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Mesopotamian omens in India (4)

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Moon Omens
05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore
05.02 Omen interpretation
05.02.01 Celestial omens (Enūma Anu Enlil)
05.02.01.01 Moon Omens
Star Omens
05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore
05.02 Omen interpretation
05.02.01 Celestial omens (Enūma Anu Enlil)
05.02.01.04 Star Omens
Sun Omens
05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore
05.02 Omen interpretation
05.02.01 Celestial omens (Enūma Anu Enlil)
05.02.01.02 Sun Omens

Keywords
astrology
Buddhism
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. It is a catalogue of some of the contents of Enūma Anu Enlil.

Dīgha Nikāya, Brahmajāla Sutta 1.1:
24. ‘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 such low arts as foretelling (1) There will be an eclipse of the moon. (2) There will be en eclipse of the sun. (3) There will be an eclipse of a star (nakhatta). (4) There will be aberration of the sun or the moon. (5) The sun or the moon will return to its usual path. (6) There will be aberrations of the stars. (7) The stars will return to their usual course. (8) There will be a fall of meteors.

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Dīgha Nikāya, Brahmajāla Sutta 1.1

Bibliography

Pingree 1992, 378

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 (2)
Cf. Mesopotamian omens in India (3)
Cf. Mesopotamian omens in India (5)
Cf. Mesopotamian omens in India (6)

Amar Annus

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