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Mesopotamian omens in India (3)

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Buddhism
omens
Period
3rd century BCE 		Channel
Indian culture

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Buddha lists in his sermon immoral activities engaged in by mendicants and Brahmans in return for food. The order of Indian omens is identical to that of the Mesopotamian compendium Šumma ālu, where the tablet 19 is concerned with demons and ghosts, tablet 22 with snakes, tablet 29 with scorpions, tablets 33-34 with mice, tablets 64-66 with eagles and hawks.

Dīgha Nikāya, Brahmajāla Sutta 1.1:
(20) The knowledge of ghosts. … (22) The knowledge of serpents. (23) The knowledge of poisons. (24) The knowledge of scorpions. (25) The knowledge of mice. (26) The knowledge of ominous birds. (27) The knowledge of crows. … (30) The circle of animals. Gotama the recluse holds aloof from such low arts.

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Dīgha Nikāya, Brahmajāla Sutta 1.1

Bibliography

Pingree 1992, 377-378Pingree, 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 (4)
Cf. Mesopotamian omens in India (5)
Cf. Mesopotamian omens in India (6)

Amar Annus


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