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Investigating the Buddhist Manuscripts from Afghanistan and Pakistan in the Hirayama Ikuo Collection

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15320011
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Indian philosophy/Buddhist studies
Research InstitutionBUKKYO UNIVERSITY

Principal Investigator

MATSUDA Kazunobu  BUKKYO UNIVERSITY, Faculty of Literature, Professor, 文学部, 教授 (90268128)

Project Period (FY) 2003 – 2006
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2006)
Budget Amount *help
¥10,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥10,400,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥2,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥2,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000)
KeywordsBuddhism / manuscript / Afghanistan / Pakistan / Hirayama Ikuo / Schoyen / Norway / 賢劫経 / 長阿含経 / ガンダーラ語 / ガンダーラ
Research Abstract

The aim of the present study was to investigate Buddhist manuscripts that were first discovered during the 1990s largely in the Bamiyan Valley, Afghanistan, and in the Gilgit region, Pakistan. These caches of manuscripts had been subsequently divided into various private collections. Among the overseas collectors are the well known Schoyen Collection of Norway, and the Adams Collection of the United States of America, and among the domestic collectors is that of the noted painter Hirayama Ikuo. Focusing on the Hirayama Ikuo Collection, we conducted further extensive research on the numerous documents among the ancient manuscripts written in Sanskrit and Ghandhari, and in cooperation with joint researchers overseas, we compared them with the related materials in other holdings such as the Schoyen Collection, and planned to publish the results of our analytical studies. One of the most valuable materials among the documents in the Hirayama Ikuo Collection are the birch bark texts of the Dirgha-agama written in Sanskrit and belonging to the Sarvastivadin Buddhist order that were discovered in the Gilgit region of Pakistan. We were able to determine that this document originally consisted of 453 folios, of which the Hirayama Ikuo Collection contains 53. During the course of the four years of research, in which period the deciphering of the Dirgha-agama consumed much of our time, we were able to successfully complete the rigorous text critical reading and detailed annotation required of the multiple textual sources that were contained in these 53 folios. Furthermore, we also undertook the text critical investigation of these documents in relation to the other documents in the Hirayama Ikuo Collection and were able to clarify the total picture of this collection. With regard to our detailed research findings, these results will be published in a volume of academic reports on the theme.

Report

(5 results)
  • 2006 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2005 Annual Research Report
  • 2004 Annual Research Report
  • 2003 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (9 results)

All 2007 2006

All Journal Article (7 results) Book (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] 梵文長阿含のTridandi-sutraについて2006

    • Author(s)
      松田 和信
    • Journal Title

      印度学仏教学研究 54巻2号

      Pages: 129-136

    • NAID

      110004708485

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] アフガニスタンの仏教写本2006

    • Author(s)
      松田 和信
    • Journal Title

      駒沢大学仏教学部論集 37号

      Pages: 27-42

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report 2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 集異門足論のバーミヤン写本断簡に関する覚え書き2006

    • Author(s)
      松田 和信
    • Journal Title

      印度哲学仏教学 21号

      Pages: 19-33

    • NAID

      40015328400

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report 2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] The Tridandi-sutra in the Dirgha-agama manuscript.2006

    • Author(s)
      Kazunobu MATSUDA
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Indian and Buddhist Studies Vol.54-2

      Pages: 129-136

    • NAID

      110004708485

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Buddhist Sanskrit manuscripts from Bamiyan, Afghanistan.2006

    • Author(s)
      Kazunobu MATSUDA
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Buddhist Studies, Komazawa University No.37

      Pages: 27-42

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Note on the fragments of the Bamiyan manuscripts of the Samgiti-paryaya.2006

    • Author(s)
      Kazunobu MATSUDA
    • Journal Title

      Hokkaido Journal of Indological and Buddhist Studies No.21

      Pages: 19-33

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 梵文長阿含のTridandi-sutraについて2006

    • Author(s)
      松田 和信
    • Journal Title

      印度学仏教研究 54巻2号

      Pages: 129-136

    • NAID

      110004708485

    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] Buddhist Manuscripts in the Schoyen Collection III2007

    • Author(s)
      松田 和信(共編)
    • Total Pages
      350
    • Publisher
      Hermes Publishing (Oslo, Norway)
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Book] Buddhist Manuscripts in the Schoyen Collection III2007

    • Author(s)
      松田和信(共編)
    • Total Pages
      350
    • Publisher
      Hermes Publishing (Oslo, Norway)
    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2003-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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