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245 10 a| Dice and gods on the Silk Roadh| [electronic resource] :b| Chinese Buddhist dice divination in transcultural context /c| by Brandon Dotson, Constance A. Cook, Zhao Lu.;

260 a| Lieden ;a| Boston :b| Brill,c| [2021];

300 a| xiii, 339 pages :b| illustrations (some color) ;c| 25 cm;

490 0 a| Prognostication in history,x| 2589-4404 ;v| 7;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-319) and index.;

505 0 a| 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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520 a| "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"--c| Provided by publisher.;

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Dice and gods on the Silk Road Chinese Buddhist dice divination in transcultural context / by Brandon Dotson, Constance A. Cook, Zhao Lu.

Author/creator	Dotson, Brandon, 1978-
Other author	Cook, Constance A.
Other author	Lu, Zhao (Professor of China studies)
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Lieden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]
Description	xiii, 339 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Divination--China. Dice--Religious aspects. --Buddhism. Divination--Tibet Region. Divination--India. Divination--Silk Road. Faith and reason--Buddhism.

Series	Prognostication in history, 2589-4404 ; 7
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.
Abstract	"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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-319) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2021016045
ISBN	9789004461208 (hardback)
ISBN	(ebook)

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