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Perception, understanding based Pêsdâd, Hôshâng the, 24, 57 sq.,
on, 1, 121; p. based on belief, 1, 122; experience the result of p., 8, 57 n.; sevenfold p. due to earnest thought, 11, 9; denotes Scripture, 34, 203; possible without the body as in dreams, 38, 272; conflict between p. and Scripture, 48, 24-6, 30, 73-8; reveals to us non-differenced substance only, 48, 30 sq.; of two kinds: non-determinate and determinate, 48, 41; does not reveal mere Being, but difference, 48,44-6; as a source of knowledge, 48, 162; organs of P., see Organs, Perethu-afzem, n.p., 23, 219. Perethuarsti, n.p., 23, 206. Perfect: the p. one (the Brahman), 8, 173, 251; the p. is raised out of the p., 8, 186, 186 n.; the p. self, 8, 248, 248 n.; the Perfect Man, see Holy Persons. Perfection, not attained by mere renunciation, 8, 52; attained by action, 8, 54, 100; devotee works for and attains p., 8, 72 sq., 79, 127; he who abandons scripture does not attain p., 8, 117; how a Siddha attains to p., 8, 233 sq., 314, 384, 393; reached by penance and concentration of mind, 8, 300, 388 sq.; on moral p., 28, 236 sq., 318-21; may be reached by women, men, hermaphrodites, orthodox, heterodox, and householders, 45, 211; description of the life of perfected souls, 45, 211-13; absurdity of trying to attain p. by abstaining from salt, by ablutions, or by tending the fire, 45, 294 sq.; if all beings were to reach p. the world would become empty: or, not all beings are qualified for p., 45, 406, 406 n. See also Emancipation, and Pâramitâs. Pericardium, a place of deep sleep,
38, 142, 144 sq.
Periods, see Ages of the World. Perjury, see Oath, and Witnesses. Perseverance, impossible without self-restraint, 8, 51; p. in pursuit of knowledge, 8, 114; its characteristic marks, 35, 57. Persians (Pârasîkas) conquered Syria, 9, 125 n.; matches with a mother occur among the P., 33, 389. Person, see Purusha.
57 n.
Peshana, worshipper of the Daêvas, enemy of Vistâspa, 23, 79, 306. Peshî, n. of a woman (?), 46, 366, 369.
Peshô-Kangha, the corpse-burier, conquered by Zairi-vairi, 23, 80. Peshô-tanu, Peshôtan, see Pêshyôtanû.
Pêshyôtan(û), or Peshô-tanu, or Peshôtan, son of Vistâsp, 5, li, 117, 137, 142, 142 n.; 47, 70, 70 n., 81, 127, 127 n.; restores the Mazdayasnian religion and becomes highpriest, 5, li sq., 224-30, 231 n., 232 sq.; an arranger of the world, 18, 90, 90 sq. n.; one of the seven immortals, 18, 257 sq. and n.; 23, 329, 329 n.; 37, 203, 203 n.; called Kitrag-miyân (Kitrô-mêhôno), 37, 285, 285 n.; 47, xii, 104 sq., 104 n.; a producer of the renovation, 37, 437, 437 n.; birth of P., 47, xi sq., 76 sq.; made immortal, 47, xxiii. See also Kîtrôk-miyân. Phalgumitra, of the Gautama gotra, a Sthavira, 22, 294. Phâlguna, n. of Arguna, 8, 394. Phalika-sandâna, n. of a Thera, 17, 238. Phăng, see Birds (b). Phăng Măng, a famous archer, 40, 36, 36 n.; a Tâoist professor who did not know the true Tâo, 40, 223-5.
Phăng Yang, called Zeh-yang, 39,
154.
Phăng-3û, Tâoist patriarch, lived more than 1,800 years, 39, 24, 167, 167 n.; got the Tâo, 39, 136, 245, 245 n.; did not live out his time, 39, 188.
Pharaoh, and Moses, punishment of P. and his people, 6, 6, 47, 151-4, 169 sq., 201-3, 216, 239; 9, 12, 40, 91-3, 107-12, 121, 192-5, 214 Sq., 218 sq., 247, 257, 298, 318 sq., 327, 331; Moses sent to P. with signs, 9, 36 sq., 100; Moses and Aaron before P., 9, 37-9, 68; claims to be a god, 9, 91; 'P. of the stakes' called the apostles liars, 9, 176, 176 n.; rejected the prophet, 9, 242, 307; the good wife of P., 9,
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