Dice and Gods on the Silk Road : Chinese Buddhist Dice Divination in Transcultural Context /
Dotson, Brandon,
Dice and Gods on the Silk Road : Chinese Buddhist Dice Divination in Transcultural Context / Chinese Buddhist Dice Divination in Transcultural Context Brandon Dotson, Constance A. Cook, Zhao Lu. - 1 online resource. - Prognostication in History ; 7 . - Prognostication in History ; 7. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Front Matter -- Preliminary Material / Copyright Page / Dedication / Preface and Acknowledgements / Abbreviations / Introduction Playing Dice with the Gods / Chapter 1 The Divination of Maheśvara / Chapter 2 The Divination of Maheśvara and Chinese Numerical Trigram Divination / Chapter 3 The Divination of Maheśvara and Indic Dice Divination / Conclusions Inheriting the Wind / Back Matter -- Appendix Divining with Sixteen Numerical Trigrams / Bibliography / Index / Authors: Brandon Dotson, Constance A. Cook, and Zhao Lu -- Authors: Brandon Dotson, Constance A. Cook, and Zhao Lu -- Authors: Brandon Dotson, Constance A. Cook, and Zhao Lu -- Authors: Brandon Dotson, Constance A. Cook, and Zhao Lu -- Authors: Brandon Dotson, Constance A. Cook, and Zhao Lu -- Authors: Brandon Dotson, Constance A. Cook, and Zhao Lu -- Authors: Brandon Dotson, Constance A. Cook, and Zhao Lu -- Authors: Brandon Dotson, Constance A. Cook, and Zhao Lu -- Authors: Brandon Dotson, Constance A. Cook, and Zhao Lu -- Authors: Brandon Dotson, Constance A. Cook, and Zhao Lu -- Authors: Brandon Dotson, Constance A. Cook, and Zhao Lu -- Authors: Brandon Dotson, Constance A. Cook, and Zhao Lu -- Authors: Brandon Dotson, Constance A. Cook, and Zhao Lu.
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.
9789004464377 9789004461208
10.1163/9789004464377 DOI
Chaotic behavior in systems.
Q172.5.C45
113
Dice and Gods on the Silk Road : Chinese Buddhist Dice Divination in Transcultural Context / Chinese Buddhist Dice Divination in Transcultural Context Brandon Dotson, Constance A. Cook, Zhao Lu. - 1 online resource. - Prognostication in History ; 7 . - Prognostication in History ; 7. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Front Matter -- Preliminary Material / Copyright Page / Dedication / Preface and Acknowledgements / Abbreviations / Introduction Playing Dice with the Gods / Chapter 1 The Divination of Maheśvara / Chapter 2 The Divination of Maheśvara and Chinese Numerical Trigram Divination / Chapter 3 The Divination of Maheśvara and Indic Dice Divination / Conclusions Inheriting the Wind / Back Matter -- Appendix Divining with Sixteen Numerical Trigrams / Bibliography / Index / Authors: Brandon Dotson, Constance A. Cook, and Zhao Lu -- Authors: Brandon Dotson, Constance A. Cook, and Zhao Lu -- Authors: Brandon Dotson, Constance A. Cook, and Zhao Lu -- Authors: Brandon Dotson, Constance A. Cook, and Zhao Lu -- Authors: Brandon Dotson, Constance A. Cook, and Zhao Lu -- Authors: Brandon Dotson, Constance A. Cook, and Zhao Lu -- Authors: Brandon Dotson, Constance A. Cook, and Zhao Lu -- Authors: Brandon Dotson, Constance A. Cook, and Zhao Lu -- Authors: Brandon Dotson, Constance A. Cook, and Zhao Lu -- Authors: Brandon Dotson, Constance A. Cook, and Zhao Lu -- Authors: Brandon Dotson, Constance A. Cook, and Zhao Lu -- Authors: Brandon Dotson, Constance A. Cook, and Zhao Lu -- Authors: Brandon Dotson, Constance A. Cook, and Zhao Lu.
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.
9789004464377 9789004461208
10.1163/9789004464377 DOI
Chaotic behavior in systems.
Q172.5.C45
113