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
_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.
H.
Habib Ajemi, III. 229 n. 1.
Habs-i-dam, imprisonment of the breath, I. 111.
Hadis hasen, “an elegant tradition,” II. 386.
Hadis músik, “a strong tradition,” II. 386.
Hadis sahih, “an authentic tradition,” II. 386.
Hadis sâif, “a weak tradition,” II. 387.
Hadokt, a Nosk of the Zand-Avesta, I. 271, 275.
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