TY  - BOOK
AU  - Baumann,Brian Gregory
TI  - Divine knowledge: Buddhist mathematics according to the anonymous Manual of Mongolian astrology and divination 
T2  - Brill eBook titles 2008
SN  - 9789047428367
AV  - BF1714.M6 B38 2008
U1  - 133.5/92517 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Manual of Mongolian astrology and divination
KW  - Astrology, Mongolian
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [831]-852) and index; Preliminary Material; B.G. Baumann --; Chapter One. Manuscript; B.G. Baumann --; Chapter Two. Genre; B.G. Baumann --; Chapter Three. Genesis; B.G. Baumann --; Chapter Four. Time; B.G. Baumann --; Chapter Five. Heaven; B.G. Baumann --; Chapter Six. Metaphysics; B.G. Baumann --; Chapter Seven. Divination; B.G. Baumann --; Chapter Eight. Inter-discipline; B.G. Baumann --; Chapter Nine. Esoteric language; B.G. Baumann --; Chapter Ten. Mongolian mathematics; B.G. Baumann --; Linguistics; B.G. Baumann --; Transcription; B.G. Baumann --; Translation; B.G. Baumann --; Appendix A; B.G. Baumann --; Appendix B. Glossary of terms; B.G. Baumann --; Appendix C. Word index; B.G. Baumann --; Bibliography; B.G. Baumann --; Subject index; B.G. Baumann; Available to subscribing member institutions only
N2  - In an original and compelling examination of traditional mathematics, this comprehensive study of the anonymous Manual of Mongolian Astrology and Divination (published by A. Mostaert in 1969) takes on the fundamental problem of the post-enlightenment categorization of knowledge, in particular the inherently problematic realms of religion and science, as well as their subsets, medicine, ritual, and magic. In the process of elucidating the rhetoric and logic shaping this manual the author reveals not only the intertwined intellectual history of Eurasia from Greece to China but also dismantles many of the discourses that have shaped its modern interpretations
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004155756.I-892
ER  -