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
Sipasian, sect of the Persian religion――their tenets and ceremonies,
I. 5, 6, 32, 33.
Siráj-eddin Ansari, an ancestor of Miyán Báyezid Ansari, III. 27
n. 1.
Sirát, “the bridge of the last judgment,” its allegorical
signification, III. 151, 152.
Siroz, part of the Zand-Avesta, I. 225 n.
Sitá, the daughter of the king of Mithila, wife of Rámachandra, II. 23
――carried away by Rávana, recovered by her husband, _ibid._ n. 3.
Sítanú, name of a Nosk of the Zand-Avesta, I. 275.
Situd gher, the second Nosk of the Zand-Avesta――contains an
interpretation of a tree of four branches seen in a vision by
Zardusht, I. 265 n. 1
――its general contents, 272 n.
Siva rátri, Siva’s night, II. 58 n. 4
――his followers bound to drink wine on that night, 164 n. 1.
Siva, the destroyer of existences, II. 4
――whence he proceeded, 14.
Siyamak, king and prophet, I. 30, 31
――a tradition concerning him, 54
――his words quoted, 69
――son of Kaiomors, 88.
Siya Zhup, “the three weights or blows,” a mode of invoking God,
I. 77.
Smartas, see Samartagans, II. 53.
Smriti sastra, the written law, II. 165.
Smriti, Hindu institutes, II. 88.
Sodarshan, nephew and pupil of a great anonymous Jnání, II. 105.
Sohail, the star canopus, the same as Agastya, a saint, II. 34.
Solinus, quoted, I. 218 n.
Sómana, the lunar vein, II. 132.
Sonnat, Sonnites, explained, II. 324 n. 1
――their creed, 332, 333, 334.
Sosiosh, the third posthumous son of Zoroaster――epoch of his
appearance and deeds, I. 282 n.
Srikakul, the capital of Kalinga, II. 3.
Sri Kanta, a learned Kachmirian, II. 164, 165.
Srivaras, a class of Buddhists, II. 212.
Stephanus, I. 171.
Sthúla sarira, elementary body, II. 176 n. 2, 177 n.
Stone (black), emblem of Saturn, I. 49 and n.
Strabo, author, quoted, I. 17 n. 209
――mentions Zoroaster’s works, 224 n.
――quoted about the _barsom_, 319 n. 2, 340 n. 1.
Sva-bhavah, the self-existing, II. 13.
Svámi préma, a state of beatitude, II. 95.
Svapna, vision during sleep, I. 84.
Svapna avast ha, the state of sleep or dream, II. 92.
Svayuktí, a state of beatitude, II. 95.
Subahani, his verses quoted, I. 195.
Suchi, purity, II. 126.
Sud (Sudi, Sudin), name of the fourth class of the people, I. 19.
Sudarhsan Kal, a Jnanindra, II. 107.
Sud bar, intercalary days of the Persians, I. 62.
Sudras, the fourth class of the Hindus, their destination, II. 49.
Sufiahs, Sufis, derivations of the word, III. 220.
Súfis (Muhammedans), divided into fourteen families, their names,
II. 221.
Sufi uddin, the ancestor of the Safavean dynasty, their origin, I. 52
and n. 6.
Sugriva, chief of savage tribes, called monkeys, ally of Ráma, II. 23
n. 3.
Suhrab, one of the compilers of the testament of Jemshid, I. 195
――a travelling merchant of the Yekanah-binan sect, _ibid._
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