آتش پرستي ātash-parast-ī P s. f. The worship of fire.

اندرپرستهہ इन्द्रप्रस्थ इन्द्र and प्रस्थ Who presides indra-prastha S. n. prop. Name of an- cient Dihlī.

بان پرستهـ वानप्रस्थ bānaprastha S s. m. One who retires from the world with his wife and family, and passes his life in devotion in the fo- rests; an anchoret or hermit. See آسرم.

درستي durust-ī P s. f. Rectitude, soundness, pro- priety, exactness, fitness, justness, reformation, amendment. S. درسن दर्शन (r. दृश See) darsan, s. m. Inter- view, appearance. درسن دهاري दर्शनधारी darsan-dhārī, adj. Beautiful.

رستم rustam P n. prop. One of the twelve cham- pions of Persia. His combat with Isfandyār is famous in the east; it lasted two days: and, as the brazen body of his enemy was proof against his arrows, he at last killed him with his mace. He was son of Zāl, who was son of Sām, son of Narīmān. He was general to Kaikāʼūs, and considered by the Persians des- cended from Māmūn, son of Benjamin, son of Jacob. He overcame Afrāsiyāb, king of Tur- kistān, who was joined by the Indians and Tartars: nevertheless, he fell into disgrace with his master, principally on account of his rejecting the religion of Zoroaster; and, it was upon this occasion that he killed Kaikāʼūsʼs son Isfandyār above mentioned. He was killed by the wound of an arrow in an engagement with Bahman (or Artaxerxes Longimanus) son of Isfandyār. Hence a hero is called Rustam.

رستمي rustam-ī P s. f. Valour, heroism.

رستني rustanī P s. f. A vegetable.

رسته rasta P s. m. A road, way, path.

رسته rusta P part. pass. (of رستن) Grown, vege- tated. ¶ rasta, Saved, delivered.

مرستهل मरुस्थल मरु A country void of water, a desert, and स्थल Place maru-sthal S. adj. Barren, dry, without water, desert.

نورسته nau-rusta P adj. Newly grown, fresh sprung up.

وارسته wā-rasta P part. pass. (from وارستن) De- livered, saved. (Pers. plur. وارستگان).

پرستهان प्रस्थान prasthān S s. m. March, de- parture, going forth, march of an assailant.

پرستي parast-ī P (in compos. only) s. f. Worship, adoration.