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Divination

Gansten, Martin LU (2010) 2.
Abstract
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.
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Brill’s Encyclopedia of Hinduism
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Jacobsen, Knut
volume
2
publisher
Brill
ISBN
978-90-04-17893-9
language
English
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