[INDOLOGY] Auspicious numbers in Hinduism
Jim Ryan
jim_ryan at comcast.net
Wed Feb 9 20:10:42 UTC 2022
Harry,
Thomas McEvilley in his book, The Shape of Ancient Thought discusses a theory of how a number of the Indian auspicious numbers (including 108) might have been derived from Sumerian “Processional arithmetic.” This is in Chapter 3, I think. Especially beginning on p. 293.
Jim Ryan
Asian Philosophies and Cultures (Emeritus)
California Institute of Integral Studies
> On Feb 9, 2022, at 11:09 AM, Harry Spier via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
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> Dear list members,
> Can anyone point me to any studies on auspicious numbers in Hinduism
> Thanks,
> Harry Spier
>
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