| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 339 pages) : illustrations (some color), facsimiles |
| Series |
Prognostication in History Ser |
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Prognostication in History Ser
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| Contents |
Introduction: Playing Dice with the Gods -- 1. The Divination of Maheśvara -- 2. The Divination of Maheśvara and Chinese Numerical Trigram Divination -- 3. The Divination of Maheśvara and Indic Dice Divination -- Conclusions: Inheriting the Wind -- Appendix: Divining with Sixteen Numerical Trigrams -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
"What do dice and gods have in common? What is the relationship between dice divination and dice gambling? This interdisciplinary collaboration situates the tenth-century Chinese Buddhist "Divination of Maheśvara" within a deep Chinese backstory of divination with dice and numbers going back to at least the 4th century BCE. Simultaneously, the authors track this specific method of dice divination across the Silk Road and into ancient India through a detailed study of the material culture, poetics, and ritual processes of dice divination in Chinese, Tibetan, and Indian contexts. The result is an extended meditation on the unpredictable movements of gods, dice, divination books, and divination users across the various languages, cultures, and religions of the Silk Road"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Divination -- China
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Dice -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism.
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Divination -- Tibet Region
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Divination -- India
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Divination -- Silk Road
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Faith and reason -- Buddhism.
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Dice -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism
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Divination
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Faith and reason -- Buddhism
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Asia -- Silk Road
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China
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Tibet Region
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India
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Cook, Constance A., author
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Lu, Zhao (Professor of China studies), author.
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| LC no. |
2021016046 |
| ISBN |
9789004464377 |
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9004464379 |
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