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Divination

Divination of various types are common in Bhutan. Diviners use calculations on slates, rosaries, dice, arrows, threads, clothes, mirrors, grains, pebbles and water to conduct divination. Most follow divination manuals which they would have in memory while important lamas are believed to use their intuitive mind and power of clairvoyance to foretell things. In addition to divination, people also follow palmistry and eye motion analysis.

  • མོ། (Dzongkha, Tibetan script, Original)(2015)
    • > Divination (English, Latin script, Translation)(2015)
    • > mo (Dzongkha, Latin script, Transliteration-THL Extended Wylie Transliteration)(2015)
    • > mo (Dzongkha, Latin script, Transcription-THL Simplified Tibetan Transcription)(2015)

Subject ID: S7507