Early Tantric Hemerology in Chinese Buddhism Timing of Rituals According to Śubhakarasiṃha and Yixing
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@bryandaniellowe @BuhrmanKristina Mcevilley touches on this in The Shape of Ancient Thought. Sexagesimal numerology, apparently Mesopotamian in origin, appears throughout Indian literature as a whole. The ecliptic was also divided into 108 pādas. See p. 15 here:
@bryandaniellowe @BuhrmanKristina Mcevilley touches on this in The Shape of Ancient Thought. Sexagesimal numerology, apparently Mesopotamian in origin, appears throughout Indian literature as a whole. The ecliptic was also divided into 108 pādas. See p. 15 here: