a serpent—is Osiris—Helios Serapis—Jupiter Serapis—his temples in different countries, III. 112 n. [1].
• Serat ul mustakim, “the Right Road,” a work composed by Mujeddin Muhammed, son of Yakub, son of Muhammed Firozobadi, III. [94].
• Serósh, Serúsh, Ized, or angel, etymology of his name, I. 7 n.
  • —presiding over the seventeenth day of the month, 62 n.
  • —his functions, 287, 288, 289.
• Serud nath, an adept in restraining the breath, II. 137.
• Sésha, the king of the serpent-race, II. 16 n. 2.
• Setud-yesht, the first Nosk of the Zand-Avesta, I. 272
  • —its contents, ibid.
• Seven, a sacred number, principally with the Ismáilahs, II. 400 n. 1.
• Sevras, or Sravakas, name given to the Jains in different parts of India, II. 212 n. 1.
• Sewras, pious mendicants, II. 195 n. 1.
• Shabdiz, horse of king Parviz, I. 112 n. 3.
• Shabistan, “night-station,” I. 168, 182, 187.
• Shadbar, a Persian festival, I. 63.
• Shad darsá, “six objects of the six senses,” II. 206.
• Shádib, founder of a sect, his epoch—opinion, I. 207.
• Shád Késh, a person mentioned in the Samrad namah, I. 201.
• Shádmán (Mirza), a chief of the Házárahs, III. 43 n. [1].
  • —wounds Miyan Jelal eddin, [44].
• Shafa, a work of Avisenna, II. 173 n. 3.
• Sháfâya, a Muhammedan sect, II. 355.
• Shafei, surname of Muhammed Ebn Edris al Shâfei, the founder of a Muhammedan sect, II. 329 n. 350.
• Shah abad eddin pur, place of pilgrimage in Kachmir, II. 166.
• Shahádet, its meaning in the phraseology of the Súfis, III. [238] n. [4].
• Shahbáb uddin Maktul (Shaikh), quoted, II. 45.
• Shah Badakshi (Mawlana), III. [284].
• Shaher dar, “governor,” I. 157.
• Shah Jhuna, master of the Choharas, II. 245.
• Shah Fattah ulla Shirazi (Hakim), establishes the new era of Akbar, III. [99].
• Shah Jehan, opposes Hargovind, II. 275
  • —sends an army against Harrayi, 282.
  • —is imprisoned by his son Aureng-zeb, III. 285 n. [1].
  • —date of his death, [ibid.]
  • —his whole title, [296].
• Shah Mir Kadarí, III. [284].
• Shahnah, intendant of police, I. 157.
• Shah-namah, poem of Ferdusi, quoted, I. 20 n. 31 n. 33 n. 50, 52, 55, 58, 163, 185, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 213, 259 n. 344; II. 52, 130.
• Shah namah naser, composed by some of the Magi, I. 213
  • —quoted, 246, 255, 284.
• Shah Nasir Khusrau, poet, his verses quoted, I. 365.
• Shah ristan, work of Farzanah Bahram, quoted, I. 212.
• Shah rivar, name of an angel and of a month, I. 61, 62
  • —gives instructions to Zardusht, 242.
• Shah Salám úlla, quoted by the author of the Dabistán, III. [137], [138].
• Shah Zadah (The Dostur), author of the volume of Sad der, I. 310.
• Shaí or Shayi, “God-worshipper,” I. 24.
• Shai Giliv, son of Jai Alád, assumed the government, I. 24, 25, 88, 185.
• Shai Mahbul, succeeds to the Shaíyán empire, I. 24, 25
  • —son of Shai Giliv, 88.
• Shal grama, eagle-stone, II. 54 n. 2.
• Shamar, a numerical quantity equal to one hundred salám, see [Salám], I. 24.
• Shams ed-doulah (or Samsamed dulah), the tenth prince of the Búyi dynasty, II. 172 n. 3.
• Shamsen ul mali Kabus, son of Vashamger, king of Giorgia and other provinces, II. 170 n. 2
  • —imprisoned by his ministers, 171.
• Shamseyat, minor suns, II. 51.
• Shamsiyah, the title of a work, III. [217] n. [1].
• Sham-uddin, a surname of Shidab, author of a treatise entitled Razabad—a follower of the Akhshíyán doctrine, I. 208.
• Shanderban Shah Jehani (Munshi), III. 286 [n.]
• Shankar bhat, a Jnanindra, II. 107
  • —his conversation with a goldsmith, ibid.
• Shapur, king of Persia, contemporary of Mani, I. 205 n. 1
  • —and of Azarbad, I. 305 n.
• Sharf-eddin al Busiri, author of the Arabic poem Borda, I. 2 n.
• Sharh-i-ashk, “Commentary upon Love,” III. [241].
• Sharh-i-Gulshen-raz, “Commentary upon Gulshen-raz,” III. 141 n. [3].
• Sharh mahtaśer, “Abridged Commentary upon Gulshen-raz,” III. [237].
• Sharh movákef, “Commentary upon the Stations (Theses of Metaphysics),” II. 379 n. 2.
• Shat, a title of honor, I. 36.
• Shat Desátir—its prayers recited by the Sipasians, I. 59, 60
  • —a comparison from that work quoted, 65.
• Shat Kaivan, lord Saturn, I. 12.
• Shat Mah, lunar lord, I. 12.
• Shat Piráyi, name of a fire-temple in Baghdád, I. 51.
• Shedad, a fabulous personage, contemporary of Jemshid, II. 459.
• Shedosh, ancient chief of poets, III. [107]
  • —resists the love of the queen Shuker—sues a woman, adorer of the sun, [108].
  • —is afflicted with a malady—the king sends his wife to him—Shedosh resolves upon a self-sacrifice to the sun, [109].
  • —remains safe in the midst of flames—recites his verses, confesses his fault, but asserts his respect for the queen, [110].
• Shehad eddin Omar Sohrawerdi, quoted, III. 231 n. [2].
• Sheheristâni, the surname of Al Fath Muhammed Ben Abdalkerim, a doctor of the Asharian sect, II. 322 n. 1
  • —date of his death—two of his works mentioned, 323 n. 1; III. 105 [n.]
• Shekunah, an eastern part of Kohistan, II. 356.
• Shemseddin Muhammed ben Yahya ben Ali Lahjani (Shaikh), III. [141] n. [3], [237], [279], [295].
• Sherah-feśus, “Commentary upon the Bezels,” work of Dáus Kaiserí, III. [232] n. [1].
• Sheriât, external law, III. [29], [35].
• Sherif Khan Atcah, an enemy of the Roshenians, III. [44].
• Shesh-kákh, Persian prayer to the stars and to fire, I. 79.
• Shiâts, I. 101 n.; II. 324, 327, 362
  • —their creed, 364, 365, 366, 368.
• Shí and láshi, “being and not being,” III. [223] n. [1].
• Shidabian, a sect, I. 207.
• Shidah, one of the compilers of the Testament of Jemshid, I. 195
  • —a travelling merchant of the Yekanah-binan sect, ibid.
• Shídastan, region of light, I. 9.
• Shídayi (Mulla), an eloquent Hindu and poet, II. 107.
• Shidistan, abodes of the forms of the luminous bodies, I. 35.
• Shidosh, son of Anosh, quoted, II. 51.
• Shidósh, son of Anosh, recounts miracles, I. 117
  • —descended from Zardusht—disciple of Azar Kaiván, 125.
  • —his travels, mode of devotion, 126.
  • —vision, mode of life, 128.
  • —sickness, 129.
  • —his words quoted, 130.
  • —his death, 131.
  • —verses on his death by the author of the Dabistán, ibid.
• Shidrang, founder of a sect, I. 203
  • —his epoch and opinion, ibid.
• Shídrangian, a sect, I. 203.
• Shid Shídan, effulgence of light, I. 10.
• Shikar-i-dad, “equity-hunt,” I. 185.
• Shiráb, a follower of Mazdak’s creed, I. 378.
• Shirín, wife of king Parviz, I. 112.
• Shir Muhammed Khan, governor of Kalinga, II. 70.
• Shis, see [Hermes], III. [105] [n.]
• Shosteri (or Tosteri), surname of Abu Muhammed Sahal ben And, III. [147] n. [1], [236].
• Shudah band, “recorder;” two to be attached to every vizir, I. 155.
• Shumar Afin, rosary, I. 371.
• Siátín, demons, III. [236].
• Siddhanta, “demonstrated truth,” II. 207
  • —is fourfold, ibid. n. 3.
• Sifáti, “belonging to attributes,” a kind of divine manifestation, III. [270].
• Sifátiah, attributists, II. 324 n. 4, 330.
• Sigar-ul Mutakherin, by Mir Gholain Hussein Khan, quoted, II. 289.
• Sikhs, followers of the religion of Nanak, II. 246
  • —their opinions, customs, character, 285, 288.
  • —a short account of them from 1664 to our days, 288 n. 1.
• Sikshya, on pronunciation, II. 65 n. 1.
• Silkh, “estrangement from exterior observances,” a term of the Ismâilahs, II. 406.
• Silpa, “mechanics,” II. 65 n. 1.
• Silvestre de Sacy (baron), quoted, II. 304, 390, 391, 400 n. 1, 404 n., 411, 421 n. 1, 432, 436, 444; III. [27], 64 [n.], 229 nn. [1], [2], 230 n. [2], 277 [n.]
• Simaí, the universe, II. 13.
• Simantónnayana, a rite of the Hindus, II. 55 and n. 1.
• Simnad, chapter of the Zand-Avesta, I. 282, 283.
• Simúrgh (also called Enka), a fabulous bird, I. 55 and n. 1, 191 n. 1; III. [237].
• Sinjar, the sixth Sultan of the Seljucides, sends an army against the Ismâilahs, II. 440 n. 1
  • —finds the dagger of an Ismâilah fixed in the ground near his bed, 440.
  • —makes peace with the Ismâilahs, 441 n. 1.
• Sipasi, “adorers,” I. 147.
• Sipasian, sect of the Persian religion—their tenets and ceremonies, I. 5, 6, 32, 33.
• Siráj-eddin Ansari, an ancestor of Miyán Báyezid Ansari, III. [27] n. [1].
• Sirát, “the bridge of the last judgment,” its allegorical signification, III. [151], [152].
• Siroz, part of the Zand-Avesta, I. 225 n.
• Sitá, the daughter of the king of Mithila, wife of Rámachandra, II. 23
  • —carried away by Rávana, recovered by her husband, ibid. n. 3.
• Sítanú, name of a Nosk of the Zand-Avesta, I. 275.
• Situd gher, the second Nosk of the Zand-Avesta—contains an interpretation of a tree of four branches seen in a vision by Zardusht, I. 265 n. 1
  • —its general contents, 272 n.
• Siva rátri, Siva’s night, II. 58 n. 4
  • —his followers bound to drink wine on that night, 164 n. 1.
• Siva, the destroyer of existences, II. 4
  • —whence he proceeded, 14.
• Siyamak, king and prophet, I. 30, 31
  • —a tradition concerning him, 54.
  • —his words quoted, 69.
  • —son of Kaiomors, 88.
• Siya Zhup, “the three weights or blows,” a mode of invoking God, I. 77.
• Smartas, see [Samartagans], II. 53.
• Smriti sastra, the written law, II. 165.
• Smriti, Hindu institutes, II. 88.
• Sodarshan, nephew and pupil of a great anonymous Jnání, II. 105.
• Sohail, the star canopus, the same as Agastya, a saint, II. 34.
• Solinus, quoted, I. 218 n.
• Sómana, the lunar vein, II. 132.
• Sonnat, Sonnites, explained, II. 324 n. 1
  • —their creed, 332, 333, 334.
• Sosiosh, the third posthumous son of Zoroaster—epoch of his appearance and deeds, I. 282 n.
• Srikakul, the capital of Kalinga, II. 3.
• Sri Kanta, a learned Kachmirian, II. 164, 165.
• Srivaras, a class of Buddhists, II. 212.
• Stephanus, I. 171.
• Sthúla sarira, elementary body, II. 176 n. 2, 177 n.
• Stone (black), emblem of Saturn, I. 49 and n.
• Strabo, author, quoted, I. 17 n. 209
  • —mentions Zoroaster’s works, 224 n.
  • —quoted about the barsom, 319 n. 2, 340 n. 1.
• Sva-bhavah, the self-existing, II. 13.
• Svámi préma, a state of beatitude, II. 95.
• Svapna, vision during sleep, I. 84.
• Svapna avast ha, the state of sleep or dream, II. 92.
• Svayuktí, a state of beatitude, II. 95.
• Subahani, his verses quoted, I. 195.
• Suchi, purity, II. 126.
• Sud (Sudi, Sudin), name of the fourth class of the people, I. 19.
• Sudarhsan Kal, a Jnanindra, II. 107.
• Sud bar, intercalary days of the Persians, I. 62.
• Sudras, the fourth class of the Hindus, their destination, II. 49.
• Sufiahs, Sufis, derivations of the word, III. [220].
• Súfis (Muhammedans), divided into fourteen families, their names, II. 221.
• Sufi uddin, the ancestor of the Safavean dynasty, their origin, I. 52 and n. 6.
• Sugriva, chief of savage tribes, called monkeys, ally of Ráma, II. 23 n. 3.
• Suhrab, one of the compilers of the testament of Jemshid, I. 195
  • —a travelling merchant of the Yekanah-binan sect, ibid.
• Suja, son of Shah Jehan—obliged by Aureng-zeb to fly to Arrakan, where he dies, III. 285 n. [1].
• Suidas, quoted, I. 212 n. 224 n.
• Sukha, “sensual delight,” II. 206.
• Sukla pakcha, the light half of a month, II. 20.
• Sukhá sváda, enjoyment, I. 85.
• Sukshma śarira, rudimental body, II. 177 n.
• Sultan Khajah, buried according to the old Persian mode, III. [102].
• Súm, “fasting,” how interpreted by the Ismâilahs, II. 408.
• Sumbul, town where the Kalki-Avátar is to take place, II. 24.
• Su-Meru, mountain of gold, abode of celestial beings, II. 41
  • —account of it, ibid. n. 1.
  • —residence of Brahma, 260 n. 1.
• Sumitra, son of the Ray of Kalinga, held Akas to be space, II. 39.
• Sun, description of his form, I. 38.
• Sun, the issue of Kaśyapa, II. 38
  • —twelve suns, 35, 218.
  • —attributes and adoration of the sun, 235.
  • —prayer to him, 236 n. 237.
  • —Muhammed’s arrival at it, III. [247].
• Sunai, author quoted, I. 88, 110; II. 26.
• Suraj nath, an adept in mastering the breath—lived not less than seven hundred years, II. 138.
• Sura loka, the heaven of Indra, one of the fourteen spheres, II. 12
  • —one of three spheres, 13.
• Suras, gods, whirl the ocean, II. 42 n. 1.
• Suristar, name of the third class of the people, I. 19.
• Sûrwar (Sûryar), a particular sect, II. 241
  • —kill strangers, 242.
• Surúsh manish, seraph-hearted, I. 180.
• Surya-makhan, worshippers of the sun, II. 235
  • —two classes of them, 237.
  • —their conduct and opinion, 238, 239.
• Susvapna, revelation during sleep, I. 84, 85.
• Su svapna avast´ha, “the state of good sleep,” II. 93 n. 1.
• Sutála-loka, one of the fourteen spheres, II. 12
  • —an infernal region, n. ibid. 10.
• Sútra, thread, a rite of the Hindus, II. 56.
• Swarga loka, heaven, II. 237.
• Swádishthanam, umbilical region, II. 131 n. 1, 150.
• Swetakéta, pronounces an imprecation against adulterous women, II. 69.
• Syncellus, I. 33 n. 1.

T.

• Tábiâyah, “physiologists,” III. [308].
• Tabkat Náserí, “the degrees of Naśer,” a work of Naser eddin Túsi, III. [114] n. [1].
• Tabsar, window, place of observation in a lofty pavilion for the king, I. 42, 43, 168.
• Tabúk, a place situated about halfway between Medina and Damascus, III. [56] n. [1].
• Taherir, writings (of Euclid), III. [218].
• Tahlil, “praise of God,” III. [35].
• Tahmúras, son of Hushang, king and prophet, I. 30, 31
  • —a saying of his quoted, 73, 88.
• Táj eddin (Shaikh), son of Shaikh Zakria Jondeheni Dahluvi, expounder of mystic doctrine, III. [91].
• Tajeli, “a transitory vision,” III. 269 n. [1].
• Tajerid, “divestment of what is accessory,” III. [218] n. [2].
• Tajik, a tribe of a mixt origin—their habitations—enemies of the Rosheniah, III. 48 [n.]
• Takash teghin, the Atabek, or lieutenant-general of Persia, supports Barkiarok, II. 438 n. 1.
• Takbir, “pious exclamation,” III. [259].
• Takwiyat mâni, “the strengthening of sense,” III. [263].
• Talamites, a name of the Ismâilahs, II. 42 n. 1.
• Talátala loka, one of the fourteen spheres, II. 12
  • —an infernal region, ibid. n. 11.
• Talbiyat, “pilgrimage,” II. 409
  • —the principal rites and ceremonies performed by the pilgrims at Mecca enumerated, ibid. n. 3, 410 n.
• Talkhís al Meftah, “Explanation of the key,” title of a work, III. 218 n. [5].
• Tamas, darkness, ignorance, one of the three properties, II. 14, 149, 176, 178.
• Tamlik, “hereditary property,” III. [52].
• Tamma, a Brahman, II. 67.
• Tamud, a tribe of Arabs, II. 369.
• Tamujin, or Temuz Khin, original name of Jengiskhan, I. 160 n. 1, III. [112].
• Tanásokh, “transmigration,” III. [277].
• Tanmatra, elementary matter, II. 177 n.
• Tanzil, revelation from heaven, II. 411 n. 1.
• Tapa loka, one of the fourteen spheres, II. 12
  • —the abode of ascetics, ibid. n. 6.
• Tápasa, devout austerity, II. 126.
• Tapasya, penitents, II. 239
  • —their practices and opinion, 240, 241.
• Taprah-i-Mobedi, “the sacerdotal kettledrum,” work of Mobed Paristar, I. 123.
• Tarab, a distinguished Váhadi—killed by Abás, III. [23], [24].
• Tara lochana, a Brahman belonging to the Saktians, II. 157
  • —his relations with Ahsen ulla, the governor of Kachmir, ibid. 158.
• Tarbávaśtha, the moving state, II. 94.
• Tarikat, “religious rule,” III. [35].
• Tarka, science of dialectics, II. 203
  • —divided into sixteen parts, ibid.
  • —arguing, 208.
  • —translated into Greek by order of Alexander, 210.
• Tarka-Sástra, logic and dialectics, II. 165.
• Tarnak nath, a sect, II. 128.
• Tarsa, a Christian, etymology of the word, II. 305.
• Tasbih, rosary, III. [35], [36].
• Tashah hud, “ritual profession of religion,” III. [260].
• Tashbiáh, “assimilators,” a Muhammedan sect, II. 350, 401.
• Tâtil, Tatilian, “the indifferent,” a Muhammedan sect, II. 350, 351 n. 401.
• Tatva, reality, truth, II. 11 n.
  • —intellect, 16.
• Tatwas (categories) of the Sankhya philosophy, twenty-five of them enumerated, II. 122.
• Tavalji Khan Beg, besieges and takes the fort Bahar, II. 164.
• Tavernier (J. B.), traveller in the East, I. 225 n.
• Táwil, the allegorical sense of the Muhammedan doctrine, II. 411.
• Tawrit, “the Old Testament,” II. 340; III. [50].
• Tayir Bahader, a general of the Moghuls, besieges the fort Arak in Sistan—a plague among the Moghuls, III. [117].
• Tazkerah, “commemoration,” work of Naśir eddin, III. [218] n. [4].
• Tazkeret-ul awlia, “The History of Saints,” a work of Ferid eddin Attlar, III. [96] n. [1].
• Tchechshúnesh, an ancestor of Zardusht, I. 215 n.
• Thales Milesius, quoted, I. 205 n. 1.
• Thávesar (Sthátáras), name of Sanyásis, standing upon one leg, II. 148.
• Theopompus, shows a knowledge of Zoroaster’s works, I. 224 n.
• Tholuck (F. A. D.), quoted, I. 82; III. 241 n. [2], 291 n. [1].
• Tedlis, “artifice,” a term of the Ismâilahs, II. 406.
• Tegh Bahader, successor to the Guru Har Krichna of the Sikhs, II. 288 n. 1
  • —put to death by the Muhammedans, ibid.
• Temiram, name of Mercury, I. 39 n.
• Tersún Badakhi (Mulla), quoted by the author of the Dabistán, III. [104].
• Timarí, one appointed to protect the helpless, such as children and the infirm, I. 173.
• Timsar, a title of honor, I. 36.
• Tímúr, name of a year and a month, I. 28.
• Tir-azar, a fire-temple, I. 47.
• Tinab, vision during sleep, I. 84.
• Tir (Mercury), description of his form, I. 39.
• Tir, name of an angel and a month, I. 61, 62 n.
• Tirah (mountains of), perhaps the district of the ancient Thiræi, III. 41 n. [1].
• Tirah Késh, a person of the Radian sect, I. 203.
• Tirth, place of pilgrimage, II. 166.
• Tirthah, a class of Sanyásis, II. 139.
• Tohfat ol ebrar, “a present offered to the Pious,” work of Jâmi, III. 220 n. [1].
• Torru, of Busáwárí, a Mobed in Guzerat—his opinion about Zardusht’s native place, I. 263, 264.
• Touhid, “coalescence with God,” III. [36].
• Treta yugam, the second age of the Hindus—its duration, II. 47.
• Trikarana, three causes, the three chief deities, II. 17.
• Tripujas, worshippers of the three kingdoms of nature, II. 243.
• Trismegist, see [Hermes], III. [106] n. [1].
• Trisula, trident, weapon of the goddess Durga, II. 163.
• Tuba, “the tree of heaven,” III. [158] n. [1].
• Tulasi, a small shrub, II. 184 n. 2.
• Tuli Khan, fourth son of Jengis Khan, rules the kingdoms Khorassan and Kabul—dies soon after his father, II. 449 n.; III. 116 [n.]
• Tunadil, fierce demon, I. 180.
• Tundbar, noxious animals, I. 20.
• Turbaratur, or Turbaraturhash, a Turk, kills Zardusht, I. 371
  • —is consumed by the splendor of the prophet’s rosary, 372.
• Turbaraturas, or Tur-Bratur, or Turi-Brátush—variations of Parantarush, the name of Zardusht’s enemy, I. 314.
• Turkan Khatun, wife of Malik Shah—her contest with Barkiarok, her step-son, for the succession of her own son, Mahmud, to the throne, II. 438 n. 1.
• Turner, author of “Embassy to China,” quoted, II. 292.
• Tus (town), by whom built, I. 52
  • —two towns of that name, II. 365 n. 1.
• Tutianush, a Greek philosopher, interrogates Zardusht, 227 n. 1, 280 n.
• Tyagî, one who abandons all exterior things, II. 240.
• Tyrhoot, a district in the province of Bahar, II. 261.

U.—V.

• Vád, measure of time, I. 14.
• Váda, “discussion,” II. 208.
• Vahadiahs, a sect, followers of Vahed Mahmud, III. [12]
  • —their tenets, [14 to 16].
  • —their customs, speeches, traditions, [18 to 22].
• Vahashtusht, the fifth additional day of the Persian year, I. 62.
• Vahedet mahs, “unmixed unity,” III. [283].
• Vahedet-i-mokam, “solitariness of station,” III. [222].
• Vahed Mahmud, head of a sect—his birth, III. [12]
  • —placed in perfection above Muhammed, [13].
  • —his system of the creation of the world, [17], [18].
• Vaidya vidya, the medical science, II. 165.
• Vaikúnta, the heaven, or world, of Vichnu, II. 178 n.
• Vairag, a sect of Hindus, II. 128.
• Vairagis, a sect of ascetics, II. 184.
• Vaisakha, April-May, II. 21.
• Vaisya, the third class of the Hindus—their destination, II. 49.
• Vakam, wrong way of worship, II. 155.
• Vakshur, “prophet,” III. [209].
• Vali, “a saint,” III. [264] n. [1].
• Valid, son of Akba Abd-ullah, son of Sád, son of Abi Serh, III. [56].
• Vamana, Dwarf-Avátar, II. 21
  • —an account of it, 22 and n. 1.
• Vans Kennedy, quoted, III. 83 n. [1].
• Vanyasîs, “inhabitants of woods,” II. 241.
• Vard, a measure of time, I. 14.
• Varuna, regent of the West (Paśchima), II. 219.
• Vásálet, “union with God,” III. [29], [36], [37].
• Váśilan, a class of Súfis, III. [250] n. [1].
• Vasishta, a holy sage, II. 27
  • —his birth, ibid. n. 1.
  • —instructor to Rama, 28.
• Vásuki, sovereign of the snakes, II. 19.
• Vattier, translator of the logic of Avisenna, III. 176 n. [1].
• Váyu, regent between north and west, II. 219.
• Vayu-purana, quoted, II. 14 n. 3.
• Vazu, “ablution,” how interpreted by the Ismâilahs, II. 408; III. [259].
• Udaharana, “the instance in a syllogism,” II. 207 n. 4.
• Udámvara, glomerous fig-tree, II. 80.
• Udana, pulsation in the head, neck, and temples, II. 133 n. 1.
• Udásîs, ascetics, II. 241.
• Véda, the generic term for the sacred writings of the Hindus, II. 5 and n. 1
  • —enumeration of the four Védas, 64, 65 n. 1.
  • —the constituent parts of a Véda, ibid.
• Védaná-skandha, sentiments excited by pleasing or unpleasing objects, II. 198 n. 1.
• Vedata, II. 65 n. 1
  • —defined, 142.
• Vedanta sara, work quoted, II. 10 n. 1.
• Vedantians, followers of the Vedanta, II. 90
  • —substance of their creed, 90, 96.
• Vehest Mantsre, the third Nosk of the Zand-Avesta, its contents, I. 272 n.
• Vendidad, part of the Zand-Avesta, I. 225 n.
• Vendidad Sadè, collective name of three works belonging to the Zand-Avesta, I. 225 n.
• Vendidad, the twentieth Nosk of the Zand-Avesta, its contents, I. 275 n.
• Veshap, Veshtasp, the eleventh Nosk of the Zand-Avesta, its contents, I. 274 n.
• Vèzhahderun, “internally pure,” title of Súfis, III. [221].
• Vichnu, the Preserver, II. 4
  • —whence he proceeded, 14.
  • —account of his nature and character, 175, 176.
  • —four-armed, 217.
  • —his weapons, ibid.
  • —one thousand Vichnus, 218.
• Vichnunath deo, Raja residing in Naranya-pur—by orders of Durga, sacrifices men, II. 162.
• Vijnnyána-skandha, “intelligence,” II. 198 n. 1.
• Vidura, son of Vyasa, II. 68.
• Vidya-skandha, “what is perceived by senses,” II. 197.
• Vilayet, “holiness,” III. [264].
• Viraf-nameh, Persian poem, by a disciple of Zardusht, I. 224 n.
• Viraf-nameh, a poem, in Zand, in Pehlevi, and Persian, in verse and prose, by different authors, English translation of it, I. 285 n. 1.
• Viraj, the primeval and universal manifested being, II. 37.
• Vispe Khirad, “the knowledge of every thing,” I. 316 n.
• Vispered, part of the Zand-Avesta, I. 225 n.
• Vispered, a part of the fifteenth Nosk, I. 316 n.
• Visvamitra, a Kshatriya saint, becomes a Brahman, II. 220
  • —his speech to Rama chandra, 256 to 260, 266 to 268.
• Visuddham, the hollow between the frontal sinuses, II. 131 n. 1.
• Vitala-loka, one of the fourteen regions, II. 12
  • —an infernal region, ibid. n. 9.
• Vitanda, “controversy,” II. 208 n. 5.
• Vitruvius, quoted, I. 205 n. 1.
• Viváhah, matrimony, II. 57
  • —five forms of marriage enumerated, 71, 72.
  • —eight forms of Manu, 71 n. 1.
• Vizhak, “local director” of a king’s private property, I. 155.
• Ulemai Islam, work written by a disciple of Zardusht, I. 224 n.
• Ulviahs, a sect of Ali Ilahians, II. 457 n. 1
  • —their creed, 458.
• Umaviyah, a sect, II. 356.
• Umer Khakani (Hakim), quoted, II. 51.
• Umer Khiyam, quoted, III. [151].
• Vojud, “existence,” III. [223].
• Upanaya, “the application in a syllogism,” II. 207 n. 4.
• Upangas, four of them, II. 66 n.
• Upanishad, II. 65 n. 1.
• Upavedas, II. 65 n. 1
  • —four enumerated, ibid.
• Upèksha, endurance, patience, II. 121.
• Uraman, a peculiar manner of reading Pehlavi poetry, I. 63.
• Urfi, of Shiraz, author quoted, I. 6, 96, 129; II. 158.
• Uria, sent to death by David, II. 298.
• Vrittaya, qualities, II. 121.
• Usam (Mulla), III. [219].
• Ustuvar, “supervisor,” two of them attached to every vizir, I. 155.
• Utáred (Mercury), the son of the regent of the moon, II. 39.
• Utarini, a Telinga word for a sort of sacrificial wood, II. 80.
• Uweis Karni, the founder of a monastic order, III. [19].
• Vyakarana, grammar, II. 65 n. 1.
• Vyana, wind, expanding through the whole body, II. 133 n. 1.
• Vyasa, son of Parasara, his works, II. 67 n. 2, 68, 220.
• Uttara Mimansa, II. 4 n.

W.

• Waj-péya, sacrifice of three goats, II. 82 n. 3.
• Wakhtar, “the East,” I. 323.
• Wakia naviz, “news-writer,” I. 157.
• Wakshur-i-simbari, surname of Zaratusht, I. 30.
• Wakt, “time,” its technical signification, III. 231 n. [2].
• Wali, or Shah Wali Ullah, also Shems Wali Ullah, an author of Hindustaní poems, edited in Paris, 1834, II. 114, 115 n. 2
  • —his Persian verses quoted, 115, 116.
• Wankawish, name of a Nosk of the Zand-Avesta, I. 275.
• Warakt and Khurah-i-Yazdan, light of the Almighty, I. 290.
• Ward, author of a work on the Hindus, quoted, II. 22, 27, 41, 54, 56, 59, 60, 61, 66, 67, 68, 72, 73.
• Wasel Ebn Ata, founder of a Muhammedan sect, II. 325.
• Wazda, name of a Nosk of the Zand-Avesta, I. 275.
• Werka ben Nafil, cousin of Khadija, translator of the Old and New Testament from Hebrew into Arabic, II. 300.
• Wilson (Horace), quoted, II. 10, 11, 18, 19, 27, 34, 53, 54, 67, 68, 71, 80, 82, 114, 119, 122, 128, 166, 179, 180, 181, 191, 219, 223.

X.

• Xenophon, quoted, II. 37 n. 1.

Y.