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
Sag díd, “the dog saw,” presenting a dog to a dying person, I. 335
n. 2.
Saha deva, son of Vyasa, a legend of him, II. 255, 268.
Saheban-i-kereb-i-ferais, “the masters of proximity to divine
precepts,” a sect of Súfis, III. 294.
_Sahi-din_, “upright in faith,” I. 180.
Sahifah al Auliya, “Volume of the Saints,” work of Muhammed Nur
baksh, I. 130.
Sahi Kesh, “flourishing faith,” I. 147.
Sahi Keshan, I. 241.
Sahu, “recovering from ebriety,” I. 85, 86.
Said, Abu-Muhammed Obaid-alla, the founder of the Fatimite Khalifs
in Africa, II. 401 n.
――lays the foundation of a new capital, 418 n. 1.
Said ben Hebatallah, abridged and commented Avisenna’s work,
entitled Shafa, II. 173.
Said (Sayyad) Cabiru ’ddin, a master of the Sadikíyahs in India,
III. 1 n. 1.
Said (Saiyid) Hasan of Shiraz, quoted, I. 90, 91.
Sâid Khan Terkhan, puts to death a son of Jelal-eddin, III. 47.
Saiva-Sanyasis, called also Avadutas, II. 218
――war between them and the Súfis, _ibid._
Saivas, worshippers of Siva, II. 217.
Sajud, “prostration,” III. 260.
Sakah, Sijah, Thegjazis, names of the wife of Musaylima, III. 8 n. 1.
Sakar, a class of Sanyasis, II. 139.
Saklapes, see Serapis, III. 112.
Sakti, power, generic name given to women by the Saktians, II. 154.
Saktians, followers of Siva, of austere manners, II. 164.
Saktian, a sect of Hindus, their belief, worship, and customs, II.
148 to 168.
Sakti púja, profligate intercourse with women――worship of the
Saktians, II. 153.
Sakunat, “dwelling in God,” III. 29, 37.
Salaimaniyat, a branch of the Zaydiyat, II. 363 n. 1.
Salam, a numerical quantity, equal to one hundred thousand, I. 24.
Salarbar, “usher with a silver mace,” I. 169.
Sale (George), translator of the Koran into English, quoted, II.
323, 325, 328, 330, 344 n. 1, 369, 404, 405, 453 n.; III. 76 n. 1,
80 n. 2.
Salikan, a class of Súfis, III. 251 n.
Salim, poet, quoted, I. 88.
_Sama_, tranquillity, II. 126.
Samadharanam, “fortitude,” II. 125 n. 8, 127.
Samadhi, deep and devout meditation, I. 85.
Samak Asur, stole the Veda, II. 18.
_Samán Sálár_, “head-steward,” to be accompanied by two supervisors
and two recorders of occurrences, I. 155.
Samarah, a town in Chaldæa, I. 307 and n. 2.
Samartagans, the orthodox of the Hindus, II. 53.
Sama véda, II. 64.
Sameri, a magician, contemporary with Moses, III. 80
――Aaron himself, _ibid._ n. 2.
Sami, sacrificial wood, II. 80.
Sampradaya, a sect, schism, particular doctrine, II. 186 n. 1.
Samrad, or Samwad, meaning of it, I. 195, 200.
Samradian, a sect, I. 195.
Samrad namah, work composed by Kamkar, I. 201
――quoted, II. 98.
Samudras, seas, seven of them, II. 41.
Sanabad, town of Tus, there is the mausoleum of Imam Reza, I. 48.
Sanakaras, “incorporeal beings,” II. 237.
Sandebar, a cavern and miraculous spring, in Kachmir, II. 166, 167.
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