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Philological and Interdisciplinary Studies on Nibbana in Early Buddhism

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19K12948
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Basic Section 01020:Chinese philosophy, Indian philosophy and Buddhist philosophy-related
Research InstitutionOsaka University

Principal Investigator

Tomita Mariko  大阪大学, 大学院人文学研究科(人文学専攻、芸術学専攻、日本学専攻), 招へい研究員 (20837273)

Project Period (FY) 2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,250,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥750,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Keywordsインド仏教 / 初期仏典 / パーリ聖典 / 涅槃 / スッタニパータ / 註釈 / パラマッタ・ジョーティカー / 仏塔 / パラマッタ・ジョーティカ― / インド初期仏教 / 初期仏教 / 初期経典 / パーリ / 仏教美術
Outline of Research at the Start

ゴータマ・ブッダやその直弟子が説いたとされるインド初期経典中の涅槃に関する先行研究は, 註釈の解釈に準じ, 生前および命終の二時点を認め前提としつつも, いずれが真の涅槃かと未だ論争が続いている.
本研究では, パーリ聖典を主資料として涅槃の諸語彙を網羅的に抽出し, 文献学的手法を用い全用例を分析することで, 真の涅槃の意味および二種涅槃[界]の成立過程を明らかにする.
さらに, 経典中の涅槃観が実際の信仰の現場でどう求められ具現化されたのか. この同様に重要な問いの答えを仏教美術等の他分野と連携を図り, 学際的アプローチによって調査を行い, 涅槃の全容解明に資する新たな知見を提供する.

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research philologically analyzes Nibbana-related words in the Suttanipata and other early Buddhist suttas. My findings were compared with interpretations of the Commentaries. As a result, a new understanding was suggested: The sutta authors, unlike the authors of the Commentaries, often times do not intend to differentiate between Nibbana in the present life and Nibbana at and after the end of life.
While people were mostly concerned with the afterlife and connected liberation to the end of life, the Suttanipata and other early suttas sometimes emphasize that Nibbana can be attained during one's lifetime and sometimes do not express the time of Nibbana. In the latter case, the interpretation of Nibbana was left upon the listeners. This notion among people since early days was seemingly applied to the early Buddhist artifacts around 3 - 2 centuries B.C.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

初期経典で描かれる涅槃の諸相(生前, 時点が曖昧, 命終, 二種涅槃[1経のみ])と, 註釈で説かれる生前・命終で区別する確立された二種涅槃[界]の教義とは, その涅槃観が異なる場合も多いことが, これまでにない知見として明らかになった. その中で, ゴータマ・ブッダの真意が生前の涅槃であっても, 当初から人々の解釈が涅槃や修行の完成を命終と結びつける傾向が見受けられ, 信仰・祈りの場である遺跡の現場でも涅槃=命終が求められたと推測できる.
涅槃は, 画一的に理解され得る概念ではないことを明示した本研究は, 従って, 学術的並びに社会的に, 意義が認められる.

Report

(6 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (13 results)

All 2024 2023 2022 2021 Other

All Journal Article (9 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 9 results,  Open Access: 8 results) Presentation (2 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results) Book (1 results) Remarks (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Philological Study on Nibbana-related Words in the Suttanipata and Its Commentary Paramatthajotika2024

    • Author(s)
      富田真理子
    • Journal Title

      待兼山論叢

      Volume: 57

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Philological Study on Nibbana-related Words in the Suttanipata and Its Commentary Paramatthajotika2023

    • Author(s)
      Mariko Tomita
    • Journal Title

      待兼山論叢 哲学篇

      Volume: 57 Pages: 21-40

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] パーリ語初期仏教経典における二種涅槃界への展開2023

    • Author(s)
      富田真理子
    • Journal Title

      真宗文化 真宗文化研究所年報

      Volume: 32 Pages: 1-26

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Research on the Chinese Saṃghabhedavastu with the Japanese Reading of its Second Volume2023

    • Author(s)
      漢訳仏典研究会:加治洋一・杉本瑞帆・田中裕成・富田真理子・中西麻一子・横山
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Abhidharma Studies

      Volume: 4 Issue: 0 Pages: 188-137

    • DOI

      10.34501/abhidharmastudies.4.0_188

    • ISSN
      2435-5674, 2435-5682
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 「漢文読解『破僧事』巻第二」2023

    • Author(s)
      漢訳仏典研究会:加治洋一・杉本瑞帆・田中裕成・富田真理子・中西麻一子・横山剛
    • Journal Title

      『対法雑誌』

      Volume: 4

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 「パーリ語初期仏教経典における二種涅槃界への展開」2023

    • Author(s)
      富田真理子
    • Journal Title

      真宗文化 真宗文化研究所年報

      Volume: 32 Pages: 1-26

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Research on the Chinese Saṃghabhedavastu with the Japanese Reading of its First Volume2022

    • Author(s)
      漢訳仏典研究会:加治洋一・杉本瑞帆・田中裕成・富田真理子・中西麻一子・横山剛
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Abhidharma Studies

      Volume: 3 Issue: 0 Pages: 188-139

    • DOI

      10.34501/abhidharmastudies.3.0_188

    • ISSN
      2435-5674, 2435-5682
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report 2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 「パーリ聖典『スッタニパータ』における涅槃―註釈『パラマッタ・ジョーティカー』の解釈と比較して―」2021

    • Author(s)
      富田真理子
    • Journal Title

      パーリ学仏教文化学

      Volume: 第34号 Pages: 1-21

    • NAID

      40022564223

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] パーリ聖典『スッタニパータ』における涅槃―註釈『パラマッタ・ジョーティカー』の解釈と比較して―2021

    • Author(s)
      富田真理子
    • Journal Title

      パーリ学仏教文化学

      Volume: 34号 Pages: 1-27

    • NAID

      40022564223

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Philological Study on Nibbana-related Words in the Suttanipata and Its Commentary Paramatthajotika2023

    • Author(s)
      TOMITA Mariko
    • Organizer
      World Sanskrit Conference
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Philological Study on Nibbana-related Words in Suttanipata and Its Commentary Paramatthajotika2023

    • Author(s)
      TOMITA Mariko
    • Organizer
      World Sanskrit Conference
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Book] 初期仏典における涅槃について―『スッタニパータ』を基本資料として―2024

    • Author(s)
      富田真理子
    • Total Pages
      318
    • Publisher
      山喜房佛書林
    • ISBN
      9784796315043
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 待兼山論叢 哲学篇 / 第57号

    • URL

      https://hdl.handle.net/11094/94900

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2019-04-18   Modified: 2025-01-30  

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