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100	1		_aDotson, Brandon, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aDice and Gods on the Silk Road : _bChinese Buddhist Dice Divination in Transcultural Context / _cBrandon Dotson, Constance A. Cook, Zhao Lu.
246	3		_aChinese Buddhist Dice Divination in Transcultural Context
264		1	_aLeiden; _aBoston : _bBRILL, _c2021.
300			_a1 online resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aPrognostication in History ; _v7
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0	0	_tFront Matter -- _tPreliminary Material / _rAuthors: Brandon Dotson, Constance A. Cook, and Zhao Lu -- _tCopyright Page / _rAuthors: Brandon Dotson, Constance A. Cook, and Zhao Lu -- _tDedication / _rAuthors: Brandon Dotson, Constance A. Cook, and Zhao Lu -- _tPreface and Acknowledgements / _rAuthors: Brandon Dotson, Constance A. Cook, and Zhao Lu -- _tAbbreviations / _rAuthors: Brandon Dotson, Constance A. Cook, and Zhao Lu -- _tIntroduction Playing Dice with the Gods / _rAuthors: Brandon Dotson, Constance A. Cook, and Zhao Lu -- _tChapter 1 The Divination of Maheśvara / _rAuthors: Brandon Dotson, Constance A. Cook, and Zhao Lu -- _tChapter 2 The Divination of Maheśvara and Chinese Numerical Trigram Divination / _rAuthors: Brandon Dotson, Constance A. Cook, and Zhao Lu -- _tChapter 3 The Divination of Maheśvara and Indic Dice Divination / _rAuthors: Brandon Dotson, Constance A. Cook, and Zhao Lu -- _tConclusions Inheriting the Wind / _rAuthors: Brandon Dotson, Constance A. Cook, and Zhao Lu -- _tBack Matter -- _tAppendix Divining with Sixteen Numerical Trigrams / _rAuthors: Brandon Dotson, Constance A. Cook, and Zhao Lu -- _tBibliography / _rAuthors: Brandon Dotson, Constance A. Cook, and Zhao Lu -- _tIndex / _rAuthors: Brandon Dotson, Constance A. Cook, and Zhao Lu.
520			_aWhat 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.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		0	_aChaotic behavior in systems.
700	1		_aCook, Constance A., _eauthor.
700	1		_aLu, Zhao, _eauthor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _tDice and Gods on the Silk Road : Chinese Buddhist Dice Divination in Transcultural Context. _dLeiden ; Boston : BRILL, 2021 _z9789004461208
830		0	_aPrognostication in History ; _v7.
856	4		_zDOI: _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004464377
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