tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32671574.post2057127722432825501..comments2024-03-22T14:47:42.501+02:00Comments on Tibeto-logic: Padampa's Rosary DivinationUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32671574.post-26261926095815573112013-06-29T22:18:29.542+03:002013-06-29T22:18:29.542+03:00I doubt if anyone noticed, but I just now added a ...I doubt if anyone noticed, but I just now added a transcription of the 5th and final folio of the Padampa Rosary Divination text. The Leiden library very quickly sent me the scans of the text, but <i>sans</i> the final folio. Informed of this, they very quickly sent it, and it arrived just a few days ago. Anyway, there is nothing like a colophon at the end to tell us more about the text. Still, it's always good to serve up complete texts. Thanks again to the librarians of Leiden.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10453904366382251766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32671574.post-71463875000489343972013-06-06T12:20:53.967+03:002013-06-06T12:20:53.967+03:00Yes, apparently it didn't get burnt to a crisp...Yes, apparently it didn't get burnt to a crisp in WWII as it might have.<br /><br />That's when half the books at that library were lost, says the Wiki. But somehow the Tibetan books were miraculously kept out of harm's way.<br /><br />I sincerely hope throngs of Brownites won't descend on Stuttgart as they are doing in Istanbul these days. Is that the reason they're protesting in Taksim?Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10453904366382251766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32671574.post-60806311278717506472013-06-06T10:29:20.713+03:002013-06-06T10:29:20.713+03:00Dear Dan,
Off to Stuttgart! If Dan Brown only kne...Dear Dan,<br /><br />Off to Stuttgart! If Dan Brown only knew you. We would have a Da Vinci Code every year! :-) Joking apart, it is amazing. Hridayarthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10713264962804395563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32671574.post-39390967585238068312013-06-06T10:06:45.808+03:002013-06-06T10:06:45.808+03:00Dear J,
Of course you're right. I just wasn&...Dear J,<br /><br />Of course you're right. I just wasn't thinking. Which is supposed to be a problem, isn't it? Did you see the new bit added at blog's end? I'm thinking the arrow divination might be doable.<br /><br />Yours,<br />DDanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10453904366382251766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32671574.post-60813695750806815282013-06-06T09:27:17.167+03:002013-06-06T09:27:17.167+03:00But surely Dan, us Lama Zhang fans know that the o...But surely Dan, us Lama Zhang fans know that the one getting the job done straighth away is the crow... <br /><br />Phyag rgya chen po rtogs par ‘dod pa’i gang zag ni kva ta lta bu dang, spre’u lta bu gnyis las, ‘di ni kva ta lta bu’i lugs te, thog babs bsam chig chod du ston pa’o.<br /><br />Hridayarthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10713264962804395563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32671574.post-27649374146510350362013-06-05T13:34:18.153+03:002013-06-05T13:34:18.153+03:00Dear D & J,
I've often wondered about the...Dear D & J,<br /><br />I've often wondered about the origins of Bkra-shis. It may seem farfetched, but I'm imagining that the Bkra and the Khra ('falcon') may have some etymological connection. The falcon has variegated colors, doesn't it? And that's what Bkra means, too... Something splendidly multicolored. Something like a painting. I don't know why the falcon should be more auspicious than the crow. Falcons dive-bomb straight for their prey, and in that sense is right on target, it gets the job done...<br /><br />Some think the Shis of Bkra-shis is a disguised borrowing from Sanskrit. I wonder.<br /><br />Ravens and crows are indistinguishable for most people most of the time, I'd say. But I've often gotten in trouble with scientists for speaking like that.<br /><br />Yours,<br />DDanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10453904366382251766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32671574.post-84775037553856576702013-06-05T11:23:06.943+03:002013-06-05T11:23:06.943+03:00Dan and Dirk,
Thanks for the blog and the observ...Dan and Dirk, <br /><br />Thanks for the blog and the observation, which seems right on target (Dan's link to http://www.serenapowers.com/tibetan.html). Poor raven, always the bad role. Except for Padampa: “About the view, ask the ship's crow.”<br /><br />Reassure me, ravens and crows are equally bad omens? Hridayarthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10713264962804395563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32671574.post-50524966120228444942013-06-05T08:31:06.436+03:002013-06-05T08:31:06.436+03:00བཀྲ་ཤིས་བདེ་ལེགས།—An apropos sign off, as "bk...བཀྲ་ཤིས་བདེ་ལེགས།—An apropos sign off, as "bkra shis" may be translated "auspicious," and "auspicious" has its roots in "auspex"—divination by observing the flight of birds ;) Great post as always, thanks Dan! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06554999589001296764noreply@blogger.com