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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Dotson, Brandon, 1978- (Author), Cook, Constance A. (Author), Lu, Zhao (Professor of China studies) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Boston : Brill, [2021]
Series:Prognostication in History Ser.
Subjects:
Divination > China.
Dice > Religious aspects > Buddhism.
Divination > Tibet Region.
Divination > India.
Divination > Silk Road.
Faith and reason > Buddhism.
Divination > Chine.
Divination > Tibet historique.
Divination > Inde.
Divination > Route de la soie.
Foi et raison > Bouddhisme.
Dice > Religious aspects > Buddhism
Divination
Faith and reason > Buddhism
Asia > Silk Road
China
Tibet Region
India
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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