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
Suja, son of Shah Jehan――obliged by Aureng-zeb to fly to Arrakan,
where he dies, III. 285 n. 1.
Suidas, quoted, I. 212 n. 224 n.
Sukha, “sensual delight,” II. 206.
Sukla pakcha, the light half of a month, II. 20.
Sukhá sváda, enjoyment, I. 85.
Sukshma śarira, rudimental body, II. 177 n.
Sultan Khajah, buried according to the old Persian mode, III. 102.
Súm, “fasting,” how interpreted by the Ismâilahs, II. 408.
Sumbul, town where the Kalki-Avátar is to take place, II. 24.
Su-Meru, mountain of gold, abode of celestial beings, II. 41
――account of it, _ibid._ n. 1
――residence of Brahma, 260 n. 1.
Sumitra, son of the Ray of Kalinga, held _Akas_ to be space, II. 39.
Sun, description of his form, I. 38.
Sun, the issue of Kaśyapa, II. 38
――twelve suns, 35, 218
――attributes and adoration of the sun, 235
――prayer to him, 236 n. 237
――Muhammed’s arrival at it, III. 247.
Sunai, author quoted, I. 88, 110; II. 26.
Suraj nath, an adept in mastering the breath――lived not less than
seven hundred years, II. 138.
Sura loka, the heaven of Indra, one of the fourteen spheres, II. 12
――one of three spheres, 13.
Suras, gods, whirl the ocean, II. 42 n. 1.
Suristar, name of the third class of the people, I. 19.
Sûrwar (Sûryar), a particular sect, II. 241
――kill strangers, 242.
_Surúsh manish_, seraph-hearted, I. 180.
Surya-makhan, worshippers of the sun, II. 235
――two classes of them, 237
――their conduct and opinion, 238, 239.
Susvapna, revelation during sleep, I. 84, 85.
Su svapna avast´ha, “the state of good sleep,” II. 93 n. 1.
Sutála-loka, one of the fourteen spheres, II. 12
――an infernal region, n. _ibid._ 10.
Sútra, thread, a rite of the Hindus, II. 56.
Swarga loka, heaven, II. 237.
Swádishthanam, umbilical region, II. 131 n. 1, 150.
Swetakéta, pronounces an imprecation against adulterous women, II. 69.
Syncellus, I. 33 n. 1.
T.
Tábiâyah, “physiologists,” III. 308.
Tabkat Náserí, “the degrees of Naśer,” a work of Naser eddin Túsi,
III. 114 n. 1.
Tabsar, window, place of observation in a lofty pavilion for the
king, I. 42, 43, 168.
Tabúk, a place situated about halfway between Medina and Damascus,
III. 56 n. 1.
Taherir, writings (of Euclid), III. 218.
Tahlil, “praise of God,” III. 35.
Tahmúras, son of Hushang, king and prophet, I. 30, 31
――a saying of his quoted, 73, 88.
Táj eddin (Shaikh), son of Shaikh Zakria Jondeheni Dahluvi,
expounder of mystic doctrine, III. 91.
Tajeli, “a transitory vision,” III. 269 n. 1.
Tajerid, “divestment of what is accessory,” III. 218 n. 2.
Tajik, a tribe of a mixt origin――their habitations――enemies of the
Rosheniah, III. 48 n.
Takash teghin, the Atabek, or lieutenant-general of Persia, supports
Barkiarok, II. 438 n. 1.
Takbir, “pious exclamation,” III. 259.
Takwiyat mâni, “the strengthening of sense,” III. 263.
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