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The Ramayana Tradition in Southern India and its Diffusion in Southeast Asia : a philological and ethnographical study

Research Project

Project/Area Number 14401001
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section海外学術
Research Field 印度哲学(含仏教学)
Research InstitutionTohoku University

Principal Investigator

YAMASHITA Hiroshi  Tohoku University, Graduate School of International Cultural Studies, Professor, 大学院・国際文化研究科, 教授 (20230427)

Project Period (FY) 2002 – 2005
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2005)
Budget Amount *help
¥6,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,300,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥1,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥1,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥1,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000)
Fiscal Year 2002: ¥2,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,700,000)
KeywordsRamayana / Mahabharata / epic / India / Buddhism / Hinduism / South Asia / Southeast Asia / ヒンドゥー叙事詩 / ドラパディー / 華人祭祀 / シンガポール / 多元社会 / 火渡り / 東ジャワ / トゥングル人 / ワヤンクリ / ラーマキエン / インド叙事詩 / タイ / 民俗芸能 / ワヤンゴレク / バリ / 芸能 / ワヤン
Research Abstract

This study aimed at an extensive research covering such methodologies as philology and ethnology and such areas as South Asia and Southeast Asia, as different from previous disciplines of Indology or Classical Indian studies which has been restricting itself in purely philological research methods. The focus of the research project was twofold : Buddhism and Hinduism as spread in Southeast Asian countries, and the religio-cultural influences of South Asia on the formation of traditions in Southeast Asia including Indo-china, Malay peninsula and Indonesian archipelago where different religions like Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Christianity and Islam coexist side by side.
My attention was duly paid inparticular to (1) the Thai Buddhism and the impact of international tourism thereupon, (2) Ramakien, an Thai epic of Indian origin and its royal patronage, (3) the epic tradition of present-day Myanmar, (4) the Indian epic traditions in Central and Eastern Java, and (5) the epicd tradition of Bali and its transformation under globalization and international tourism.
I have so far produced several publications including independent books in different topics related to this project. In those works a new perspective to view Indian religious tradition, that of epics in particular, which historically exercised vast influence upon the formation of religious cultures and mentality of the peoples in Southeast Asia.
Following the analysis of the collected materials in this project, as one of the focal points in my anticipated research, intensive coverage of the Buddhist and Hindu relics scattered in the eastern part of Java (Java Timor) will be made as the extension of this research activities.

Report

(5 results)
  • 2005 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2004 Annual Research Report
  • 2003 Annual Research Report
  • 2002 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (17 results)

All 2006 2005 2004 Other

All Journal Article (9 results) Book (7 results) Publications (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] シンガポール華人社会における九皇爺崇拝 -后港斗母宮における「菜食の祭り」の事例-2006

    • Author(s)
      山下博司
    • Journal Title

      東方 第21号

      Pages: 267-278

    • NAID

      40015215327

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] シンガポール華人社会における九星爺崇拝-后港斗母宮における斎(菜食の祭り)の事例-2006

    • Author(s)
      山下博司
    • Journal Title

      東方 第21号(未定)

    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 国際ツーリズムとタイ仏教2005

    • Author(s)
      山下博司
    • Journal Title

      在家仏教 2005年11月号

      Pages: 1-3

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report 2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 華人系祭祀の変容 -プーケットの「菜食の祭り」をめぐって-2005

    • Author(s)
      山下博司
    • Journal Title

      宗教研究 79巻第4輯

      Pages: 388-389

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Kiw Ong Yah (Nine Emperor Gods) Worship among the Ethnic Chinese of Singapore : A case of a Taoist Vegetarian Festival at Hougang Tao Mu Kong Temple2005

    • Author(s)
      Yamashita, Hiroshi
    • Journal Title

      Toho (The East) vol.21

      Pages: 267-278

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] International Tourism and Thai Buddhism2005

    • Author(s)
      Yamashita, Hiroshi
    • Journal Title

      Zaike Bukkyo November

      Pages: 1-3

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 混在する宗教、融合するエスニシティー -タイ・プーケットの華人系寺廟における「菜食の祭り」の調査から-2004

    • Author(s)
      山下博司
    • Journal Title

      東方 第19号

      Pages: 192-205

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Mingling Religions, Merging Ethnicity : A study of a contemporary Taoist Festival in southern Thailand2004

    • Author(s)
      Yamashita, Hiroshi
    • Journal Title

      Toho (The East) vol.19

      Pages: 192-205

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 混在する宗教、融合するエスニシティー-タイ・プーケットの華人系寺廟における<菜食の祭り>の調査から-2004

    • Author(s)
      山下博司, 岡光信子
    • Journal Title

      東方 第19号

      Pages: 192-205

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] ヒンドゥー教の事典2005

    • Author(s)
      山下博司, 橋本泰元, 宮本久義
    • Publisher
      東京堂出版
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report 2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Book] ヒンドゥー教(山下博司監修)2005

    • Author(s)
      山下博司(監修)
    • Total Pages
      48
    • Publisher
      ポプラ社
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Book] Encyclopedia of Hinduism2005

    • Author(s)
      Yamashita, Hiroshi, Taigen Hashitomo, Hisayoshi Matsumoto
    • Publisher
      Tokyo : Tokyodo Shuppan
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Book] Hinduism2005

    • Author(s)
      Yamashita, Hiroshi (supervision)
    • Total Pages
      48
    • Publisher
      Poplar sha
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Book] ヒンドゥー教 -インドという<謎>-2004

    • Author(s)
      山下博司
    • Total Pages
      251
    • Publisher
      講談社
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Book] Hinduism : the wonder that is India2004

    • Author(s)
      Yamashita, Hiroshi
    • Total Pages
      251
    • Publisher
      Tokyo : Kodansha Limited.
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Book] ヒンドゥー教-インドという<謎>-2004

    • Author(s)
      山下博司
    • Total Pages
      256
    • Publisher
      講談社(選書メチエ299)
    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 山下博司: "ヒンドゥー教-その過去と現在-"講談社. 250 (2004)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report

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