Divination
Author
Editor
- Knut Jacobsen
Summary, in English
Suggesting a twofold model of classification for varying forms of divination, the article briefly describes, from a historical perspective, a number of prominent Hindu divinatory techniques such as animal omens, oneiromancy, physiognomy, chiromancy, pneumomancy, oracular voices, bibliomancy and geomancy.
Publishing year
2010
Language
English
Publication/Series
Brill’s Encyclopedia of Hinduism
Volume
2
Document type
Book chapter
Publisher
Brill
Topic
- Philosophy, Ethics and Religion
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISBN: 978-90-04-17893-9