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
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.
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