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Socio-Religious Implications of Donation: A Study of Books 13 and 14 of the Mahabharata

Research Project

Project/Area Number 22K19953
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section 0101:Philosophy, art, and related fields
Research InstitutionThe University of Tokyo

Principal Investigator

Takahashi Kenji  東京大学, 大学院人文社会系研究科(文学部), 助教 (30963227)

Project Period (FY) 2022-08-31 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Keywordsマハーバーラタ / 布施 / バラモン教 / ヒンドゥー教 / 馬祀祭の巻 / 教説の巻 / 写本研究 / バラモンとクシャトリヤ / 馬祀祭 / 王権 / バラモン
Outline of Research at the Start

古代南アジア叙事詩『マハーバーラタ』では、親戚同士の大戦争に勝利したユディシュティラは、親族殺しの罪を償うために祭官への大規模な布施を伴った馬祀祭を挙行する。第13, 14巻では、彼の布施と祭式について異なる見解が様々な登場人物によって示される。本研究では、第13, 14巻の文献学的研究によって、王による祭官への布施がどのように捉えられていたのか、さらにその諸言説が以後の南アジアの社会像にどのような影響を与えたのかを検証する。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of the present study is to analyze the socio-political meaning of donation through a critical reading of Books 13 and 14 of the ancient Indian epic Mahabharata (BC 2C~AD4C). I have demonstrated that the original intention of the discussions found in Book 14 lies in showing priests' superiority over kings, and in promoting the ideology that kings should donate their wealth to priests to maintain the religious hierarchy in which kings rule their subjects under supervision of priests. Book 14 further promotes donation to kings as a practice of self-control over their greed.
Book 13 has been understood as a continuation of the discussions found in its preceding Book 12 in previous studies, but I have demonstrated that discussions found in Book 13 echo with those on the superiority of priests over kings and donation as self-control in Book 14.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究の学術的意義は、先行研究では雑多な諸説の寄せ集めであると理解されてきた『マハーバーラタ』第13, 14巻について、王族が社会の実質的支配は行うものの、バラモンが宗教的権威を独占するという概念、そしてバラモンと王族との関係を媒介するものとしての布施という概念が通底していることを示したこと、そして第13巻と第14巻の関連性を明らかにしたことにある。また本研究の社会的意義は、近年ゲームやアニメなどで『マハーバーラタ』やインド神話が注目されつつあるものの、信頼できる書籍や論文等が不足している現状において、『マハーバーラタ』に関する文献学的研究の最前線の研究水準を示した点にある。

Report

(3 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (25 results)

All 2024 2023 2022 Other

All Journal Article (8 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 8 results,  Open Access: 6 results) Presentation (13 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results) Remarks (3 results) Funded Workshop (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Karṇa and Arjuna, and the Future of Mahābhārata Studies: A Review of Michiya Kawajiri, Karṇa and Arjuna: Reading the Heroic Tales of the Mahābhārata. Tokyo: Benseisha, 2022.2024

    • Author(s)
      髙橋 健二、川村 悠人
    • Journal Title

      比較論理学研究

      Volume: 21 Issue: 21 Pages: 65-112

    • DOI

      10.15027/55158

    • URL

      https://hiroshima.repo.nii.ac.jp/records/2025971

    • Year and Date
      2024-03-25
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] The Double Cleasing of Yudhisthira's Sorrow/Sin: A Study of the Santiparvan and the Asvamedhikaparvan of the Mahabharata2024

    • Author(s)
      Kenji Takahashi
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Indian and Buddhist Studies

      Volume: 72 (3) Pages: 973-978

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 『マハーバーラタ』インド南方伝承に関する研究動向:Mahadevan説についての覚書2024

    • Author(s)
      髙橋健二
    • Journal Title

      梶原三恵子編『インド語インド文学拾遺2024』

      Volume: 2024 Pages: 15-30

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] The "Mental" (Manasa) Self and Manasa the Creator in the Bhrgubharadvajasamvada (Mahabharata 12.175-185)2023

    • Author(s)
      Kenji Takahashi
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Indological Studies

      Volume: 34/35 Pages: 15-37

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 『マハーバーラタ』の神話的構造をめぐって:沖田瑞穂著『マハーバーラタ、聖性と戦闘と豊穣』みずき書林(2020)書評論文 (1)2023

    • Author(s)
      髙橋 健二
    • Journal Title

      南アジア古典学

      Volume: 18 Pages: 121-145

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Draupadi's Polyandry Revisited2023

    • Author(s)
      Kenji Takahashi
    • Journal Title

      Studies in Indian Philosophy and Buddhism

      Volume: 31 Pages: 15-26

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Draupadi’s Polyandry Revisited(出版予定、項数未定、計10p)2023

    • Author(s)
      Kenji Takahashi
    • Journal Title

      Studies in Indian Philosophy and Buddhism

      Volume: 31 Pages: 1-10

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 『マハーバーラタ』の神話的構造をめぐって:沖田瑞穂『マハーバーラタ、聖性と戦闘と豊穣』みずき書林、2020年、書評論文(1)(出版予定、項数未定、計25p)2023

    • Author(s)
      髙橋健二
    • Journal Title

      南アジア古典学

      Volume: 18 Pages: 1-25

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] 『マハーバーラタ』写本研究の最前線2024

    • Author(s)
      髙橋健二
    • Organizer
      HMCオープンセミナー
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 『マハーバーラタ』の口頭伝承的特徴について2024

    • Author(s)
      髙橋健二
    • Organizer
      公開シンポジウム「『マハーバーラタ』研究の最前線―伝承の形成と物語の展開―」
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] What Can We Learn from the Mahabharata? Outsiders, Kingship, Priesthood and the Making of the Hindu World2023

    • Author(s)
      Kenji Takahashi
    • Organizer
      Myth and Science in Ancient World: Novel Research from Eurasia
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The Path to Paradise Begins in Hell: A Study of the 7th Chapter of the Sivadharmottara2023

    • Author(s)
      Kenji Takahashi
    • Organizer
      The Conference of Heavens and Hells: Life after Death in Religious Traditions from South Asia
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 『マハーバーラタ』第12-14巻成立史再考2023

    • Author(s)
      髙橋健二
    • Organizer
      第74回日本印度学仏教学会
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 『マハーバーラタ』における落ち穂拾いの実践2023

    • Author(s)
      髙橋健二
    • Organizer
      北海道大学文学部での講演
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] シヴァ教における地獄観:『シヴァダルモーッタラ』第7章の研究2023

    • Author(s)
      髙橋健二
    • Organizer
      ブラフマニズムとヒンドゥイズムー南アジアの宗教と社会の連続性と非連続性 第9回シンポジウム 「 インド宗教文化における『循環』の思想と表象 」
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 「バカ」(馬鹿、莫迦)のルーツと仏教漢語の成立(講演者:林辰達)2023

    • Author(s)
      講演者:林辰達、コメンテーター:髙橋健二
    • Organizer
      仏教サロン京都
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] あなたは誰の子?インド大叙事詩『マハーバーラタ』×古典ヒンドゥー家族法2023

    • Author(s)
      講演者:谷口力光、コメンテーター:髙橋健二
    • Organizer
      仏教サロン京都
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] ヨーガってなーに?ほとんどの日本人が知らないちょっとディープなヨーガの話2023

    • Author(s)
      髙橋健二
    • Organizer
      Yogiconline(オンライン講座)
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Are the Teachings on Hell in the Sivadharmottara Saiva Enough? The Seventh Chapter of the Sivadharmottara and Its Anonymous Commentary2022

    • Author(s)
      Kenji Takahashi
    • Organizer
      34. Deutcher Orientalistentag.
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Physiological Teachings of Yoga as Found in the Mahabharata2022

    • Author(s)
      Kenji Takahashi
    • Organizer
      Online Lecture. University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies.
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] (一般講座)ことばが力をもつ仕組み:祝詞、真言、陀羅尼2022

    • Author(s)
      講演者:川村悠人、コメンテーター:髙橋健二
    • Organizer
      仏教サロン京都
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] Research Map

    • URL

      https://researchmap.jp/kenji-indology

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] Academia.edu

    • URL

      https://unior.academia.edu/KenjiTakahashi

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] Shivadharma Project

    • URL

      https://shivadharmaproject.com

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Funded Workshop] Mapping Medieval Saiva Centres with non-Indic Materials2022

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report

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Published: 2022-09-01   Modified: 2025-01-30  

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