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Production by Computer of Index to Mahavastu-avasana

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16320009
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Indian philosophy/Buddhist studies
Research InstitutionSendai National College of Technology

Principal Investigator

OUSAKA Yumi  Sendai National College of Technology, Professor, 教授 (30152036)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) YAMAZAKI Moriichi  Hosen Gakuen College, President, 学長 (90200667)
Project Period (FY) 2004 – 2006
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2006)
Budget Amount *help
¥7,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥7,400,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥2,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥2,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥3,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000)
KeywordsMahavastu-avadana / Buddhist hybrid Sanskrit / Majjhima-nikaya / Pali text / metre analysis took / discriminant analysis / neural network / Java / 初期仏教 / 単語索引 / 仏教混淆梵語聖典 / 人文科学とデータベース / マハーヴァスツII語彙索引 / マハーヴァスツ・アヴァダーナ / 仏教混交梵語聖典 / ヴィスッディ・マッガ / 初期仏教文献 / 語彙の正順索引 / 語彙の逆順索引 / 語彙索引作成ツール
Research Abstract

The Indo-Aryan language is usually divided into Old Indo-Aryan, Middle Indo-Aryan (MIA) and Modern Indo-Aryan. Middle Indo-Aryan comprises various scriptures of different times and different localities, such as the Pali canon of early Buddhism, the Prakrit canon of the early Jainism and the Buddhist-Hybrid-Sanskrit canon, etc. Middle Indo-Aryan languages are very different from classical Sanskrit, although they are in some respects related to it, and have very complicated grammatical structures such as complete alteration of a particular word due to phonetic change, assimilation of conjunct consonants, etc. Unlike in the case of classical Sanskrit, most of the grammatical features of Middle Indo-Aryan have not yet been thoroughly investigated. In order to make a major breakthrough in the study of Middle Indo-Aryan, the systematic study of the canons is now required with respect to metrical analysis, grammatical structure, vocabulary and syntax. The metrical analysis of the canons is in … More dispensable to edit a critical edition. The compilation of word indexes of the canons is helpful for making a translation. A reverse index is necessary to investigate the grammatical structure of the sentences, and a pada index or a reverse pada index is useful to ensure a correct reading of the text. For these purposes much data needs to be processed. Fortunately, by using a computer to analyze texts, considerable advances in the systematic study of the texts could be made. In Particular, verses could be classified, metres could be collected, indexes could be compiled and the grammatical structure could be analysed. There is no doubt that this systematic study will be extremely valuable to all scholars engaged in the study of Indology and Buddhology.
The Buddhist-Hybrid-Sanskrit text, Mahavastu-avadana is one of the biographies of most important Buddha. We have accomplished the publication of the indexes in 2003 and 2006, the word and reverse word index to the Mahavastu for Vols. I and II, respectively. This text is very important in the study of the Buddhist-Hybrid-Sanskrit. We are now preparing the index to the third volume.
In the metre analysis so far, its metre name is identified by the pattern match with the basic metre scheme and the text data. The rate of the identification of the metre of the most important old canons runs from 70 to 80% on the average, and at most 20% level in the oldest one. The identification rate is able to be improved greatly by using a quite new technique different from the previous one, the neural network assisted by the discriminant analysis. We can obtain information on the metre that cannot be analyzed so far. A new technique for extracting a remarkably different metre from the standard Sanskrit is developed. Moreover, this technique can divide a half verse into two padas extremely efficiently and accurately. This research shows one application success in neural network.
We have constructed practicable database of the study in middle Indo-Aryan by collaboration with the linguistics and the information scientific researchers. Its kernel is three of composition, the font, the editor, and analysis tools (text data, meter analysis, and index production). A database concerned is discussed, including the discussion how to devise the analysis tools on new OS in each platform.
In collaboration with linguistic scholars and computer scientists, we have made the computer tools for the systematic analysis of the manuscripts in Middle Indo-Aryan (MIA) first on Macintosh PC, and subsequently extended it on Windows PC and on Linux PC. Recently computer environment on Mac OS and Windows OS has been changed into OSX and XP from old ones, OS 9.2 and Me etc., respectively. As a result, our several computer tools cannot work normally. Since our analysis system plays an important role in analysis of the manuscripts in MIA, we have rebuilt all these computer tools so that work well on every platforms, based on JAVA. We have accomplished the publication of the manual for computer tools of the compilation of the index, with the execution files on CD-ROM by Java. Less

Report

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

    (18 results)

All 2006 2005 2004 Other

All Journal Article (11 results) Book (7 results)

  • [Journal Article] 判別分析と知識学習法による中期インド・アリアン韻律の言語学者並み解析システム構築2006

    • Author(s)
      逢坂雄美
    • Journal Title

      情報処理学会研究報告 2006・10

      Pages: 8-8

    • NAID

      110004075894

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary 2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 中期インド・アリアン聖典のデータベースII2006

    • Author(s)
      逢坂雄美
    • Journal Title

      第12回公開シンポジウム『人文科学とデータベース』

      Pages: 10-10

    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 婦人との関わりをもたないこと(Suyagadamga 4)2005

    • Author(s)
      山崎守一
    • Journal Title

      中央学術研究所紀要 34

      Pages: 26-26

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Elayam(Uttarajjhay 7)-小羊の〓え-2004

    • Author(s)
      山崎守一
    • Journal Title

      北條賢三博士古稀記念論文集・インド学諸思想とその周延

      Pages: 17-17

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 中期インド・アリアン古聖典解析ツールのジャバによる開発2004

    • Author(s)
      逢坂雄美
    • Journal Title

      情報処理学会研究報告『人文科学とコンピュータ』 CH64

      Pages: 7-7

    • NAID

      110002949224

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 中期インド・アリアン聖典の言語解析処理システム2004

    • Author(s)
      逢坂雄美
    • Journal Title

      ジャイナ教研究 9号

      Pages: 27-36

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 中期インド・アリアン古聖典解析ツールのジャバによる開発2004

    • Author(s)
      逢坂雄美
    • Journal Title

      人文科学とコンピュータ CH-64

      Pages: 17-23

    • NAID

      110002949224

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] インド・アーリヤ語古文献データベースIAMDBの評価2004

    • Author(s)
      逢坂雄美
    • Journal Title

      人文科学とコンピュータシンポジウム論文集 17号

      Pages: 159-166

    • NAID

      170000082961

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Automatic Analysis of the Canon in Middle Indo-Aryan by Personal Computer II in both Japanese and English

    • Author(s)
      Y.Ousaka
    • Journal Title

      The Chuo Academic Research Institute(2005,Tokyo)

      Pages: 85-85

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Mahavastu-Avadana, Vol.II : Word Index and Reverse Word Index

    • Author(s)
      E.Faure, B.Oguibeine, M.Yamazaki, Y.Ousaka
    • Journal Title

      The Chuo Academic Research Institute(2006,Tokyo)

      Pages: 376-376

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Index to the Majjhima-nikaya

    • Author(s)
      M.Yamazaki, Y.Ousaka.
    • Journal Title

      Pali Text Society(2006 Lancaster)

      Pages: 473-473

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Book] MAHAVASTU-AVADANA Vol. II : Word Index and Reverse Word Index2006

    • Author(s)
      E.Faure, B.Oguibenine, M.Yamazaki, Y.Ousaka
    • Total Pages
      376
    • Publisher
      中央学術研究所
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Book] Index to the Majjhima-nikaya2006

    • Author(s)
      M.Ymazaki, Y.Ousaka
    • Publisher
      パーリ文献協会(オックスフォード)
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Book] Mahavastu-avadana Vol.II : Word Index and Reverse Word Index2006

    • Author(s)
      E.Faure, B.Oguibenine, M.Yamazaki, Y.Ousaka
    • Total Pages
      376
    • Publisher
      中央学術研究所
    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] Index to the Majjhima-nikaya2006

    • Author(s)
      M.Yamazaki, Y.Ousaka
    • Total Pages
      473
    • Publisher
      パーリ文献協会(オックスフォード)
    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] Automatic Analysis of the Canon in Middle Indo-Aryan by Personal Computer II in both JAPANESE and ENGLISH with Jar Files and Their Programs by Java for Macintosh OSX, Windows XP, and Linux on CD-ROM2005

    • Author(s)
      Y.Ousaka
    • Total Pages
      85
    • Publisher
      中央学術研究所
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Book] Automatic Analysis of the Canon in Middle Indo-Aryan by Personal Computer II in both Japanese and English with Jar Files and Their Programs by Java for Macintosh OSX, Windows XP, and Linux on CD-ROM2005

    • Author(s)
      Y.Ousaka
    • Total Pages
      85
    • Publisher
      中央学術研究所
    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] INDEX TO THE VISUDDHI-MAGGA2004

    • Author(s)
      Y.Ousaka, M.Yamazaki
    • Total Pages
      505
    • Publisher
      Pali Text Society (Oxford)
    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report

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