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
Koran (The), quoted, II. 331, 333
――declared the summary of four sacred books, 340
――quoted, 354, 358, 371, 396 n. 1, 400 n. 1, 454; III. 8 n. 2, 68
n. 1, 72, 79 n. 2, 88 n. 1, 101 n. 5, 146, 149 n. 1, 150, 155, 159
n. 1, 161, 166, 212 n. 1, 234, 253, 271, 274 n. 1, 290.
Koshá, sheaths constituting the subtile frame of the rudimental
body, II. 177 n.
Kote, equal to ten millions, II. 35.
Krichna-Avátar, the eighth Avátar of Vichnu, II. 24.
Krichna, a Kchatriya, II. 24
――when he appeared, _ibid._
――has 16,000 wives――explanation of it, 31, 32, 183.
Krichna paksha, the dark half of a month, II. 18.
Krita yugam, the age of the righteous, III. 47 n. 1, 50 n.
Kufah (town), burial-place of the Imám Abu Hanifah――its
fire-temples, I. 51, 52.
_Kular_, a Dakhani word for the Indian fig-tree, II. 80.
Kumbi, cultivator, II. 78.
Kunda, sacrificial hole or pit in the ground, II. 79.
Kundeli, snake――a vein of the human body, II. 134.
Kundízh-húkht, temple erected by Zohak, I. 50.
Kunti, wife of Pandu, II. 67 n. 4.
Kurban, “sacrificing,” III. 262.
Kurbet, proximity to God, III. 29, 36, 37.
Kurma-Avátar, tortoise Avátar, II. 18.
Kurutaman, paradise, I. 290.
Kusa, sacrificial grass, II. 79.
Kushnuman, a short prayer, I. 332 and n. 1.
Kutwal, police-officer, or inspector――instructions for his conduct,
III. 132 to 136.
Kuvala lotus, birth of Brahma, II. 16.
Kuvèra, regent of the North (uttara), II. 219.
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Labíd, one of the seven Arabian poets, whose poems were suspended in
the temple of Mecca, III. 65 n. 1.
Lachmana, brother of Rama-chandra, II. 36.
Lahjan, a town in the province of Gilan, III. 141 n. 3.
Lajard (Felix), member of the French Institute, quoted, I. 293 n.
Láli, translator of a work of Jamasp, I. 112.
Lamas, “pilgrims,” their customs, II. 291.
Lamiser, a fort taken by the Ismâilahs, II. 439
――destroyed by Holágu, 449 n.
Lanka (Ceylon), II. 23
――a fort, built of golden ingots, _ibid._
Larang, name of the Divinity, I. 86.
Lárásun, place of pilgrimage in Kachmir, II. 166.
Lashkár Navís, “army-registrar,” I. 156.
Lassen (Christian), maintains the genuineness and antiquity of the
Zand language, I. 223 n.
Lawh-i-Mahfúz, “the tables of destiny,” III. 283.
Leibnitz, quoted, III. 240 n. 2.
Leo X. Pope, III. 208 n.
Leyden (John), quoted, II. 246, 247 n.; III. 42 n. 47, 48.
Lim Sar, “dwelling on high,” I. 151.
Linga, “virile organ,” II. 152 n. 3
――naked rudiment of the body, 177 n.
Linga purusha, visional subtile body, II. 178 n. 1.
Linga sarira, “visional body,” II. 177.
Lord (Henry), traveller in the East, I. 225 n.
Lohrasp, son of Arvand, I. 88
――cured of a malady, and converted, by Zardusht, 255
――imprisons Isfendiar, 191 n. 1
――supposed length of his reign, 278 n.
――is killed in battle, 371.
Lubhani, author, quoted, II. 193.
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