Dice and Gods on the Silk Road : Chinese Buddhist Dice Divination in Transcultural Context

Dice and Gods on the Silk Road Chinese Buddhist Dice Divination in Transcultural Context

"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 go...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Dotson, Brandon (-)
Otros Autores: Cook, Constance A., Lu, Zhao
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : BRILL 2021.
Colección:Prognostication in History
Materias:
Divination > China.
Dice > Religious aspects > Buddhism.
Divination > Tibet Region.
Divination > India.
Divination > Silk Road.
Faith and reason > Buddhism.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009778225506719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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