Pramiti, “true knowledge,” II. 204. Prana, “breath,” II. 133 n. 1. Pranáyáma, peculiar mode of breathing during prayers, II. 125 n. 4, 126, 135. Prapura paroksha, “absence from the former body,” I. 85. Pratijná, “proposition in a syllogism,” II. 208. Pratyáhára, “abstraction,” II. 125 n. 5, 126. Pratyaya, “evidence,” I. 85. Pravritti, “activity,” II. 204 n. 8. Prayága, “place of pilgrimage,” II. 166 ――five principal places so termed, _ibid._ n. 2. Prayójana, “motive,” II. 207 n. 1. Prester John, name given by Europeans to the king Awenk Khan, or Ung Khan, III. 119. Prétya bhava, “reproduction,” II. 205 n. 3. Prithivi bhakta, “worshippers of the earth,” II. 243. Puchan-i-Púch, “the hell of hells,” I. 153. _Pujáris_, worshippers of the image of a Deity, II. 213. Pungsavana, a rite of the Hindus, II. 54 and n. 3, 55. Puranas, II. 66 n. Purshasp, son of Pitarasp, descended from Faridun, the father of Zardusht, I. 215. Purva, the sixteenth day of the month, II. 86. Purusha, the divine male, Brahma himself, the embodied soul, II. 119 n. 1, 120. Pythagoras, instructed by the Magi, perhaps by Zoroaster, I. 277 n. 1 ――placed in the time of Gushtasp, _ibid._ 278. Q. Quatremère (Étienne), quoted, II. 430 n. 2. R. Rab-un-naw, name of an angel, I. 7. Rád Gúnah, founder of the Radian sect, I. 201 ――his opinion, 202. Rádah, one hundred Aspár, see Aspár, I. 25. Radhâ Vallabhis, a sect of Vaichnavas, II. 182 n. 1. Radian, a sect, I. 201. Rafíah, poet quoted, I. 129. Rafíah Mirzah, quoted, II. 109. Rafiâ ’l Kader, III. 216. Rafs, Ravafes, name of a sect, II. 350, 353, 365. Rága, mental affection, II. 120 ――sensual lust, 205. Rah beri, “Way-Guides,” name of occidental philosophers, III. 139. Rahmániah, a name of the followers of Musaylima, III. 2. Ráhu, a demon destroyed by Vichnu, II. 42 n. 1. Rai, the most northern town of Jebal, supposed native place of Zardusht, I. 264. Rai, town of Persia, II. 172. Raja-yogi, a superior Yogí, II. 101. _Rajas_, passion, one of the three properties, II. 14, 146, 176, 178. _Ráis sufid_, “chieftain,” I. 176. Rakshasa, explained, II. 17 n. 4. Rákshasa-vivaha, a form of marriage among the Hindus, II. 72. Ram, angel presiding over the twenty-first day of the month, I. 62 n. Ráma Avátar, II. 23. Ramachandra, II. 23 n. 2 ――son of Dasaratha――when born, _ibid._ 183 n. 1. Ramachandra deo, raja of Orissa, causes an image of Durga to be cast by a goldsmith――legend concerning it, II. 161, 162. Rámadas, the third successor of Nanak, II. 253, 254 n. 3. Rámánanda, founder of the sect of the Rámánandis, II. 180 n. 1. Rámánandis, a sect of Vaichnavas, II. 180 n. 1, 181. Rámánuja acharya, the founder of the sect of Rámánujas, II. 185 n. 1. Ramanujas, a class of the Vairagis, II. 185 n. 1. Ramazan, a fast of thirty days, III. 261 n. 1.