Glimpses of Tibetan Divination

Petra Maurer is Professor of Tibetan and Buddhist Studies at Ludwig Maximilians-University. She compiles the Wörterbuch der Tibetischen Schriftsprache and has published monographs and articles on various subjects in the field of Tibetan Studies, particularly on traditional medicine and divination.Donatella Rossi, Ph.D. (1998) is Professor of East Asian Religions and Tibetan Language and Culture at the "Sapienza" University of Rome. She is an International Consortium for Research in the Humanities research partner and has published a monograph and various articles focused on the Bon tradition.Rolf Scheuermann, Ph.D. (2016) is a Tibetologist and Research Coordinator/Research Fellow at the International Consortium for Research in the Humanities, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. His publications focus on Tibetan Buddhist philosophy and religion, particularly in the context of the early bKa’ brgyud tradition.

• PrefaceBackground History of the VolumeOn the Contributions Contained in This VolumeList of Figures and TablesNotes on Contributors1 A Case of Prophecy in Post-imperial TibetPer Kværne2 Three Dice, Four Faces, and Sixty-Four Combinations: Early Tibetan Dice Divination by the NumbersBrandon Dotson3 A Preliminary Analysis of Old Tibetan Dice Divination TextsAi Nishida4 Divinations Padampa Did or Did Not Do, or Did or Did Not WriteDan Martin5 Landscaping Time, Timing Landscapes: The Role of Time in the sa dpyad TraditionPetra Maurer6 Signs and Portents in Nature and in Dreams: What They Mean and What Can Be Done about ThemCharles Ramble7 Identifying the Magical Displays of the Lords of the World: The Oneiromancy of the gSal byed byang buDonatella Rossi8 Vibhūticandra’s Svapnohana and the Examination of DreamsRolf Scheuermann9 Prognosis, Prophylaxis, and Trumps: Comparative Remarks on Several Common Forms of Tibetan CleromancyAlexander Smith10 The Role of Lamyn Gegeen Blo bzang bstan ’dzin rgyal mtshan in the Dissemination of Tibetan Astrology, Divination and Prognostication in MongoliaAgata Bareja-StarzynskaIndex