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Mesopotamian omens in India (2)

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Dream omens (Zaqiqu)
05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore
05.02 Omen interpretation
05.02.05 Dream omens (Zaqiqu)
Physiognomic omens (Alandimmû and Nigdimdimmû)
05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore
05.02 Omen interpretation
05.02.06 Physiognomic omens (Alandimmû and Nigdimdimmû)
Topographical Omens
05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore
05.02 Omen interpretation
05.02.02 Terrestrial omens (Šumma ālu)
05.02.02.01 Topographical Omens

Keywords
Buddhism
dreams
omens

Period
3rd century BCE

Channel
Indian culture

Text
Buddha lists in his sermon immoral activities engaged in by mendicants and Brahmans in return for food. Among them are listed oneiromancy (cf. Zaqiqu), predicting on the basis of physiognomic omens and the knowledge of buildings (cf. Šumma ālu, tablets 3-18).

Dīgha Nikāya, Brahmajāla Sutta 1.21:
(4) Prognostication by interpreting dreams. (5) Fortune-telling from marks on the body. … (17) Determining whether the site, for a proposed house or pleasance, is lucky or not. … (21) Knowledge of the charms to be used when lodging in an earth house.

Source (list of abbreviations) (source links will open in a new browser window)
Dīgha Nikāya, Brahmajāla Sutta 1.21

Bibliography

Pingree 1992, 376-377

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 (1)
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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