Jamshīd
mythological figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
Jam · Jam's world-displaying cup · face of the sun · جام جهان نماى جم · جم · جمشيد · وجه الشمس
in the texts
Kitāb al-Zawrāʼ wa-al-taʻlīqāt ʻalayhi
The legendary Persian king Jamshīd, owner of the world-displaying cup used in the quoted verses as the emblem of total vision.
for every straitened mote is a world-displaying cup, if you would but look within.
When from the master I heard the description of the cup of Jam — I myself was Jam's world-displaying cup.
Ansāb al-ʻArab al-qudamāʼ
The legendary Iranian king whose name Zaydan glosses face of the sun, one of the Old Persian names drawn from natural bodies.
Shīrkūh — lion of the mountain Babr, or Bābar — the lion Jamshīd — face of the sun Ardashīr — the wrathful lion Balāsh — a kind of leopard Sīmurgh — the silver fish Zarasb — the gilded steed Bahrām — Mars al-Ḍaḥḥāk — the serpent