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
Kah Zand, “little Zand,” I. 352, 353.
Kajak, name of God with the Tibitans, II. 289 n. 1.
Káim makám, “vice regent,” III. 203.
Kai-Kaús, the second king of the Kayan dynasty, his epoch, I. 52 and
n. 5
――his attempted ascent to heaven and downfall explained, 56.
Kai Khúsro, king and prophet, I. 30, 163
――resigns the crown――disappears suddenly, 192 n.
――kills Afrasiab, II. 130 n. 1
――lives still, by means of a peculiar mode of breathing, 136.
Kai Kobad, son of Zab, I. 88.
Káí Nishín, brother of Kai-Káus, interprets the adventure of his
brother, I. 56
――son of Kai Kobad, 88.
Kaívan azar, a fire-temple, I. 47.
Kakak (Ibrahim), founder of a sect, his life, conduct, speech,
II. 229, 230.
Kakan, a sect founded by Ibrahim Kakak, II. 229.
Kála-dek (Kaladíya), peculiar rite of the Sactians, II. 155.
Kalem, “scholastic theology,” definition thereof, II. 327 n. 2,
375 n. 1.
Kalian Bharati, a Sanyasi, his account of Shah Abas, king of Persia,
II. 146, 147.
Kalinga, name of a province in India, II. 3.
Kalinga, a city, in which is the temple of the tortoise, II. 70.
Kaliśakha, sacred tree, II. 80.
Kála-skandha, _ibid._ n. 6.
Kali Warastah (Imám), “the Humble,” his verses quoted, I. 138.
Kaliyug, the fourth age of the Hindus, II. 24
――when it begins, _ibid._ n. 1
――its fixed duration, 48.
Kalki-Avátar, the tenth Avátar of Vichnu, II. 24
――when to take place, _ibid._
Kalpa, a part of the Vedas, on ceremonies, II. 65 n. 1.
Kámada, sexual love, II. 154.
Kamál, a distinguished Vahádi, killed by Abás, III. 23, 24.
Kamál eddin, son of Miyan Báyezid, III. 42.
Kamer (the moon), the son of Atri, the Sage, II. 39
――bears the title of superior wisdom, III. 200, 201
――a mixed light with a particular property, 202
――the seal of perfection, 244.
Kam-hibdas, a sect, II. 128.
Kám Jóí, a follower of the Samradian doctrine――verses of his quoted,
I. 200.
Kamkár, an ascetic of the Samradian sect, I. 197
――author of a treatise containing amusing anecdotes, 198
――examples of them, _ibid._ 199, 200.
Kamran (Hakim), of Shiraz, performs a supposed miracle, I. 117.
Kamran of Shíraz (Hakim), relates a speech of Chatur Vapah, II. 145.
Kamran, of Shiraz, a Peripatetic, III. 205
――his erudition――conduct, 206, 207
――death――burial, 208
――his opinions, 211, 216
――his behavior towards another sect, 217
――the books which he read with his disciples, 217, 218, 219.
Kamus, a Khodayi (merchant), I. 201.
Kanesh bhat, a Jnánindra, II. 107.
Kanigaram, a place on the borders of Kandahar, III. 28.
Kant´a, wind-pipe, II. 132.
Kapal-ásan, a particular rite of devotion, I. 123.
Kar, a class of Sanyásis, II. 139.
Kárana, “cause,” II. 17.
Kárana sarira, “the original frame,” II. 177 n.
Karankabánta, a Dakhani word for a sacred tree, II. 80.
Karanyáksha, a demon, carries the earth under water, II. 20.
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