THE DABISTÁN,

OR

SCHOOL OF MANNERS.

Madame Veuve Dondey-Dupré,
Printer to the Asiatic Societies of London, Paris, and Calcutta,
46, rue St-Louis, Paris.

THE

DABISTÁN,

OR

SCHOOL OF MANNERS,

TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL PERSIAN,

WITH NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS,

BY

DAVID SHEA,

OF THE ORIENTAL DEPARTMENT IN THE HONORABLE EAST INDIA COMPANY’SCOLLEGE;

AND

ANTHONY TROYER,

MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETIES OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, OFCALCUTTA AND PARIS, AND OF THE ETHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF PARIS;

EDITED, WITH A PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE, BY THE LATTER.

VOLUME II.

PARIS:

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1843.

THE DABISTÁN,

OR

SCHOOL OF MANNERS.

CHAPTER II.

The second chapter of the Dabistan describes intwelve sections the religious systems of the Hindus:

Section 1. Concerning the tenets of the Búdah-Mímánsa,the followers of which are also calledSamártikan (Smártís), or “legalists,” and are orthodoxHindus.

Sect. 2. Records some of their opinions relativeto the creation: their Purans (Tarikhs), or “histories,”treat of the same subject.

Sect. 3. The religious ceremonies and acts of theSmártís, and their orthodoxy.

Sect. 4. Treats of the followers of the Vedanta,who form the philosophers and Súfís of this sect.

2Sect. 5. Concerning those who profess the Sankhyadoctrines.

Sect. 6. Treats of the Jogís and their doctrines.

Sect. 7. Describes the tenets of the Saktíán.

Sect. 8. The opinions and ceremonies of the worshippersof Vishnú.

Sect. 9. Treats of the Chárvákián.

Sect. 10. Describes the system of the Tárkikán,who are profound investigators and deep thinkersin theology.

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