Divining with Achi and Tārā : : comparative remarks on Tibetan dice and mālā divination : tools, poetry, structures, and ritual dimensions / / translated and introduced by Jan-Ulrich Sobisch ; with contributions by Solvej Hyveled Nielsen.

Divining with Achi and Tārā is a book on Tibetan methods of prognostics with dice and prayer beads ( mālā ). Jan-Ulrich Sobisch offers a thorough discussion of Chinese, Indian, Turkic, and Tibetan traditions of divination, its techniques, rituals, tools, and poetic language. Interviews with Tibetan...

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Superior document:Prognostication in History; volume1
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden Boston : : BRILL,, 2019.
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Tibetan
Series:Prognostication in History; volume1.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 280 pages).
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