Three early Pancaratra Texts from Nepal

• Project/Area Number: 23820023
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Indian philosophy/Buddhist studies
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: ACHARYA Diwakar 京都大学, 文学研究科, 准教授 (90612698)
• Project Period (FY): 2011 – 2012
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2012)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,990,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥690,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
• Keywords: 国際研究者交流・国際情報交換・Vaisnavism / Tantricism / Manuscripts / Vaisnavism / Philology / 国際研究者交流 Nepal / 国際情報交換

Research Abstract

A critical edition of three early Vaisnava Pancaratra texts with a detailed introduction and a summary has been prepared. Some light is shed on the history of Pancaratra Vaisnavism in early mediaeval period,and its affinity with both Saivism and Vedism in its formation process is explained. A remnant of the archaic Vaisnava ritual system in the form of the worship of Vrsni heroes has been traced in one of the texts.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Meaning and Function of an Enigmatic Phrase in the Gargya-Ajatasatru dialogue of Brhad- aranyaka Upanisad II.1 and II.3 (2013)
  • Author(s): ACHARYA Diwakar, Neti neti
  • Journal Title: Indo-Iranian Journal Volume: Volume 56, no.1 Pages: 3-39
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Neti neti. Meaning and Function of an Enigmatic Phrase in the Gargya- Ajatasatru dialogue of Brhadaranya Upanisad II.1 and II.3. (2013)
  • Author(s): Diwakar Acharya
  • Journal Title: Indo-Iranian Journal Volume: Volume 56, No. 1 Pages: 3-39
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Review of Mimamsa- nyayasamgraha: A Compendium of the Principles of Mimamsa by James Benson (2012)
  • Author(s): ACHARYA Diwakar
  • Journal Title: Nagoga Studies in Indian Culture and Buddhism Volume: Volume 30 Pages: 82-84
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Review of Mimamsanyayasamgraha: A Compendium of the Principles of Mimamsa by James Benson. (2012)
  • Author(s): Diwakar Acharya
  • Journal Title: Nagoga Studies in Indian Culture and Buddhism: Sambhasa. Volume: Volume 30. Pages: 82-84
• [Journal Article] The Patravidhi: A Lakulisa Pasupata Manual on Purific- ation and Use of the Initiate's Vessel (2011)
  • Author(s): ACHARYA Diwakar
  • Journal Title: Samskrtasadhuta: Studies in Honour of Professor Ashok N. Aklujkar Pages: 1-28
• [Journal Article] Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism (2011)
  • Author(s): ACHARYA Diwakar
  • Journal Title: Pasupatas Volume: Volume III Pages: 458-466
• [Journal Article] The Patravidhi: A Lakulisa Pasupata Manual on Purification and Use of the Initiate’s Vessel. (2011)
  • Author(s): Diwakar Acharya
  • Journal Title: Samskrtasadhuta: Studies in Honour of Professor Ashok N. Aklujkar. Eds. C. Watanabe, M. Desmarais & Y. Honda. New Delhi: D.K. Printworld. Volume: vol
• [Journal Article] Pasupatas. (2011)
  • Author(s): Diwakar Acharya
  • Journal Title: Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Volume: Volume III. Pages: 458-466
• [Presentation] Beyond the Trans- mitted Text: On Some Varieties of Information Obtained from Manuscripts (2012)
  • Author(s): ACHARYA Diwakar
  • Organizer: Kern Lecture
  • Place of Presentation: Leiden University, Netherlands
  • Year and Date: 2012-06-07
• [Presentation] Loose Women and their Property: An Insight into Maligaun Inscription of Visnugupta dated in Licchavi Samvat 57 (2012)
  • Author(s): ACHARYA Diwakar
  • Organizer: Epigraphical Evidence for the Formation and Rise of Early Saivism: The Religious Landscape at the Time of the Composition and Spread of the Skandapurana
  • Place of Presentation: University of Groningen, Netherlands
• [Presentation] The Siddhanta Saiva concept of the primordial dark substance (mala) and the three conditions of souls (2012)
  • Author(s): ACHARYA Diwakar
  • Organizer: The 15th World Sanskrit Conference
  • Place of Presentation: New Delhi, India
• [Presentation] Consecration of Visnu's image according to two earliest Pancaratras (2012)
  • Author(s): ACHARYA Diwakar
  • Organizer: The 15th World Sanskrit Conference
  • Place of Presentation: New Delhi, India
• [Presentation] Loose Women and their Property: An Insight into Maligaun Inscription of Visnugupta dated in Licchavi Samvat 57. (2012)
  • Author(s): Diwakar Acharya
  • Organizer: Epigraphical Evidence for the Formation and Rise of Early Saivism: The Religious Landscape at the Time of the Composition and Spread of the Skandapurana.
  • Place of Presentation: University of Groningen, Netherlands.
• [Presentation] The Siddhanta Saiva concept of the primordial dark substance (mala) and the three conditions of souls. (2012)
  • Author(s): Diwakar Acharya
  • Organizer: The 15th World Sanskrit Conference.
  • Place of Presentation: New Delhi, India.
• [Presentation] Consecration of Visnu’s image according to two earliest Pancaratras. (2012)
  • Author(s): Diwakar Acharya
  • Organizer: The 15th World Sanskrit Conference.
  • Place of Presentation: New Delhi, India.
• [Presentation] Beyond the Transmitted Text: On Some Varieties of Information Obtained from Manuscripts.
  • Author(s): Diwakar Acharya
  • Organizer: Kern Lecture.
  • Place of Presentation: Leiden University, Netherlands.