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Buddha lists in his sermon immoral activities engaged in by mendicants and Brahmans in return for food. The unnatural phenomena fall into three categories: those produced on earth (cf. Šumma ālu), those produced in the atmosphere and in the heavens (cf. Enūma Anu Enlil).
Dīgha Nikāya, Brahmajāla Sutta 1.21: 21. Or he might say: Whereas some mendicants and Brahmans, while living on food provided by the faithful, earn their living by wrong means of livelihood, by unnatural arts, such as these: (1) Palmistry - prophesying long life, prosperity or the reverse from marks on childs hands, feet or other parts of the body, (2) Divining by means of omens and signs, (3) Auguries drawn from thunderbolts and other celestial portents.
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Dīgha Nikāya, Brahmajāla Sutta 1.21
Bibliography
Pingree 1992, 376 | Pingree, David. Mesopotamian Omens in Sanskrit. In: Dominique Charpin, Francis Joannès (ed.). La circulation des biens, des personnes et des idées dans le Proche-Orient ancien. Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale 38. Paris: Editions Reserche sur les Civilisations 1992, 375-379. |
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Cf. Mesopotamian omens in India (2)
Cf. Mesopotamian omens in India (3)
Cf. Mesopotamian omens in India (4)
Cf. Mesopotamian omens in India (5)
Cf. Mesopotamian omens in India (6)
Amar Annus
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