02840nam 22005893 450 991079451510332120231110234257.090-04-46437-9(CKB)4100000011984102(MiAaPQ)EBC6681488(Au-PeEL)EBL6681488(OCoLC)1262675426(EXLCZ)99410000001198410220210901d2021 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierDice and Gods on the Silk Road Chinese Buddhist Dice Divination in Transcultural ContextBoston :BRILL,2021.©2021.1 online resource (353 pages)Prognostication in History 90-04-46120-5 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."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"--Provided by publisher.Prognostication in History Dice and Gods on the Silk Road DivinationChinaDiceReligious aspectsBuddhismDivinationTibet RegionDivinationIndiaDivinationSilk RoadFaith and reasonBuddhismDivinationDiceReligious aspectsBuddhism.DivinationDivinationDivinationFaith and reasonBuddhism.203/.20951Dotson Brandon1492485Cook Constance A1492486Lu Zhao1492487MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910794515103321Dice and Gods on the Silk Road3715025UNINA