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
Vispe Khirad, “the knowledge of every thing,” I. 316 n.
Vispered, part of the Zand-Avesta, I. 225 n.
Vispered, a part of the fifteenth Nosk, I. 316 n.
Visvamitra, a Kshatriya saint, becomes a Brahman, II. 220
――his speech to Rama chandra, 256 to 260, 266 to 268.
Visuddham, the hollow between the frontal sinuses, II. 131 n. 1.
Vitala-loka, one of the fourteen regions, II. 12
――an infernal region, _ibid._ n. 9.
Vitanda, “controversy,” II. 208 n. 5.
Vitruvius, quoted, I. 205 n. 1.
Viváhah, matrimony, II. 57
――five forms of marriage enumerated, 71, 72
――eight forms of Manu, 71 n. 1.
Vizhak, “local director” of a king’s private property, I. 155.
Ulemai Islam, work written by a disciple of Zardusht, I. 224 n.
Ulviahs, a sect of Ali Ilahians, II. 457 n. 1
――their creed, 458.
Umaviyah, a sect, II. 356.
Umer Khakani (Hakim), quoted, II. 51.
Umer Khiyam, quoted, III. 151.
Vojud, “existence,” III. 223.
_Upanaya_, “the application in a syllogism,” II. 207 n. 4.
Upangas, four of them, II. 66 n.
Upanishad, II. 65 n. 1.
Upavedas, II. 65 n. 1
――four enumerated, _ibid._
Upèksha, endurance, patience, II. 121.
Uraman, a peculiar manner of reading Pehlavi poetry, I. 63.
Urfi, of Shiraz, author quoted, I. 6, 96, 129; II. 158.
Uria, sent to death by David, II. 298.
Vrittaya, qualities, II. 121.
Usam (Mulla), III. 219.
Ustuvar, “supervisor,” two of them attached to every vizir, I. 155.
Utáred (Mercury), the son of the regent of the moon, II. 39.
Utarini, a Telinga word for a sort of sacrificial wood, II. 80.
Uweis Karni, the founder of a monastic order, III. 19.
Vyakarana, grammar, II. 65 n. 1.
Vyana, wind, expanding through the whole body, II. 133 n. 1.
Vyasa, son of Parasara, his works, II. 67 n. 2, 68, 220.
Uttara Mimansa, II. 4 n.
W.
Waj-péya, sacrifice of three goats, II. 82 n. 3.
Wakhtar, “the East,” I. 323.
_Wakia naviz_, “news-writer,” I. 157.
Wakshur-i-simbari, surname of Zaratusht, I. 30.
Wakt, “time,” its technical signification, III. 231 n. 2.
Wali, or Shah Wali Ullah, also Shems Wali Ullah, an author of
Hindustaní poems, edited in Paris, 1834, II. 114, 115 n. 2
――his Persian verses quoted, 115, 116.
Wankawish, name of a Nosk of the Zand-Avesta, I. 275.
Warakt and Khurah-i-Yazdan, light of the Almighty, I. 290.
Ward, author of a work on the Hindus, quoted, II. 22, 27, 41, 54,
56, 59, 60, 61, 66, 67, 68, 72, 73.
Wasel Ebn Ata, founder of a Muhammedan sect, II. 325.
Wazda, name of a Nosk of the Zand-Avesta, I. 275.
Werka ben Nafil, cousin of Khadija, translator of the Old and New
Testament from Hebrew into Arabic, II. 300.
Wilson (Horace), quoted, II. 10, 11, 18, 19, 27, 34, 53, 54, 67, 68,
71, 80, 82, 114, 119, 122, 128, 166, 179, 180, 181, 191, 219, 223.
X.
Xenophon, quoted, II. 37 n. 1.
Y.
Yad Afraz, rosary, 371.
Yahuds, Jews, their religion, II. 293 to 299.
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