The Dabistán, or School of manners, Volume 3 (of 3): translated from the original Persian, with notes and illustrations
Religion
The Dabistán, or School of manners, Volume 3 (of 3): translated from the original Persian, with notes and illustrations
Iran -- Religion; Religions
Burnouf (Eugene), established the genuineness and antiquity of the
Zand language, I. 223
――published the lithographed Zand text of the Yasna――revises,
comments, and interprets the same, I. 226 n.
Butgadah, “house of idols,” III. 301 n. 1.
Buzurg-abad, for Mahábad, I. 21 n.
Buzerg-Mehr, minister of Nushirvan, I. 104 n., 112 n., 147.
Byasa (Vyasa) visits Iran, addresses Zardusht, hears a chapter of
the Zand-Avesta, and, converted, returns to India, I. 280, 283.
C.
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.
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